Greta Crafoord

Greta Crafoord (born 28 December 2000) is a Swedish pair skater. With her twin brother and skating partner, John Crafoord, she is a two-time Swedish national champion, two-time Swedish junior national champion, and placed 15th at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Greta Crafoord
John and Greta Crafoord at the 2024 World Championships
Born (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23)
Gothenburg, Sweden
HometownAliso Viejo, California,
United States
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2+12 in)
Figure skating career
Country Sweden
DisciplinePair skating
PartnerJohn Crafoord
CoachBruno Massot
Skating clubLandvetter Skating Club
Began skating2005
Swedish Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 BoråsPairs
Gold medal – first place2024 NorrköpingPairs

Personal life

Greta Crafoord was born on 28 December 2000 in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1] She is the daughter of Ann and Thomas and the twin sister of John Crafoord.[2] The family moved to the United States in 2009.[3]

Career

Crafoord began learning to skate in 2005.[1]

2017–18 season

During the 2017–18 season, the Crafoord twins trained in Aliso Viejo, California, coached by Jenni Meno and Todd Sand.[4] They made their junior international debut in September, placing 12th at a 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Latvia. They were 16th at their second JGP assignment in Poland and won the junior bronze medal at the Bavarian Open.

The pair made no international appearances the following season.

2019–20 season

The Crafoords placed fourth in the junior pairs event at the Bavarian Open and 15th at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[5] They trained in Colorado Springs, Colorado, under Dalilah Sappenfield.[3]

2020–21 season

Making their senior international debut, the Crafoords placed fourth at the NRW Trophy in November 2020 and eighth at the International Challenge Cup in February.[5]

2021–22 season

The pair placed tenth at the Cranberry Cup International and ninth at the John Nicks Pairs Challenge. They then competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying opportunity for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Their placement (14th) was insufficient to qualify. The pair missed the rest of the season due to Greta's broken knee cap.[5]

2022–23 season

Having recovered from her final surgery, Greta Crafoord returned to the ice in September 2022. The twins decided to train under Aljona Savchenko in Heerenveen, Netherlands.[1]

They made their Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Skate America, where they placed eighth. They were also eighth at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo. After coming twelfth at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, they won the Swedish national title, and finished thirteenth at the 2023 European Championships.[5]

2023–24 season

The Crafoords came twelfth at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to start the season.[5] At the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, the Crafoords placed fifth, earning a personal best score of 139.38.[5]

Programs

with John Crafoord
SeasonShort programFree skating
2023–2024
[6]
2022–2023
[1]
2019–2020
[3]
2017–2018
[4]

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with John Crafoord

Competition placements at senior level [5]
Season 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
World Championships23rd
European Championships13th17th
GP Finland8th
GP Skate America8th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb12th5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy14th13th
Bavarian Open7th
Challenge Cup8thWD8th
Cranberry Cup10th
John Nicks Challenge9th4th
NRW Trophy4th
Trophée Métropole Nice4th
Warsaw Cup5th
Swedish Championships1st1st
Competition placements at junior level [5]
Season 2017–18 2019–20
World Junior Championships15th
JGP Latvia12th
JGP Poland16th
Bavarian Open3rd4th
Swedish Championships1st1st

Detailed results

Pair skating with John Crafoord

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System 
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS139.382023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short programTSS49.572023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES28.502023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS23.182024 World Championships
Free skatingTSS92.092023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES48.302023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS45.392023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System 
SegmentTypeScoreEvent
TotalTSS112.832017 JGP Poland
Short programTSS41.332017 JGP Poland
TES22.332017 JGP Poland
PCS19.002017 JGP Poland
Free skatingTSS71.502017 JGP Poland
TES35.022017 JGP Poland
PCS36.482017 JGP Poland

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