Sarina Joos (born 24 June 2006) is a Swiss-Italian figure skater who now represents Italy. Representing Italy, she is the 2024 Italian national champion and the 2025 CS Nepela Memorial bronze medalist.
Representing Switzerland, she is the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist and 2023 Swiss national bronze medalist. On the junior level, Joos is the 2022 European Youth Olympic bronze medalist and a two-time Swiss junior national medalist (silver in 2022, bronze in 2020).
Personal life Joos was born on 24 June 2006 in Zürich, Switzerland to an Italian mother and Swiss father. Her younger sister, Noemi, is also a competitive figure skater.
Career Early career Joos began learning how to skate in 2015. Her early coaches included Gheorghe Chiper, Zoltán Kelemen, and Kelsey McNeil.
She made her national debut at the 2019–20 Swiss Junior Championships, Joos won the bronze medal.
Skating for Switzerland 2021–22 season: Junior international debut Making her first appearance on the Junior Grand Prix series, Joos placed eleventh at the 2021 JGP Poland. She then went on to win the silver medal at both the 2021 Tirnavia Ice Cup and the 2021 Merano Cup.
At the 2021–22 Swiss Junior Championships, Joos won the silver medal behind Kimmy Repond. She ended the season by winning a bronze at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival in Vuokatti, Finland.
2022–23 season: Senior international debut Competing in the 2022–23 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Joos placed seventh at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic and twelfth at the 2022 JGP Poland II. She made her senior international debut in September at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy, where she finished seventh. Joos went on to win the silver medal on the junior level at the 2022 Ice Challenge as well as her first medal on the senior level – silver at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup.
Joos ended the season with a bronze medal on the senior level at the 2022–23 Swiss Championships behind Livia Kaiser and Kimmy Repond.
Skating for Italy 2023–24 season: Italian national champion
This season, Joos and her younger sister, Noemi, decided to start representing their mother's native Italy. It was subsequently announced that Joos had made a coaching change and was now training under Linda van Troyen, Sindra Kriisa, and Lorenzo Magri.
She made her international debut for Italy at the 2023 Tallinn Trophy in November, winning gold, before going on to win gold at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. In her first appearance at the Italian Championships she claimed the national title.
Assigned to make her European Championship debut at the 2024 edition in Kaunas, Joos came sixth, including a fifth-place finish in the free skate segment. She said she was "so incredibly happy. I am glad I could show what I do in practices."
Joos finished fourteenth in the short program at the 2024 World Junior Championships, but rallied in the free skate, coming fifth in the segment and rising to seventh overall. She said it was "great to be here with such a big Italian team." She went on to make her senior World Championship debut, coming twentieth.
2024–25 season Joos began the season by competing on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. She finished tenth at 2024 JGP Latvia and at 2024 JGP Czech Republic. Going on to compete on the senior international level, Joos finished fifth at the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial and fourth at the 2024 Tirnavia Ice Cup.
In early November, it was announced that Joos had returned to her former coaching team of Gheorghe Chiper, Zoltán Kelemen, and Kelsey McNeil.
She subsequently withdrew from the 2025 Italian Championships in mid-December.
2025–26 season Returning to competition in August, Joos opened the season by winning gold at the 2025 Robin Cousins Cup. She then went on to win bronze at the 2025 CS Nepela Memorial, gold at the 2025 Diamond Spin, as well as place fourth at the 2025 CS Warsaw Cup.
In December, Joos won the silver medal at the 2026 Italian Championships behind Lara Naki Gutmann. The following month, she competed at the 2026 European Championships in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, where she finished sixth overall, earning a new personal best free skate and combined total score in the process. "I'm super happy and super emotional," she said following her free skate, "I'm so happy that I could show the programs the way I did them in practice, as I trained them very hard every day. I'm just so grateful. So the biggest thank you to my team, to my coaching team, my parents, my sister for supporting me. I'm just super happy."
2026–27 season Joos opened her season by placing second at the 2026 Tallinn Open. She later went onto place fifth at the 2026 CS Lombardia Trophy.
Programs Season Short program Free skating2026–2027"Game of Thrones"
Jenny of Oldstonesby Florence + The Machine and Ramin Djawadi The Night Kingby Ramin Djawadi I Medici Ascent War Love for Duty Renaissance The Conclave Procession Lorenzo the Magnificent 2025–2026 Wake of Death (Reunited) Reminiscence 2024–2025 Magnificat The Crown Fairytale William Sacrifice How Soon Is Now? 2023–2024 Caruso
Après moi A Beautiful Storm Mercy in Darkness Gefion
Dreamcatcher Finale 2022–2023 Après moi Dreamcatcher Finale 2021–2022 Rome Marco Polo: Main Theme Nights from the Alhambra Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35: I. Allegro moderato
Competitive highlights
Single skating (for Italy)
Single skating (for Switzerland)
Detailed results
Single skating (for Italy) Senior level
Junior level
Single skating (for Switzerland) Senior level 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total December 15–16, 2022 2023 Swiss Championships 2 59.52 3 109.46 3 168.98 November 17–20, 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 3 58.76 2 121.55 2 174.96 September 16–19, 2022 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy 11 51.31 7 109.93 7 161.24
Junior level 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total November 9–13, 2022 2022 Ice Challenge 3 48.00 1 105.18 1 153.18 October 5–8, 2022 2022 JGP Poland II 10 53.79 14 95.57 12 149.36 August 31–September 3, 2022 2022 JGP Czech Republic 9 54.72 7 102.63 7 157.35 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total March 20–25, 2022 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 5 50.25 2 103.18 3 153.43 February 5–6, 2022 2022 Merano Cup 2 45.39 2 92.56 2 137.95 January 22–23, 2022 2022 Swiss Junior Championships 2 55.88 2 94.40 2 150.28 October 28–31, 2021 2021 Tirnavia Ice Cup 2 46.40 2 86.27 2 132.67 September 28–October 2, 2021 2021 JGP Poland I 11 44.71 11 82.28 11 126.99 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total February 1–2, 2020 2020 Swiss Junior Championships 7 42.68 3 81.91 3 124.59
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