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=πŸ–€|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 2014–15 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 2015–16, 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 2016–17 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

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

! Season

! Rhythm dance

! Free dance

2019–2020

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2018–2019

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  • {{small|Tango:}} Tango A La Haut
    {{small| by Tango Society }}

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2017–2018

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  • {{small|Samba:}} Arranca
    {{small| by Manzanita }}
  • {{small|Rhumba:}} I'm Not Giving Up On You
    {{small| by Gloria Estefan }}
  • {{small|Samba:}} Arranca
    {{small| by Manzanita }}

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2016–2017

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2015–2016

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  • {{small|Waltz:}} Beethoven's Five Secrets
    {{small| by The Piano Guys }}

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2014–2015

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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
Event

! 14–15

! 15–16

! 16–17

! 17–18

! 18–19

! 19–20

align=left | Four Continents16th15th14th12th15th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Alpen Trophy12th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Asian Open10th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Autumn Classic6th
align=left | Asian Games6th
align=left | Lake Placid IDI14th
align=left | Open d'Andorra8th8th
align=left | Warsaw Cup6th
align=left | Winter Universiade12th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | International: Junior
align=left | Junior Worlds30th25th
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Austria10th
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Canada9th
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Croatia15th17th
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Japan12th10th
align=left | {{small|JGP}} U.S.13th
align=left | Lake Placid IDI9th
align=left | ToruΕ„ Cup9th
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | National
align=left | Australiabgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | Australia, Juniorbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=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
Event

! 2011–12

! 2012–13

align=left | Australian Champ.bgcolor=gold | 1st Jbgcolor=gold | 1st J

References

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{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Competition Results: Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211105155940/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00014987.htm |archive-date= 5 November 2021 |url-status= live }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2014/2015 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150520184807/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 20 May 2015 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2015/2016 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160527070806/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 27 May 2016 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2016/2017 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170609084208/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 9 June 2017 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2017/2018 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180619091626/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 19 June 2018 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2018/2019 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190717210940/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 17 July 2019 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2019/2020 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200629223225/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 29 June 2020 |url-status= live }}

{{cite news |url= https://anythinggoe.com/interview-with-matilda-friend/ |title= Matilda Friend on training for the new season, coming from an unconventional skating nation, and her goals for the future |website= anythinggoe.com | date= 17 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200815012919/https://anythinggoe.com/interview-with-matilda-friend/ |archive-date= 15 August 2020 |url-status= live }}

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Category:Australian female ice dancers

Category:1999 births

Category:Living people

Category:Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade

Category:Figure skaters from Sydney

Category:Figure skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen