# Sarina Joos

Sarina Joos (born 24 June 2006) is a Swiss-Italian figure skater who now represents Italy. Representing Italy, she is the 2024 Italian national champion.
Representing Switzerland, she is the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist. On the junior level, Joos is the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival bronze medalist and a two-time Swiss junior national medalist (silver in 2022, bronze in 2020).

## Personal life

Joos was born on 24 June 2006 in Zürich, Switzerland to an Italian mother and Swiss father. Her younger sister, Noemi, is also a competitive figure skater.

## Career
### Early career

Debuting at the 2019–20 Swiss Junior Championships, Joos won the bronze medal.

### Skating for Switzerland
#### 2021–22 season

Making her first appearance on the Junior Grand Prix series, Joos placed eleventh at the 2021 JGP Poland. She then went on to win the silver medal at both the 2021 Tirnavia Ice Cup and the 2021 Merano Cup.
At the 2021–22 Swiss Junior Championships, Joos won the silver medal behind Kimmy Repond. She ended the season by winning a bronze at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival in Vuokatti, Finland.

#### 2022–23 season

Competing in the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Joos placed seventh at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic and twelfth at the 2022 JGP Poland II. She made her senior international debut in September at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy, where she finished seventh. Joos went on to win the silver medal on the junior level at the 2022 Ice Challenge as well as her first medal on the senior level – silver at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup.
Joos ended the season with a bronze medal on the senior level at the 2022–23 Swiss Championships behind Livia Kaiser and Kimmy Repond.
Following the season, Joos made a coaching change from Gheorghe Chiper, Zoltán Kelemen, and Kelsey McNeil to Linda van Troyen and Sindra Kriisa.

### Skating for Italy
#### 2023–24 season

This season, Joos and her younger sister, Noemi, decided to start representing their mother's native Italy. She made her international debut for Italy at the 2023 Tallinn Trophy in November, winning gold, before going on to win gold at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. In her first appearance at the Italian Championships she claimed the national title.
Assigned to make her European Championship debut at the 2024 edition in Kaunas, Joos came sixth, including a fifth-place finish in the free skate segment. She said she was "so incredibly happy. I am glad I could show what I do in practices."
Joos finished fourteenth in the short program at the 2024 World Junior Championships, but rallied in the free skate, coming fifth in the segment and rising to seventh overall. She said it was "great to be here with such a big Italian team." She went on to make her senior World Championship debut, coming twentieth.

#### 2024–25 season

Joos began the season by competing on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. She finished tenth at 2024 JGP Latvia and at 2024 JGP Czech Republic. Going on to compete on the senior international level, Joos finished fifth at the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial and fourth at the 2024 Tirnavia Ice Cup.
She withdrew from the 2025 Italian Championships in mid-December.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2024–2025 | Magnificat by Mina choreo. by Edoardo De Bernardis | The Crown Fairytale William Sacrifice by Martin Phipps How Soon Is Now? by The Smiths performed by AG ft. Dresage choreo. by Edoardo De Bernardis |
| 2023–2024 | Caruso by Lucio Dalla performed by Lara Fabian choreo. by Lorenzo Magri Après moi by Regina Spektor choreo. by Barbara Riboldi | A Beautiful Storm by Jennifer Thomas Mercy in Darkness by Two Steps from Hell Gefion by Christian Reindl and Lucie Paradis choreo. by Lorenzo Magri Dreamcatcher by Secret Garden Finale (from East of Eden) by Lee Holdridge choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel |
| 2022–2023 | Après moi by Regina Spektor choreo. by Barbara Riboldi | Dreamcatcher by Secret Garden Finale (from East of Eden) by Lee Holdridge choreo. by Stéphane Lambiel |
| 2021–2022 | Rome by Jeff Beal Marco Polo: Main Theme by Yo-Yo Ma, Ennio Morricone Nights from the Alhambra by Loreena McKennitt choreo. by Nikolai Morozov, Barbara Riboldi, Maja Luther | Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35: I. Allegro moderato by P. I. Tchaikovsky performed by Joshua Bell choreo. by Nikolai Morozov, Barbara Riboldi, Maja Luther |

## Competitive highlights

* JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
* CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series

### Single skating (for Italy)

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
| World Championships | 20th | |
| European Championships | 6th | |
| Italian Championships | 1st | |
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 1st | |
| CS Nepela Memorial | | 5th |
| CS Tallinn Trophy | 1st | |
| Tirnavia Ice Cup | | 4th |
Competition placements at junior level :
| Season | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
| World Junior Championships | 7th | |
| JGP Czech Republic | | 10th |
| JGP Latvia | | 10th |
| Tallink Hotels Cup | 1st | |
| Triglav Trophy | 1st | |

