Diane Szmiett

Diane Szmiett
Szmiett at the 2008–09 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	September 17, 1990 London, Ontario
Home town	Watford, Ontario
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Former coach	Scott Rachuk, Alison Purkiss
Former choreographer	Alison Purkiss
Skating club	Watford Skating Club
Began skating	1997
Retired	2011
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	144.28 2009 Cup of China
Short program	48.93 2008 JGP South Africa
Free skate	100.04 2009 Cup of China

Diane Szmiett (born September 17, 1990) is a former Canadian competitive figure skater. She placed tenth at the 2010 Four Continents Championships and won two medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2008.

Career

Szmiett began skating at age seven because her friend was a skater.^[1] After becoming the 2006 Canadian national junior champion, she was sent to the 2006 World Junior Championships, where she finished 21st. The following season, she began competing on the senior level nationally but remained a junior internationally.

In 2008, Szmiett won silver and bronze medals at her two JGP events in Courchevel, France and South Africa. She was assigned to the 2009 World Junior Championships and placed 13th.

In the 2009—10 season, Szmiett began competing as a senior internationally. She received one senior Grand Prix assignment, the 2009 Cup of China, where she finished eighth. After placing fourth at the Canadian Championships, she was sent to the 2010 Four Continents Championships where she finished tenth.

In 2010–11, Szmiett appeared at two Grand Prix events and retired from competition at the end of the season.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2010–11 [2]	Pannonia Boundless by Kronos Quartet	Phantasia by Andrew Lloyd Webber
2009–10 [3]	Maria (from West Side Story) by Leonard Bernstein performed by Joshua Bell	Reverie by Modest Mussorgski
2008–09 [4]	Once Upon a December (from Anastasia) by David Newman	Farrucas by Pepe Romero
2007–08 [5]	Cinema Paradiso by Ennio Morricone	The Illusionist by Philip Glass
2005–06 [6]	Clair de lune by Claude Debussy	The Witches of Eastwick by John Williams Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninov The Witches of Eastwick by John Williams

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[7]
Event	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11
Four Continents							10th
GP Cup of China							8th	10th
GP NHK Trophy								12th
Nebelhorn Trophy								6th
International: Junior or novice[7]
Junior Worlds			21st			13th
JGP Final						8th
JGP France				6th		3rd
JGP Estonia					9th
JGP Norway				15th
JGP South Africa						2nd
Copenhagen Trophy			1st N
National[7]
Canadian Champ.	2nd N	16th J	1st J	13th	10th	4th	4th
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

1. Mittan, Barry (May 28, 2006). "Sizzling Szmiett". SkateToday.
2. "Diane SZMIETT: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 30, 2011.
3. "Diane SZMIETT: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010.
4. "Diane SZMIETT: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009.
5. "Diane SZMIETT: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008.
6. "Diane SZMIETT: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006.
7. "Competition Results: Diane SZMIETT". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014.

External links

Media related to Diane Szmiett at Wikimedia Commons

• Diane Szmiett at the International Skating Union
• Diane Szmiett at Tracings.net