Kimmy Vivienne Repond was born on 18 October 2006 and is a Swiss figure skater.
32 Facts About Kimmy Repond
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Kimmy Repond is the 2023 European bronze medalist, a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and a two-time Swiss national champion.
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Kimmy Repond was born on 18 October 2006 in Basel, Switzerland, to father Rene, a management consultant, and mother Claudia, a lawyer.
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Kimmy Repond attended a British school in Switzerland, which she graduated from in 2023, and speaks fluent German and English.
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Kimmy Repond made her international and ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2021 JGP Slovakia in September, coached by her older sister Jeromie.
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Kimmy Repond finished eighth in both segments to place eighth overall and did not receive a second assignment.
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Kimmy Repond competed at three more international junior B events in the fall, taking the title at both the 2021 Trophee Metropole Nice and the 2021 NRW Trophy, and placing second at the 2021 Santa Claus Cup behind Nina Pinzarrone of Belgium.
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Kimmy Repond claimed her second Swiss junior national title in late January 2022 by a 27-point margin over second-place finisher Sarina Joos and was later assigned to the Swiss women's berth at the 2022 World Junior Championships.
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Kimmy Repond was the highest-finishing European junior woman in the event.
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Kimmy Repond opened her season in early September at the 2022 JGP Austria, where she placed fourth in the short program.
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Kimmy Repond dropped to sixth in the free skate to finish sixth overall.
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At her second JGP assignment, the 2022 JGP Poland I, one of two events held in Gdansk, Kimmy Repond placed seventh in the short program.
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In October, Kimmy Repond competed at her first senior international event, the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy.
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Kimmy Repond won the short program with a new personal best score but fell to third place in the free skate to ultimately finish second overall between American gold medalist Ava Marie Ziegler and Estonian bronze medalist Niina Petrokina.
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Notably, Kimmy Repond led domestic rival Alexia Paganini by over six points after the short program, but Paganini later withdrew before the free.
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Kimmy Repond competed at a second Challenger Series assignment, the 2022 CS Ice Challenge held in Graz, Austria in November.
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Kimmy Repond placed ninth in the short program after falling on a planned triple Lutz but rose to second in the free skate to place third overall behind Italian Anna Pezzetta and Canada's Kaiya Ruiter.
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Kimmy Repond was later named to the Swiss team for the 2023 European Championships alongside Kaiser.
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Kimmy Repond's placement marked the first podium finish for a Swiss women's singles skater at the European Championships since Sarah Meier won the title in 2011.
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Kimmy Repond was next assigned to the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, where she aimed to finish in the top eight and thereby qualify a Swiss berth at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics.
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Kimmy Repond ultimately finished eighth at her first senior World Championships.
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Kimmy Repond began her her second senior season at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy in September.
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Kimmy Repond placed third in the short program despite a fall on her solo triple lutz, and later rose to first in the free skate to finish second overall behind Isabeau Levito.
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Kimmy Repond finished fifth of six women in the free skate, while the team won the bronze medal.
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Kimmy Repond made her Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Grand Prix de France, held in Angers in early November.
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Kimmy Repond struggled at the event, falling on both her solo triple flip and her triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination in the short program, and making another series of jump errors in the free skate, leading to a tenth-place finish overall.
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At the 2024 national championships, Kimmy Repond captured the Swiss title for the first time.
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Kimmy Repond finished seventh at the 2024 European Championships, and said afterward she felt "a bit disappointed," speculating that she had nerve issues due to limited training time while recovering from her hip problem.
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Kimmy Repond finished the season at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal.
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Kimmy Repond rebounded in the free skate, coming fourth in that segment with a personal best 133.38 point score.
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Kimmy Repond was sixth in the short program and fifth in the free skate and finished in sixth place overall.
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Kimmy Repond said that she was "really happy with how I did today, but I know I can do a bit better".