Adrián Díaz

Olivia Smart and Adrián Díaz at the2017 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Adrián Díaz Bronchud
Other names	Adrià Díaz
Born	(1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (age 35) Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft7+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Spain
Discipline	Ice dance
Partner	Olivia Smart (2016–22) Sara Hurtado (2008–15)
Began skating	1995
Retired	May 23, 2022
Medal record
Spanish Championships 2009 Logroño Ice dance 2012 Jaca Ice dance 2013 Majadahonda Ice dance 2014 Jaca Ice dance 2015 Granada Ice dance 2018 Jaca Ice dance 2020 San Sebastián Ice dance 2022 Jaca Ice dance 2017 Vielha Ice dance 2019 Logroño Ice dance

Adrián (orAdrià)Díaz Bronchud (born 17 September 1990) is a Spanish skating coach and retired competitiveice dancer. Initially rising to prominence on the international scene partnered withSara Hurtado, the duo won six senior international medals and fiveSpanish national titles and were the first dance team to represent Spain inISU competition.^[1] They qualified for theOlympic Games, finishing thirteenth at the2014 Winter Olympics inSochi, and achieving their bestISU Championship result when they placed fifth at the2015 European Championships.

Following the end of his partnership with Hurtado, Díaz formed a new partnership with English ice dancerOlivia Smart, with whom he was the2021 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, a four-timeChallenger Series medalist, and a three-time Spanish national champion. Smart/Díaz represented Spain at the2022 Winter Olympics and finished seventh in their final performance at the2022 World Championships before he retired from the sport.

Adrián Díaz was born on 17 September 1990 inBarcelona.^[2] He studied sports science at university.^[3] He formerly competed as Adrià Díaz but prefers to be called Adrián or Adri.^[4] He began dating American ice dancerMadison Hubbell in 2014. The couple announced their engagement in April 2018.^[5] They got married on June 7, 2023, in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain.

Díaz started skating in 1995.^[6] After skating in singles, he became interested in switching toice dance in 2006 and asked a fellow single skater,Sara Hurtado, to go with him to a summer camp organized by the Spanish federation (FEDH) with French coachRomain Haguenauer.^[7] Hurtado said, "We begged the Federation for two years, please, please, we want to do ice dance."^[3] In early 2008, FEDH hired British coach John Dunn to teach ice dancing in Madrid.^[3][8][9]

Hurtado/Díaz began competing together internationally in the 2008–09 season. Their first major international event was the2009 World Junior Championships inSofia, Bulgaria, where they finished thirty-second.

Hurtado/Díaz competed in two events on theJunior Grand Prix circuit and finished sixteenth at the2010 World Junior Championships inThe Hague,Netherlands.

Hurtado/Díaz competed on theJunior Grand Prix circuit while participating in several senior internationals. They finished fifteenth at the2011 European Championships inBern, Switzerland, won a bronze medal at theBavarian Open and finished fourth at theWinter Universiade.

They placed ninth at theWorld Junior Championships inGangneung, South Korea. They then competed inMoscow, Russia, at their first seniorWorld Championships; although the two qualified for the short dance out of the preliminary round, they were unable to reach the free dance portion of the event.

Hurtado/Díaz moved toLondon, England, in mid-2011 after Dunn accepted a coaching job in his native country.^[10][11] In November, they competed at their first-everGrand Prix event, the2011 Trophée Éric Bompard, where they placed eighth (last). In December 2011, they ended their relationship with Dunn and relocated toMontreal,Quebec,Canada, to train underMarie-France Dubreuil andPatrice Lauzon.^[12][13][14]

Ranked twelfth in the short dance and seventeenth in the free dance, Hurtado/Díaz finished sixteenth at the2012 European Championships inSheffield, England. They qualified to the free dance at the2012 World Championships inNice, France, and finished nineteenth overall.

Hurtado/Díaz did not compete on the Grand Prix series. They placed fifteenth at the2013 European Championships inZagreb, Croatia, and nineteenth at the2013 World Championships inLondon, Ontario, Canada.

At the2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, Hurtado/Díaz became the first ice dancers to qualify for an Olympic entry for Spain.^[15] They had no Grand Prix assignments. In January 2014, they finished tenth at the2014 European Championships inBudapest, Hungary, allowing Spain to send two ice dancing teams to the next Europeans.^[16]

One month later, Hurtado/Díaz competed at theWinter Olympics inSochi, Russia;^[2] they set personal best scores in both segments and finished in thirteenth place. They ended their season with a sixteenth-place result at the2014 World Championships inSaitama.

