| Samantha Cesario | |
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 Cesario at Bompard 2013. | |
| Born | (1993-08-21)August 21, 1993 (age 31) Rockville Centre, New York |
| Hometown | Oceanside, New York |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | United States |
| Skating club | SC of New York |
| Began skating | 1999 |
| Retired | May 11, 2015 |
Samantha Cesario (born August 21, 1993) is an American former competitivefigure skater. She won three bronze medals on theISU Junior Grand Prix series and placed 4th at the2013 World Junior Championships. On the senior level, she won bronze at the 2013U.S. Classic and silver at the2014 Finlandia Trophy.
Samantha Cesario was born on August 21, 1993, inRockville Centre, New York.[1] Her mother, Joanne, is an elementary school monitor.[2] She grew up inOceanside, New York, and graduated fromOceanside High School in 2011.[3] Deciding to focus on skating, she turned down a scholarship to theFashion Institute of Technology.[2]
In June 2019, Cesario married her partner of 9 years,[4] Jesse Kramer.[5] In August 2021, Cesario and Kramer announced they were expecting their first child.[6] On December 18, 2021, Cesario gave birth to a daughter named Whitney Jane.[7]
Cesario began skating when she was six years old.[3] She was coached by Mary Lynn Gelderman from the age of eight until the end of her career.[8][9]
Cesario made her international debut in 2010 when she won the 2010Gardena Spring Trophy on the junior level. The following season, she made herISU Junior Grand Prix debut, competing at theJGP in Romania where she placed 4th. After winning2011 Eastern Sectionals she withdrew from the2011 U.S. Championships due to a back injury.[10][11] She spent eight weeks in a hard cast. She was later diagnosed with anarthritic facet joint and was administered acortisone shot to be able to train full run-throughs.[12]
Cesario made her comeback in the 2011–12 season. She competed at theJunior Grand Prix event inPoland where she took bronze.[13] She placed third also at her other Junior Grand Prix event in Estonia. In January 2012, she tore her left lateral collateral ligament, resulting in her withdrawing from the2012 U.S. Championships and keeping her off the ice for six to eight weeks.[14]
In the 2012–13 season, Cesario competed at the Junior Grand Prix in Austria where she earned the bronze medal. She went to the Junior Grand Prix in Germany, but was injured and withdrew after the short program. At the2013 U.S. Championships, she placed 8th and earned a spot on the Junior World Team. Cesario placed fourth atJunior Worlds after placing 1st in the short program and 4th in the free skate.[15] Due to misaligned knees,[2] she attempted 3Lo–3Lo combinations more commonly than 3T–3T (jumps) in order to reduce pressure on her facet joint.[16]
In 2013–14, Cesario won bronze in her first event of the season, theU.S. International Classic. She placed fifth and fourth at her two seniorGrand Prix assignments, the2013 Skate America and2013 Trophée Éric Bompard. She hadmononucleosis in May and June 2014.[8]
During the 2014–15, Cesario won silver at2014 Finlandia Trophy. She then finished fourth and seventh at her two senior Grand Prix assignments, the2014 Skate America and2014 Trophée Éric Bompard.[17] She went on to place fifth at the2015 U.S. Championships[18] before ending her season at2015 Four Continents Championships, where she finished eighth. On May 11, 2015, Cesario announced her retirement from competitive figure skating due to recurring injuries and disagreements with the judging system. She intended to become a coach.[9]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2014–15 [1][3][8] |
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| 2013–14 [19] |
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| 2011–13 [20][21] |
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| 2010–11 [22] |
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| 2009–10 [3] |
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| 2008–09 [3] |
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GP:Grand Prix; CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix
| International[23] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 |
| Four Continents | 8th | 8th | |||||
| GPBompard | 4th | 7th | |||||
| GPSkate America | 5th | 4th | |||||
| CSFinlandia | 2nd | ||||||
| U.S. Classic | 3rd | ||||||
| International: Junior[23] | |||||||
| Junior Worlds | 4th | ||||||
| JGPAustria | 3rd | ||||||
| JGPEstonia | 3rd | ||||||
| JGPGermany | WD | ||||||
| JGPPoland | 3rd | ||||||
| JGPRomania | 4th | ||||||
| Gardena | 1st J | ||||||
| National[3] | |||||||
| U.S. Championships | 6th J | 14th | WD | WD | 8th | 5th | 5th |
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