Isabella Gamez

Isabella Marie Gamez (born February 1, 1999) is an American-born Filipino pair skater who competes for the Philippines with her partner Aleksandr Korovin. Gamez and Korovin are the first pair from Southeast Asia and the Philippines to qualify and compete in the final segment of the World Championships. They are the first international medalists for the Philippines in pairs skating, first pair to compete at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating for Southeast Asia and the Philippines, as well as two-time Philippine National champions.

With her former skating partner, David-Alexandre Paradis, Isabella competed in the final segment at the 2020 Four Continents Championships. They were the first figure skating pairs team to represent the Philippines at an International Skating Union competition.

Competing for Spain in junior pairs with her former skating partner, Tòn Cónsul, she is the 2018 Spanish Junior National champion and finished 13th at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Personal life Gamez was born on February 1, 1999, to Filipino parents. Both parents were born and raised in Quezon City. Gamez is the grandniece of former Philippines Olympics basketball player, Senator Freddie Webb on her mother's side. Her paternal grandfather is Dr. Gilberto Gamez, former Dean of University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. She grew up regularly spending time in Manila, maintaining a close tie to her Philippine roots and both sides of her family living there. In addition to figure skating, Gamez is a scuba diver, who spends time in Anilao, Mabini, Batangas. She also enjoys painting and baking.

Career Early career

Gamez started as a singles skater before switching to pairs starting as a novice. Paradis retired from pairs skating to focus on his coaching career. The pair shared before their international debut, Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida affecting their training venue and practice schedule a week before Finland. They competed at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup placing 11th, and withdrew from the Golden Spin of Zagreb due to injury. Gamez/Korovin continued the season to become the first senior pairs team to win the Philippine Figure Skating Championships, bringing awareness to the pairs discipline in the tropical country as the only competitors in December 2022. They qualified and competed at the 2023 Four Continents Championships in Colorado Springs placing ninth. They competed at the Challenge Cup in Tilburg, Netherlands, where they placed 6th and earned the technical minimums to become the first Southeast Asian and Philippine pairs team to qualify and compete at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan. However, they were unable to accept the assignment due to the short notice invitation. They were later assigned to the 2024 Cup of China following another team's withdrawal. At 2024 Cup of China, Gamez and Korovin became the first Southeast Asian and Philippine pair to compete at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Gamez became the first Filipina woman ever at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating. They finished the event in seventh place. Korovin and Gamez went on to the 2025 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, Korea finishing in 10th place despite dealing with illness, following the competition withdrawal of the Philippines single men representative Paolo Borromeo.

2025–2026 season Gamez/Korovin opened the season by winning the bronze medal at the 2025 Asian Open Trophy. November Malagueña 2024–2025

With Paradis 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total February 20–23, 2020 2020 Challenge Cup 11 45.38 11 82.74 11 128.12 February 4–9, 2020 2020 Four Continents Championships 10 47.34 9 80.09 9 127.43 December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 14 47.50 15 88.40 14 135.90 November 14–17, 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 12 47.99 8 97.05 11 145.04 November 5–10, 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 7 44.37 7 82.42 7 126.79 October 11–13, 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 10 43.09 9 81.61 9 124.70