Sara Hurtado
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Sara Hurtado is a Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 ice dancer
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. With partner Adrià Díaz
Adrià Díaz
Adrià Díaz is a Spanish ice dancer. With partner Sara Hurtado, he is the 2009 Spanish champion. They are the first ice dance team to represent Spain in ISU competition.- Career :Adrià Díaz started skating in 1995...

, she is the 2009 Spanish champion
Spanish Figure Skating Championships
The Spanish Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Spain. Skaters compete across the disciplines of Novice, Junior, and Senior in men's and ladies singles...

. Hurtado and Diaz are the first dance team to represent Spain in ISU competition.

Career

Sara Hurtado started skating in 1998. She was initially a single skater, but was eventually approached by Adria Díaz, who suggested they team up to compete in ice dance. As there was no dance coach who could work with them in Spain, they had to wait for two years until the Spanish skating federation hired John Dunn to work with them in Madrid in early 2008. Hurtado admires Marina Anissina
Marina Anissina
Marina Vyacheslavovna Anissina is a French-Russian ice dancer. With partner Gwendal Peizerat, she is the 2002 Olympic champion.- Career :...

 and Gwendal Peizerat
Gwendal Peizerat
Gwendal Peizerat is a French ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2000 World Champion, and a six-time French National Champion.-Biography:...

, and Meryl Davis
Meryl Davis
Meryl Davis is an American ice dancer. With partner Charlie White, she is the 2011 World champion, 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2010 World silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, two-time Four Continents champion and three-time U.S...

 and Charlie White
Charlie White
Charlie White is a Los Angeles-based artist.White received his BFA in 1994 from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and received his MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, in 1998...

.

Hurtado and Díaz began competing in the 2008-2009 season. Their first major international event was the 2009 World Junior Championships
2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the 2008–2009 figure skating season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", they are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of...

 where they finished 32nd. The next season, they competed in two events on the Junior Grand Prix circuit
2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the thirteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level...

 and finished 16th at Junior Worlds
2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the 2009–2010 figure skating season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", they were an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of...

.

During the 2010-2011 season, Hurtado and Díaz competed on the Junior Grand Prix
2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the fourteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level...

 circuit, while also taking part in several senior internationals. They finished 15th at the 2011 European Championships
2011 European Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 European Figure Skating Championships was the European Figure Skating Championships of the 2010–2011 season. Skaters competed in the categories of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing....

, won a bronze medal at the Bavarian Open, and finished fourth at the Winter Universiade. They moved up to ninth at Junior Worlds
2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition during the 2010–2011 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event crowned the World Junior Champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and...

. They went on to their first senior Worlds
2011 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 World Figure Skating Championships are the World Figure Skating Championships for the 2010–2011 season. They are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion....

, where they qualified for the short dance out of the preliminary round but were unable to reach the free dance portion of the event.

Hurtado and Díaz moved to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England in mid-2011 after Dunn accepted a coaching job in his native country.

Hurtado and Díaz are known for performing innovative lifts.

Programs

(with Díaz)
Season Short dance
Short dance
The short dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was approved by the June 2010 International Skating Union congress and instituted beginning in the 2010–2011 figure skating season...

Free dance
Free dance (figure skating)
The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...

2011–2012
  • Mas que Nada
    Mas Que Nada
    -Song information:In 2006, Mendes re-recorded the song with The Black Eyed Peas and additional vocals by Mendes' wife, Gracinha Leporace; a version that is included on his album Timeless. In Brazil, the song is well-known for being the theme song for the local television channel Globo's Estrelas....

     
    by Sergio Mendes
    Sergio Mendes
    Sérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....

     
  • Magalenha
    by Sergio Mendes
Tristan and Isolde
by Maxime Rodriguez
Maxime Rodriguez
Maxime Rodriguez, born in Colombes, France, is a French composer. Many of his works, such as Esperanza, Child of Nazareth, and Tango Volver, D'Artagnan, Coeur Brave, L'enfant pur, have been used for figure skating programs....

2010–2011 Algo pequeñito
Algo pequeñito
"Algo pequeñito" is a song performed by Daniel Diges and composed by Jesús Cañadilla with the collaboration of Luis Miguel de la Varga, Alberto Jodar and Daniel Diges himself, which represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The song, which is based on the classic waltz rhythm, was the...

 
by Daniel Diges
Daniel Diges
Daniel Diges García is a Spanish singer, pianist, composer and actor. Although officially born in Madrid, he has spent all his youth in Alcalá de Henares .-Life and career:...

 

Ein Wiener Walzer
by Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins
-Other works:*Adiemus: Live — live versions of Adiemus music*Palladio *Eloise *Imagined Oceans *The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace...

 
Be Italian
from Nine
Nine (film)
Nine is a 2009 musical-romantic film directed and produced by Rob Marshall. The screenplay, written by Michael Tolkin and Anthony Minghella, is based on Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 musical of the same name, which was itself suggested by Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8½...

 soundtrack
performed by Fergie 
Original dance
Original dance
The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...

2009–2010

Competitive highlights

(with Díaz)
Event 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
World Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

 
23rd
European Championships
European Figure Skating Championships
The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...

 
15th
World Junior Championships
World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...

 
32nd 16th 9th
Spanish Championships
Spanish Figure Skating Championships
The Spanish Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Spain. Skaters compete across the disciplines of Novice, Junior, and Senior in men's and ladies singles...

 
1st 1st J. 1st J.
Trophée Eric Bompard
Trophée Eric Bompard
The Trophée Eric Bompard is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The Trophée Eric Bompard was formerly known as the Trophée Lalique...

 
8th
Nebelhorn Trophy
Nebelhorn Trophy
The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain....

 
7th
Coupe de Nice
Coupe Internationale de Nice
The Coupe Internationale de Nice is an annual international figure skating competition usually held in October or November in Nice, France. It has been held since 1995. It was not held in 2005...

 
3rd
Golden Spin
Golden Spin of Zagreb
The Golden Spin of Zagreb is an annual senior-level figure skating competition, held yearly in Zagreb, Croatia. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, although, in some years, not every discipline was included in the program.The 2001...

 
11th
NRW Trophy
NRW Trophy
The NRW Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2007, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the International Skating Union....

 
6th J. 8th J. 6th
Winter Universiade  4th
Bavarian Open
Bavarian Open
The Bavarian Open is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of Bavaria and since 2011, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the International Skating Union....

 
3rd
Junior Grand Priz, Germany
2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the fourteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level...

 
5th
Junior Grand Prix, England
2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2010–2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the fourteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which was for senior-level...

 
10th
Junior Grand Prix, Turkey
2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the thirteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level...

 
6th
Junior Grand Prix, U.S.
2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix
The 2009–2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the thirteenth season of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, a series of international junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the Junior-level complement to the 2009–2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating, which is for Senior-level...

 
10th
J. = Junior level

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