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Valentina Matos

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Valentina Matos
Matos in January 2018
Full nameValentina Matos Romero
Born (2000-09-28) 28 September 2000 (age 24)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
HometownMadrid, Spain
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Figure skating career
CountrySpain
CoachBarbara Luoni
Skating clubLa Nevera Madrid
Began skating2008

Valentina Matos Romero (born 28 September 2000) is a figure skater. Born in the Dominican Republic, she represents Spain in ladies singles. She is the 2019 Open d'Andorra champion and a three-time Spanish national champion (2016, 2018, 2019). She has competed in the final segment at one ISU Championship.

Personal life

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Valentina Matos Romero was born on 28 September 2000 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[1][2] She is of Venezuelan descent and arrived in Spain as a one-year-old.[3] After finishing secondary school, she began studying at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid through distance education. During her studies, she went abroad for two semesters in South-Korea. During this year of studying abroad (2021-2022), she lived in a standard plus room at H-Stay (Seoul) and studied at Hanyang University and won MVP during the Squid Game season along with a winter jacket.[4]

Career

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Early years

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Matos began learning to skate in 2008.[2] She won the novice ladies' title at the Spanish Championships in December 2014. Her junior international debut came in September 2015, at the Lombardia Trophy. In December 2015, she became the Spanish national junior silver medalist.

2016–2017 season

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In October 2016, Matos competed for the first time on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. In November, making her senior international debut, she won silver at the Open d'Andorra. The following month, she outscored Sonia Lafuente by 6.09 points for the senior ladies' title at the Spanish Championships.[3]

In January 2017, Matos competed at the European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, but did not advance to the final segment.[5] She qualified to the free skate and finished 24th overall at the 2017 World Junior Championships, held in March in Taipei, Taiwan.

2017–2018 season

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Spain assigned Matos to compete at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics.[6] Due to an ankle injury,[4] she withdrew before the start of the event. She placed 33rd at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia. She was coached by Carolina Sanz, Ivan Saez, and Jordi Lafarga at La Nevera in Madrid.[2]

2018–2019 season

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Ahead of the 2018–2019 season, Matos decided to relocate to Italy to train with Barbara Luoni at IceLab in Bergamo.[4]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
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2017–2019
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  • The Last Coup
    performed by New Tango Orchestra
  • Garganta con Arena
    performed by Pasion Vega
2016–2017
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Competitive highlights

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CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[9]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Worlds 34th
Europeans 33rd 33rd 31st 28th
CS Alpen Trophy 19th
CS Finlandia 15th
CS Golden Spin WD
CS Lombardia 20th 10th
CS Nebelhorn WD
CS Warsaw Cup 24th
Bavarian Open 14th
Denis Ten Memorial 9th
Golden Bear 15th 10th
Ice Star 13th
Challenge Cup 11th 14th 9th
Open d'Andorra 2nd 1st
Santa Claus Cup 4th
Universiade 14th
International: Junior[9]
Junior Worlds 24th
JGP Germany 17th
Lombardia Trophy 16th
Santa Claus Cup 26th
Hellmut Seibt 18th
International: Novice[10]
Challenge Cup 9th
Open d'Andorra 2nd
National[9]
Spanish Champ. 2nd N 1st N 2nd J 1st 1st 1st
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

References

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  1. ^ "Historial Patinadores FMDI Valentina Matos Romero" (in Spanish). Federación Madrileña de Deportes de Invierno.
  2. ^ a b c d "Valentina MATOS: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b Lamelas, Pedro (20 December 2016). "El futuro se llama Valentina Matos" [The future is named Valentina Matos]. Marca (in Spanish).
  4. ^ a b c d ""En el IceLab he encontrado un sistema entrenamiento global"". hieloespanol.es (in Spanish). 20 September 2018. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018.
  5. ^ Lamelas, Pedro (25 January 2017). "La falta de experiencia puede con Valentina Matos" [Valentina Matos affected by lack of experience]. Marca (in Spanish).
  6. ^ Lamelas, Pedro (24 August 2017). "Valentina Matos luchará por la plaza olímpica en patinaje artístico" [Valentina Matos will fight for an Olympic spot in figure skating]. Marca (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "Valentina MATOS: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Valentina MATOS: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Valentina MATOS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Valentina MATOS". rinkresults.com.
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