About Kailani Craine
Welcome to my website!
I was very competitive from my first competition which was held at my local rink (the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium) in Newcastle, NSW Australia. After a few competitions at home, I began to travel a little further abroad to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne to compete. But never in my wildest dreams could I imagine that I would travel to compete at the most prestigious events across Europe, Asia, North America including the Olympic Games.
I live in Newcastle, NSW Australia (2 hours north of Sydney) and train 6 days a week at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium. I proudly represent the Hunter Ice Skating Club. Now that I have finished school, I try to get over to my "home away from home" at the Toyota Center in El Segundo, California USA as much as possible. I am truly grateful to be part of the fantastic skating community in Australia and now around the world.
Figure skating is an amazing and exciting sport. It's traditional yet cutting edge and always evolving, it's extremely technical, highly creative, at times can be completely brutal, but it can also create some of the most awe-inspiring sporting moments. I simply love being on the ice in front of a massive crowd, the bigger the better. You don't always have to be in first place to steal the show. I love performing and I love being a figure skater!
Kailani Craine
Tiffany Chin
I have been with Tiffany for over 10 years at the Toyota Sports Center. You name it, she's done it! Junior World Champ, US National Champ, multiple Grand Prix Gold Medalist, World Medalist, Olympian and a Tech Specialst. I'm so grateful for everything this amazing lady does for me.
Alex Chang
Alex choreographed my SP in 1 day and my FS in 2 days! Thats how good he is! That was a couple of seasons ago and fortunatly I have now finished school and get to spend daily choreo time with Alex. He's the man that gives me the confidence to dance like nobody's watching.
Kylie Fennell
Kylie needs no introduction to anyone back at home. Her name is synonymous with figure skating in Australia. Kylie began coaching me in 2011 after she coached Cheltzie Lee to the 2010 Olympics. Her level of professionalism and knowledge of the sport is second to none.
Galina Pachin
Galina is a super-star coach from home who coached Joanne Carter to multiple Olymics and most recently (with husband Andrei) have taken Australian Pairs Harley Windsor and Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya on to win the World Junior Championships and the Junior Grand Prix Final.
Date of Birth:
13.8.1998Place of Birth:
Newcastle, NSW AustraliaProfession:
AthleteHead Coach:
Tiffany ChinChoreographer:
Alex ChangAUS Coach(s):
Kylie Fennel and Galina PachinHome Club:
Hunter Ice Skating Club (HISC)USA Training:
Toyota Sports CenterAUS Training:
Hunter Ice Skating StadiumMusic (SP):
I Like It Like That by Tony Pabon and Manny RodriguezMusic (FS):
Shout by Think Up Anger feat. Malia J and Lux Aeternae by Clint MansellPB Total
PB (SP)
PB (FS)
| 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 17th | |||||
| World Championships | 27th | 24th | 17th | 36th | ||
| Grand Prix | 10th | 12th | 10th | |||
| Four Continents | 13th | 16th | 16th | 15th | ||
| Jr World Championships | ||||||
| National Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Shanghai Trophy
Autumn Classic
NHK Trophy
Warsaw Cup
Autumn Classic
Asian Open
Cup of China
NHK Trophy
"You don't always have to be in first place to steal the show. I love performing and I love being a figure skater"
Kailani Craine
2018 Olympic Winter Games
Since an early age, my number one goal was to compete at the Olympic Winter Games. For an athlete the Olympics is the absolute pinnacle, it's the ultimate and highest level you can reach. At 12 years old I remember watching the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and knowing that is what I wanted to do, that is where I wanted to be. I simply had to be a part of the Olympic Games. I had to be an Olympian. Ever since that moment, my life and everything I did and sacrificed was all aimed at being a part of the Olympic Winter Games and strangely enough, I knew I was going to be there.
The Opening Ceremony itself is something that an athlete will never forget let alone stepping out on the main stage and competing in front of the world. Nothing will ever compare to that moment when you walk out into the Olympic Stadium alongside your Australian Olympic Team and the moment when your name is announced and the music starts. I’ve never in my whole life felt so proud of myself and so proud to be Australian. Thank you to my family and friends, my coach Tiffany Chin, my choreographer Alex Chang, my sponsors and support team (Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, Ice Skating Australia, Edea Skates and John Wilson Blades), my local rink (Hunter Ice Skating Stadium) and most importantly my amazing fans from around the world. Thankyou you for making my dreams come true.
Channel Seven Olympic Preview
Olympic Short Program
Olympic Free Program
"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well"
Pierre de Coubertin - The founder of the modern Olympic Games
