Matilda Friend
{{Short description|Australian ice dancer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox figure skater
|name= Matilda Friend
|image= Matilda Friend, 2017 (cropped).jpg
|caption= Friend in 2017
|fullname=
|altname=
|country= Australia
|formercountry=
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|8|30}}
|birth_place= Sydney
|hometown= Sydney
|height= {{height|m=1.58}}
|coach= Monica MacDonald
John Dunn
|choreographer= Monica MacDonald
|skating club= Macquarie ISC
|currenttraininglocations= Sydney
|formertraininglocations=
|beganskating= 2007
|retired= August 10, 2021 {{cite instagram|postid=CSXxBOnB18B|user=tillyfriend|title=π€|first=Matilda|last=Friend|author-link=Matilda Friend|date=August 10, 2021}}
|combined total= 137.36
|combined date= 2020 Four Continents
|SP score= 55.80
|SP date= 2020 Four Continents
|FS score= 82.52
|FS date= 2019 CS Asian Open Trophy
}}
Matilda Friend (born 30 August 1999) is an Australian former competitive ice dancer. With her skating partner, William Badaoui, she is the 2016 Australian national champion and represented Australia at five Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
Career
Early in her career, Friend skated with Patrick Adderley. They won two Australian junior titles.
By the 2014β15 season, Friend had teamed up with William Badaoui. The two debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series and won the first of their three junior national titles.
In 2015β16, Friend/Badaoui returned to the JGP series and also made their senior international debut at the Open d'Andorra, in November 2015. They then competed at their first ISU Championships, placing 16th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships, held in February in Taiwan, and 30th at the 2016 World Junior Championships, which took place in March in Hungary.
Friend/Badaoui took the Australian national senior title in the 2016β17 season. They finished 15th at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in South Korea and 25th at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taiwan.
The duo competed at three more Four Continents, placing 14th in 2018, 12th in 2019, and 15th in 2020.
They trained at Macquarie Ice Rink under 1988 Winter Olympian Monica MacDonald.
Programs
;with Badaoui
Competitive highlights
= With Badaoui =
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | International | ||||||
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Event
! 14β15 ! 15β16 ! 16β17 ! 17β18 ! 18β19 ! 19β20 | ||||||
align=left | Four Continents | 16th | 15th | 14th | 12th | 15th | |
align=left | {{small|CS}} Alpen Trophy | 12th | |||||
align=left | {{small|CS}} Asian Open | 10th | |||||
align=left | {{small|CS}} Autumn Classic | 6th | |||||
align=left | Asian Games | 6th | |||||
align=left | Lake Placid IDI | 14th | |||||
align=left | Open d'Andorra | 8th | 8th | ||||
align=left | Warsaw Cup | 6th | |||||
align=left | Winter Universiade | 12th | |||||
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | International: Junior | ||||||
align=left | Junior Worlds | 30th | 25th | ||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Austria | 10th | |||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Canada | 9th | |||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Croatia | 15th | 17th | ||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Japan | 12th | 10th | ||||
align=left | {{small|JGP}} U.S. | 13th | |||||
align=left | Lake Placid IDI | 9th | |||||
align=left | ToruΕ Cup | 9th | |||||
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | National | ||||||
align=left | Australia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | |||
align=left | Australia, Junior | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |||
colspan=7 align=center | J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew |
= With Adderley =
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National | ||
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Event | ||
align=left | Australian Champ. | bgcolor=gold | 1st J | bgcolor=gold | 1st J |
References
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Category:Australian female ice dancers
Category:Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade
Category:Figure skaters from Sydney