Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir

Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir (born 10 March 2003) is a retired Icelandic figure skater. She is a two-time senior national champion. She is the first Icelandic skater to successfully complete a triple loop in a competition and is also the first competitor from Iceland to compete at Junior Worlds. In 2019, 2020, and 2021, she was named the Icelandic Skater of the Year.

Personal life Aldís Kara Bergsdóttir was born on 10 March 2003 in Akureyri, Iceland.

Career Aldís Kara started skating at the age of 5 in Akureyri and her first official competition was in 2010. She has represented the Skautafélag Akureyrar in Akureyri since the start of her career.

2017–2018 season She debuted in juniors at the last domestic competition of the year in Iceland, Vetrarmót 2018, placing 6th Prior to that she had been a member of the novice national team.

2018–2019 season Aldís Kara started the season well with a couple of domestic competitions and then on to Icelandic National Championships where she placed 2nd in juniors. She represented Iceland at the Reykjavik International Games where she claimed a silver medal and set a national junior record of 108.45 points. From there she represented Iceland at The Nordics, where she placed 12th, setting a best score by an Icelandic competitor in the junior category with 103.52 points.

2019–2020 season Aldís Kara was chosen to represent Iceland at 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix. At her JGP debut, she placed 20th with record scores for an Icelandic competitor at JGP.

In October she went to Halloween Cup in Budapest where she obtained the TES minimum in the short program for Junior Worlds.

At Vetrarmót 2019 in Iceland she broke all national records in junior categories and became the Junior National Champion at Icelandic Championships 2019 in December. Her year ended with being nominated by the Icelandic Skating Association as the Skater of the Year 2019.

At Reykjavik International Games Aldís Kara broke yet another national record in SP of 45.25 points and was the first Icelander to successfully complete a triple loop at a competition.

At The Nordics Open she obtained the TES scores in the free program and bettered Iceland's performance in junior category at Nordics, placing 8th with 115.39 points, becoming the first Icelander to earn a ticket to Junior Worlds 2020.

Aldís Kara competed at Junior Worlds in Tallinn, Estonia in March 2020. She placed 35th and did not reach the free program

2020–2021 season

In December 2020, Aldís Kara was named the Icelandic Skater of the Year for the second consecutive year. In beginning of the year 2021 Aldís Kara started her senior career and won gold at Reykjavik International Games in January. In conjunction with the Games highest ranking competitors were awarded the National Champion title of Iceland in senior setting national records in the short program, free program and total score.

2021–2022 season Aldís Kara competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy on the Challenger series, the final qualifier for the 2022 Winter Olympics, where she placed thirty-second. She was the first ever Icelandic native to do so. During the Nebelhorn Trophy she obtained the minimum TES scores in the free program for the ISU European Championships. Aldís Kara then proceeded to 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy where she attempted to get minimum scores in the short program for the European Championships and successfully did so thus becoming the first ever Icelander native to qualify for the European Championships. She claimed her 2nd senior national champion title in November with record points. In December 2021 she was elected skater of the year by the Icelandic Skating Association for the 3rd consecutive year

Bergsdóttir announced her retirement from competitive skating on 3 December 2022. Experience A Thousand Times Good Night Piano Lesson With Grandma Hidden Machinations Yearning Hearts 2019–2021 Grandioso by Edvin Marton Tristan and Isolde by Maxime Rodriguez 2018–2019 O Verona Dance of the Knights Ruled by Secrecy by Muse

Competitive highlights International Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 Europeans 33rd Finlandia 23rd Nebelhorn 32ndReykjavik International 1st 2nd Nordics 9th International: Junior Junior Worlds 35th U.S. 20th Nordics 12th 8th Halloween Cup 15th Reykjavik International 2nd 5th National Icelandic Champ. 2nd J. 1st J. 1st S. 1st S.

Detailed results Senior results 2021–2022 season Date Event SP FS Total 10–16 January 2022 2022 European Championships 34 42.23 - 34 42.23 22–25 September 2021 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 31 39.92 32 78.17 32 118.09 7–10 October 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 23 45.45 23 76.66 23 122.11 19–21 November 2021 2021 Icelandic National Championships 1 47.31 1 88.83 1 136.14 2020–2021 season Date Event SP FS Total 29–31 January 2021 2020 Icelandic National Championships 1 40.93 1 82.51 1 123.44 29–31 January 2021 2020 Reykjavik International Games 1 40.93 1 82.51 1 123.44

Junior results

2021–2022 season Date Event SP FS Total 13–17 April 2022 2022 World Junior Championships TBD 2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS Total 2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 35 44.85 - 35 44.85 6–9 February 2020 2020 Nordics Open 18 35.13 5 80.26 8 115.39 24–26 January 2020 2020 Reykjavik International Games 2 45.25 8 68.29 5 113.54 30 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2019 2019 Icelandic Junior Championships 2 39.74 1 78.48 1 118.22 17–20 October 2019 2019 Halloween Cup 12 40.70 18 67.91 15 108.61 28–31 August 2019 2019 JGP United States 20 39.28 21 67.15 20 106.20 2018–2019 season Date Event SP FS Total 7–10 February 2019 2019 Nordics Open 13 36.66 12 66.86 12 103.52 1–3 February 2019 2019 Reykjavik International Games 3 36.33 2 72.12 2 108.45 1–2 December 2018 2018 Icelandic Junior Championships 2 37.94 2 62.57 2 100.51