Returning to the Grand Prix series, Hurtado/Díaz placed eighth at the2014 Skate Canada International and 4th at the2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. They then achieved career-best ISU Championship results, finishing fifth with a new personal best score at the2015 European Championships inStockholm, Sweden, and then fourteenth at the2015 World Championships inShanghai, China.

Hurtado/Díaz were invited to two Grand Prix events – the2015 Trophée Éric Bompard and the2015 Rostelecom Cup. However, on 16 October 2015, Hurtado announced on her personal Facebook page that she had decided to end the partnership.^[17][18] In a later interview, Hurtado stated that their partnership had experienced problems for some time and that therapy had not helped resolve these issues.^[19]

On 13 December 2015, it was announced that Díaz would represent Spain with British ice dancerOlivia Smart and that they would train inMontreal,Quebec, Canada.^[20] On 15 January 2016, Smart announced that the British skating association had released her.^[21]

Making their international debut, Smart/Díaz took silver behindPogrebinsky/Benoit at theLake Placid Ice Dance International in late July 2016. They later competed at threeISU Challenger Series events, placing fourth at the2016 U.S. International Classic, sixth at the2016 CS Autumn Classic International, and sixth at the2016 CS Finlandia Trophy, before winning gold at theOpen d'Andorra.

Smart/Díaz finished second to Hurtado and her new partnerKirill Khaliavin at theSpanish Championships. As a result, they were not nominated for the2017 European Championships.

Smart/Díaz took silver in February at theBavarian Open. Later that month, Federación Española Deportes de Hielo (FEDH) selected them to compete at the2017 World Championships, the main Olympic-qualifying competition.^[22] The two placed 16th in the short dance, 19th in the free dance, and 18th overall at the event inHelsinki, Finland. Their result allowed Spain to send one ice dancing team to the Olympics.

In July 2017, FEDH announced that Spain's Olympic spot would go to the team which received the highest combined score at the2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb andSpanish Championships.^[23]

Smart/Díaz began their season on theChallenger Series, placing seventh at the2017 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic and fourth at the2017 Autumn Classic International. Making their Grand Prix debut, they placed sixth at the2017 Skate Canada International in October. In December, they placed fifth at the2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, scoring 4.18 points less than Hurtado/Khaliavin. Later that month, they won the Spanish national title by a 3.23-point margin, resulting in a final deficit of 0.95 points. On 17 December 2017, FEDH announced that Hurtado/Khaliavin would compete at the European Championships and Olympics while Smart/Díaz would be assigned to the2018 World Championships.^[24][25] They finished twelfth at the event inMilan, Italy.

Smart/Díaz began their season at theAutumn Classic InternationalChallenger Series event, where they placed second behind CanadiansWeaver/Poje. At the onset of the 2018–19 season, they were assigned to two Grand Prix events, theSkate Canada andInternationaux de France, finishing fifth at the former and seventh at the latter.

After winning the silver medal at the Spanish Championships, finishing behind Hurtado/Khaliavin, they placed eighth at the2019 European Championships.

Smart/Díaz began the season with a victory at the 2019Lake Placid Ice Dance International and then placed fourth at the2019 CS Autumn Classic International. At their firstGrand Prix assignment,2019 Skate America, they placed fourth, with three new personal bests set.^[26][27] Smart/Díaz concluded the Grand Prix with another fourth-place finish at the2019 Internationaux de France.^[28]

After winning the Spanish national title for the second time, they finished eighth at the2020 European Championships, below Hurtado/Khaliavin in seventh place.^[29] Despite this, they were assigned to compete at theWorld Championships inMontreal, but these were cancelled as a result of thecoronavirus pandemic.^[30]

Smart/Díaz were assigned to the2020 Skate Canada International, but this event was also cancelled due to the pandemic.^[31]

While Smart/Díaz were listed on the preliminary entry list for the2021 World Championships, theSpanish Ice Sports Federation announced on March 2 that the final determination as to which team would represent Spain would be made following a virtual skate-off between them and Hurtado/Khaliavin.^[32] On March 7, the Spanish federation announced that the berth had been awarded to Hurtado/Khaliavin.^[33]

