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Matilda Friend

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Matilda Friend
Friend and Badaoui in 2019
Born (1999-08-30) 30 August 1999 (age 25)
Sydney
HometownSydney
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryAustralia
CoachMonica MacDonald
John Dunn
Skating clubMacquarie ISC
Began skating2007
RetiredAugust 10, 2021 [1]

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

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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.[2]

Programs

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with Badaoui
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
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2018–2019
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  • Tango: Tango A La Haut
    by Tango Society
2017–2018
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  • Samba: Arranca
    by Manzanita
  • Rhumba: I'm Not Giving Up On You
    by Gloria Estefan
  • Samba: Arranca
    by Manzanita
2016–2017
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2015–2016
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2014–2015
[8]

Competitive highlights

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With Badaoui

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CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Four Continents 16th 15th 14th 12th 15th
CS Alpen Trophy 12th
CS Asian Open 10th
CS Autumn Classic 6th
Asian Games 6th
Lake Placid IDI 14th
Open d'Andorra 8th 8th
Warsaw Cup 6th
Winter Universiade 12th
International: Junior
Junior Worlds 30th 25th
JGP Austria 10th
JGP Canada 9th
JGP Croatia 15th 17th
JGP Japan 12th 10th
JGP U.S. 13th
Lake Placid IDI 9th
Toruń Cup 9th
National[9]
Australia 1st 2nd 3rd
Australia, Junior 1st 1st 1st
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

With Adderley

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National
Event 2011–12 2012–13
Australian Champ. 1st J 1st J

References

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  1. ^ Friend, Matilda [@tillyfriend] (10 August 2021). "🖤" – via Instagram.
  2. ^ "Matilda Friend on training for the new season, coming from an unconventional skating nation, and her goals for the future". anythinggoe.com. 17 August 2019. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Competition Results: Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021.