Maria-Elena Papasotiriou - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Maria-Elena Papasotiriou was born in January 27, 1990 in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA. She is an American figure skater who currently represents Greece. Her coach is Alexander Ouriashev and her choreographer is Oleg Epstein.
At World Figure Skating Championship 2008 she finished 50th and at the European she was 38th. At the latter, she landed the double axel, but she didn't manage to perform the combination triple lutz-double toeloop because of a fall after the lutz. Her last jump should be a triple flip but she stepped out of it.
She made her international debut at the 2007 European Championships, finishing 31st in the short program. She then placed 38th at her first World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. She had previously competed in the United States, finishing fifth at the Upper Great Lakes Regionals at all levels from novice to seniors, just missing the cut to move upwards to Nationals.
Papasotiriou plans to compete as long as possible. "I just want to skate my best every time," she stated. "I'm trying to improve my personal bests and move up the ladder. Eventually, she hopes to be able to represent Greece at the Winter Olympics.
2007-2008
SP: Colossus (Afro Celt Sound System) / Appassionata (Secret Garden) FS: The Godfather (Nino Rota) / Tarantella (Alan Trejo) / Funiculi
2006-2007
SP: Mack and Mabel (Jerry Herman) FS: The Godfather (Nino Rota) / Tarantella (Alan Trejo) / Funiculi
"For the short, I wanted something fun and upbeat to entertain people," she said, "not something classical like everybody else. For the long, I wanted something calmer and more classical. I like to skate to fun music and something that goes from slow to fast and back to slow."
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My Interests

Off ice, she likes to hang out with friends and go shopping. Musically, she listens to the top current hits and numbers James Blunt and Justin Timberlake among her favorite performers. She also plays the piano. She is also very involved in her church. She plays center on her church's basketball team because she said, "I can jump really high even though I'm short." She works with the church youth group to help homeless families and formed a charitable organization with her sisters and cousins to raise funds for pancreatic cancer. The charity, called I Want to be a Lifesaver raised $30,000 for the Pancreatic Cancer Foundation by selling painted lifesaver candies strung on to necklaces and bracelets.

The teenager is a junior at Libertyville High School, where her favorite subjects are physics and science. She plans to go to the university to study something in science. "I'd like to be a doctor," she said, "but I don't like needles." She would also like to coach skating. "I have one student now," she said. "I've been coaching for the past two years and do Learn to Skate classes at the rink."..

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ISU events

Skate America, Everett (USA) October 23 - 26, 2008Homesense Skate Canada International, Ottawa, ON (CAN) October 31 - November 2, 2008Cup of China, Beijing (CHN) November 6 - 9, 2008Trophée Eric...
Posted by Maria-Elena Papasotiriou on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:44:00 PST

Greek team 2008-2009

LadiesGeorgia Glastris (16 year old) from USA, who has finished 50th to ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2008 representing Greece, is preparing (with her coach Maria Jezak-Athey and her c...
Posted by Maria-Elena Papasotiriou on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:49:00 PST

Worlds 2008-Day 5

Men, Free Skating The Men were the last to crown their Champions. In what was an exciting competition until the very end, Jeffrey Buttle of Canada claimed the gold medal. France’s Brian Joubert ...
Posted by Maria-Elena Papasotiriou on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:09:00 PST

Worlds 2008-Day 4

Men, Short Program The Men’s event kicked off with an exciting Short Program. Jeffrey Buttle of Canada took the lead while Johnny Weir (USA) edged Japan’s Daisuke Takahashi by 0.39 points ...
Posted by Maria-Elena Papasotiriou on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:38:00 PST

Worlds 2008-Day 3

Ice Dancing, Original Dance The Original Dance of the 2007/08 season is the Folk/Country Dance. The 30 couples in the event presented a wide variety of dances such as Aboriginal, African, French, Poli...
Posted by Maria-Elena Papasotiriou on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:38:00 PST

Worlds 2008-Day 2

Ladies, Short Program The competition kicked off with the Ladies Short Program. Carolina Kostner of Italy grabbed the lead ahead of Japan’s Mao Asada and Yukari Nakano. The top eight Ladies are ...
Posted by Maria-Elena Papasotiriou on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:42:00 PST

Worlds 2008-Day 1

Ice Dancing, Compulsory Dance The ice dancers opened the competition with the Compulsory Dance. The Compulsory Dance drawn for the World Championships was the Argentine Tango. Isabelle Delobel/Olivie...
Posted by Maria-Elena Papasotiriou on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:46:00 PST

Worlds 2008 preview

The 2008 ISU World Figure Skating Championships will open in the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden, on March 18. A record number of 203 skaters/couples from 48 ISU members have been entered for...
Posted by Maria-Elena Papasotiriou on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:39:00 PST

Worlds Junior 2008

During February 26th - March 2nd 2008 the Winter Sports Hall in Sofia will be the arena where all young athletes of the world will meet for the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2008 Lad...
Posted by Maria-Elena Papasotiriou on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:49:00 PST

Euros 2008-Day 5

The competition at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2008 concluded Saturday in Zagreb, Croatia, with the Ladies Free Skating. Ladies, Free Skating In what was a Ladies Free Skating...
Posted by Maria-Elena Papasotiriou on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:50:00 PST