### Single skating (for Switzerland)

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2022–23 |
| Swiss Championships | 3rd |
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 7th |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 2nd |
Competition placements at junior level :
| Season | 2019–20 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 |
| Swiss Championships | 3rd | 2nd | |
| JGP Czech Republic | | | 7th |
| JGP Poland | | 11th | 12th |
| European Youth Olympic Festival | | 3rd | |
| Ice Challenge | | | 1st |
| Merano Ice Trophy | | 2nd | |
| Tirnavia Ice Cup | | 2nd | |

## Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 180.83 | 2024 European Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 63.59 | 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| Short program | TES | 36.73 | 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| Short program | PCS | 28.45 | 2024 World Championships |
| Free skating | TSS | 121.55 | 2022 CS Warsaw Cup |
| Free skating | TES | 64.52 | 2024 World Junior Championships |
| Free skating | PCS | 57.88 | 2024 European Championships |

### Single skating (for Italy)
#### Senior level

Results in the 2023–24 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Nov 21–24, 2023 | 2023 Tallinn Trophy | 2 | 61.55 | 1 | 120.35 | 1 | 181.90 |
| Dec 6–9, 2023 | 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 1 | 63.59 | 1 | 115.81 | 1 | 179.40 |
| Dec 22–23, 2023 | 2024 Italian Championships | 2 | 65.27 | 2 | 127.52 | 1 | 192.79 |
| Jan 10–14, 2024 | 2024 European Championships | 9 | 59.82 | 5 | 121.01 | 6 | 180.83 |
| Mar 18–24, 2024 | 2024 World Championships | 19 | 59.39 | 19 | 107.65 | 20 | 167.04 |
Results in the 2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Oct 24-26, 2024 | 2024 CS Nepela Memorial | 8 | 51.41 | 5 | 104.63 | 5 | 156.04 |
| Nov 1-3, 2024 | 2024 Tirnavia Ice Cup | 3 | 49.49 | 3 | 99.32 | 4 | 148.81 |

#### Junior level

Results in the 2023–24 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Feb 15–18, 2024 | 2024 Tallink Hotels Cup | 1 | 63.13 | 1 | 116.52 | 1 | 179.65 |
| Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2024 | 2024 World Junior Championships | 14 | 57.66 | 5 | 117.07 | 7 | 174.73 |
| Apr 10–14, 2024 | 2024 Triglav Trophy | 1 | 58.75 | 1 | 116.97 | 1 | 175.72 |
Results in the 2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Aug 28–31, 2024 | 2024 JGP Latvia | 6 | 56.69 | 12 | 89.40 | 10 | 146.09 |
| Sep 4-7, 2024 | 2024 JGP Czech Republic | 8 | 55.41 | 10 | 102.03 | 10 | 157.44 |

### Single skating (for Switzerland)
#### Senior level

2022–23 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| December 15–16, 2022 | 2023 Swiss Championships | 2 59.52 | 3 109.46 | 3 168.98 |
| November 17–20, 2022 | 2022 CS Warsaw Cup | 3 58.76 | 2 121.55 | 2 174.96 |
| September 16–19, 2022 | 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy | 11 51.31 | 7 109.93 | 7 161.24 |

#### Junior level

2022–23 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| November 9–13, 2022 | 2022 Ice Challenge | 3 48.00 | 1 105.18 | 1 153.18 |
| October 5–8, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland II | 10 53.79 | 14 95.57 | 12 149.36 |
| August 31–September 3, 2022 | 2022 JGP Czech Republic | 9 54.72 | 7 102.63 | 7 157.35 |
| 2021–22 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 20–25, 2022 | 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival | 5 50.25 | 2 103.18 | 3 153.43 |
| February 5–6, 2022 | 2022 Merano Cup | 2 45.39 | 2 92.56 | 2 137.95 |
| January 22–23, 2022 | 2022 Swiss Junior Championships | 2 55.88 | 2 94.40 | 2 150.28 |
| October 28–31, 2021 | 2021 Tirnavia Ice Cup | 2 46.40 | 2 86.27 | 2 132.67 |
| September 28–October 2, 2021 | 2021 JGP Poland I | 11 44.71 | 11 82.28 | 11 126.99 |
| 2019–20 season |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 1–2, 2020 | 2020 Swiss Junior Championships | 7 42.68 | 3 81.91 | 3 124.59 |