Emilia Murdock
| Emilia Jane Murdock | ||||||
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 Murdock at 2019 Lake Placid JGP | ||||||
| Born | 17 November 2002 Greenwich, Connecticut, United States | |||||
| Hometown | Madrid, Spain | |||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||
| Country |  Spain (since 2023) United States (2018–23) | |||||
| Coach | Tammy Gambill Damon Allen Sandy Rucker Straub Laura Fernandez | |||||
| Skating club | Valdemoro | |||||
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Emilia Jane "Milly" Murdock (born 17 November 2002) is a Spanish-American singles figure skater representing Spain. She represented the United States until the 2023–24 season. She is the 2018 U.S. junior bronze medalist, the 2017 U.S. intermediate silver medalist, the U.S. 2015 juvenile silver medalist, and the 2023 Spanish Championship gold medalist.
Personal life
[edit]Emilia "Milly" Murdock was born on November 17, 2002, in Greenwich, Connecticut, in the United States to Sean and Yalin Murdock. Emilia has two brothers, Jack and Patrick. She graduated from The Newman School in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2021. Emilia also runs a blog about healthy eating and nutrition called Bon Athlete.[1]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Murdock began skating in 2004, when she was 19 months old.[2] Murdock's mother, Yalin, coached her daughter until the age of 5.
For the United States
[edit]2018–19 season
[edit]Murdock made her international debut as a junior and won two silver medals at the 2019 Bavarian Open and the 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb.
2019–20 season
[edit]Murdock was assigned to the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Lake Placid, New York. She finished 13th in the short program and 7th in the free skate, finishing 7th overall. Her season continued with two domestic competitions finishing 2nd at the Central Pacific Coast Regionals and 3rd at Pacific Coast Sectionals, respectively. Following the conclusion of the season, Murdock left longtime coaches Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson.
2020–21 season
[edit]In August 2020, Murdock moved to Toronto to train with Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson.[3] Murdock made her senior debut by qualifying for the U.S. Championships after a sixth-place finish in the virtual U.S. Championship Series. Murdock finished 14th at the 2021 U.S. Championships held in Las Vegas.[3]
2021–22 season
[edit]In the spring of 2021, Murdock suffered an injury where she had difficulty jumping triple jumps. She finished sixth and ninth place in the Championship Series and did not qualify to compete in January at the 2022 U.S. Championships in Nashville, Tennessee.[3]
2022–23 season
[edit]In July 2022, Murdock moved to train in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with Tammy Gambill and Damon Allen.[3] Murdock's final competition representing the United States was Midwestern Sectional Singles and U.S. Pairs Final 2023, where she placed 6th in the short, 4th in the free, and 4th overall.[4]
For Spain
[edit]2023–24 season
[edit]Murdock began representing Spain in 2023, splitting her time between training in Madrid under Laura Fernandez, Javier Fernández's sister, and training in Colorado Springs, Colorado under coaches, Tammy Gambill, Damon Allen, and Sandy Rucker Straub.[5]
Making her international debut representing Spain, Murdock competed at the 2023 Volvo Open Cup and the 2023 NRW Trophy, placing ninth and sixth, respectively. She then attended the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing in sixteenth place.[6]
After winning the 2023 Spanish Championships, she was named to the team to compete at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Canada, but failed achieve her technical minimums needed to compete at the event.[7] She would ultimately close the season by winning silver at the 2024 Sofia Trophy.[6]
2024–25 season
[edit]Murdock started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing eleventh at the 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International and twenty-first at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. She would subsequently finish thirteenth at the 2024 Tayside Trophy and ninth at the 2024 NRW Trophy.[6]
Programs
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2024–25 |
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| 2023–24 [5] |
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| 2022–23 |
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| 2021–22 [1] |
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| 2020–21 [1] |
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| 2019–20 [8][1] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]For Spain
[edit]- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
| Season | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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| Spanish Championships | 1st | |
| CS Cranberry Cup | 11th | |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 21st | |
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 16th | |
| NRW Trophy | 6th | 9th |
| Sofia Trophy | 2nd | |
| Tayside Trophy | 13th | |
| Volvo Open Cup | 9th |
For the United States
[edit]- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- J – Junior level, S – Senior level
| Season | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 |
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| JGP United States | 7th | |||
| Bavarian Open | 2nd | |||
| Golden Bear of Zagreb | 2nd | |||
| U.S. Championships | 3rd J | 14th S | 5th J |
Detailed results
[edit]| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 120.09 | 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International |
| Short program | TSS | 41.49 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
| TES | 19.87 | 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| PCS | 22.81 | 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International | |
| Free skating | TSS | 80.01 | 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International |
| TES | 38.36 | 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International | |
| PCS | 41.64 | 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International |
For Spain
[edit]| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Nov 2–5, 2023 |  2023 Volvo Open Cup
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8 | 45.36 | 9 | 76.46 | 9 | 121.82 |
| Nov 16-19, 2023 |  2023 NRW Trophy
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2 | 50.29 | 9 | 72.66 | 6 | 122.95 |
| Dec 6–9, 2023 |  2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
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17 | 40.82 | 16 | 70.08 | 16 | 110.90 |
| Dec 15–17, 2023 | 2023 Spanish Championships
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1 | 44.89 | 1 | 85.42 | 1 | 130.31 |
| Jan 13 – Feb 4, 2024 |  2024 Sofia Trophy
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1 | 43.46 | 2 | 81.07 | 2 | 124.53 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Aug 8–11, 2024 |  2024 CS Cranberry Cup International
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12 | 40.08 | 10 | 80.01 | 11 | 120.09 |
| Sep 19–21, 2024 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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19 | 41.49 | 21 | 70.88 | 21 | 112.37 |
| Oct 12–13, 2024 |  2024 Tayside Trophy
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11 | 41.44 | 14 | 67.65 | 13 | 109.09 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Emilia Murdock US Figure Skating Fan Zone". US Figure Skating Fan Zone. US Figure Skating. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ Diamond Fox, Sandra. "Darien figure skater hopes to compete in Olympics". darientimes. Darien Times. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Emilia Murdock Looking to Return to Nationals". figureskateronline. Figure Skaters Online. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Rink Results- 2023 Midwestern Sectional Singles and U.S. Pairs F". rink results. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Emilia MURDOCK: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 6, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "ESP-Emilia Murdock". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ "La RFEDH, una vez finalizadas todas las competiciones dentro de los Criterios de Selección de Patinaje Artístico, comunica los patinadores que representarán a España en el Europeo y Mundial 2024" [The RFEDH, once all the competitions within the Figure Skating Selection Criteria have finished, announces the skaters who will represent Spain in the 2024 European and World Championships]. Twitter (in Spanish). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Emilia MURDOCK: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 31, 2019.
- ^ "Rink Results- Emilia Murdock". rink results. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Emilia Murdock ISU Bio". isuresults. International Skating Union. Retrieved 21 January 2024.