Smart/Díaz began the Olympic season at the2021 CS Autumn Classic International, where they won the silver medal, setting new personal best scores in the free dance and overall in the process.^[34] They beat domestic rivals Hurtado/Khaliavin by 0.25 points in the first of three matchups to determine which team would be named to theSpanish Olympic team.^[35] They then came fourth at their second event, the2021 CS Finlandia Trophy.^[36]

Competing on theGrand Prix at the2021 Skate America, they placed fourth in the rhythm dance, 1.27 points behind Canadian training partnersFournier Beaudry/Sørensen. They came third in the free dance but remained fourth overall by 0.54 points.^[37] TheirZorro free dance received a standing ovation from the audience, with Smart commenting that the "reaction of the crowd made it all worthwhile and so memorable."^[38] The following week at their second Grand Prix,2021 Skate Canada International, they were third in both segments of the competition, winning the bronze medal, their first Grand Prix medal.^[39]

Smart/Díaz faced off against Hurtado/Khaliavin at the 2022 Spanish Championships and won both segments of the competition to take the gold medal with a score of 202.47, with a margin of 8.12 points over their silver medalist rivals, expanding their cumulative margin to 8.37 points.^[40] Both teams then went to the2022 European Championships, the third and final competition for the Spanish Olympic berth. Smart/Díaz were fifth in the rhythm dance and moved up to fourth overall with a fourth-place free dance, despite a technical fall on their ending pose. Smart remarked that this season was "the hardest we've ever worked for anything. It's not only been this competition; it has been the whole season that we gave everything we had." Hurtado/Khaliavin finished in sixth place, 4.96 points back.^[41] With a cumulative margin of 13.33 points, Smart/Díaz were subsequently named to Spain's Olympic team.^[42]

Competing at the2022 Winter Olympics in thedance event, Smart/Díaz placed ninth in the rhythm dance.^[43] They skated a new personal best in the free dance, breaking 120 points in the segment for the first time with a score of 121.41. Due to errors by higher-ranked teamsFournier Beaudry/Sørensen,Gilles/Poirier andStepanova/Bukin they were sixth in that segment and rose to eighth overall.^[44]

Smart/Díaz finished their season at the2022 World Championships, held inMontpellier. Russian dance teams were absent due to theInternational Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country'sinvasion of Ukraine.^[45] They finished seventh, the highest ever result for a Spanish team, and finally achieving the Spanish federation's long-desired goal of earning two berths for Spanish dance teams at the World Championships.^[46]

On May 23, the Spanish federation announced that Díaz was retiring from competitive skating.^[47]

On June 23, 2022, the Ice Academy of Montreal announced that Díaz would be working at theirLondon, Ontario campus as a coach and choreographer alongside former training partnerScott Moir and wife,Madison Hubbell.^[48]

His current and former students include:

• Charlie Anderson /Cayden Dawson^[49]
• Nadiia Bashynska /Noé Perron^[50]
• Christina Carreira /Anthony Ponomarenko^[51]
• Leia Dozzi /Pietro Papetti^[52]
• Lily Hensen /Nathan Lickers^[53]
• Layla Karnes /Liam Carr^[54]
• Marie-Jade Lauriault /Romain Le Gac^[55]
• Samantha Ritter /Daniel Brykalov^[56]
• Haley Sales /Nikolas Wamsteeker^[57]
• Layla Veillon /Alexander Brandys^[58]
• Utana Yoshida /Masaya Morita^[59]

As a choreographer, his clients have included:

• Lia Pereira /Trennt Michaud^[60]
• Emmanuelle Proft /Nicolas Nadeau^[61]
• Madeline Schizas^[62]
• Utana Yoshida /Masaya Morita^[63]

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• Olivia Smart & Adrián Díaz at theInternational Skating Union
• Olivia Smart & Adrián Díaz at SkatingScores
• Sara Hurtado & Adrián Díaz at theInternational Skating Union
• Sara Hurtado & Adrián Díaz at SkatingScores
• Official website of Sara Hurtado & Adrian Diaz at theWayback Machine (archive index)
• Adrián Díaz atOlympedia
• Adrián Díaz atOlympics.com
• Adrián Díaz Bronchud (andhere) at theComité Olímpico Español(in Spanish) (archived)
• Adrian Diaz Bronchud onInstagram

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