Isabella Gamez

Isabella Gamez (born February 1, 1999) is a Filipina pair skater who competes for the Philippines with her partner Alexander Korovin.

Gamez and Korovin are the first pair from Southeast Asia and the Philippines to qualify and compete in the final segment of the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships.

They are the first international medalists for the Philippines in pairs skating, and two-time Philippine National Champions for pairs skating bringing attention to the sport in the tropical country.

Gamez was born on February 1, 1999, to Filipino parents, Gerardo Alisangco Gamez and Maria Victoria Webb Ramirez.

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.

Gamez started as a singles skater before switching to pairs.

They competed at two Junior Grand Prix events, finishing 11th in Zagreb and 13th in Gdańsk.

Gamez/Paradis concluded their season with an 11th-place finish at the Challenge Cup.

Gamez and Paradis split due to travel restrictions and inability to train together during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paradis retired from pairs skating to focus on his coaching career.

In August 2021, the Philippine Skating Union announced that Gamez had teamed up with Russian skater Alexander Korovin to represent the Philippines.

Korovin and Gamez were paired by 2014 Winter Olympics Pairs Champion Maxim Trankov and Olympic, World Championship Coach Marina Zoueva.

They met and began training together in early 2021.

For the 2021–2022 season, Gamez and Korovin focused on their training at Hertz Arena with Coach Marina Zoueva and her team in Estero, Florida.

The Gamez/Korovin pair made their debut at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they placed ninth after two years of inactivity.

The pair shared before their international debut, Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida affecting their training venue and practice schedule a week before Finland.

In their second competition together, Gamez and Korovin achieved a historical milestone for the Philippines.

They won the first-ever medal for Philippine pairs skating in an international competition, a silver medal at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur in Nice, France.

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.

Gamez teamed up with Griffin Schwab in pairs from the 2015–16 season.

They earned the novice silver medal in their first season at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

Gamez teamed up with Spanish skater Tòn Cónsul to represent Spain for juniors.

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

Gamez/Cónsul then won the 2018 Spanish junior national title and the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup.

They ended the season with a 13th-place finish at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Gamez/Cónsul split after he left skating at the end of the season.

Gamez began representing the Philippines in a new pair with Canadian skater David-Alexandre Paradis.

Gamez/Paradis competed at three Challenger Series events, becoming the first Filipino and Southeast Asian pair to compete in an International Skating Union competition.

They then finished seventh at Volvo Open Cup.

They were the first figure skating pairs team to represent the Philippines at International Skating Union competitions starting in 2019.

With her former skating partner, David-Alexandre Paradis, Isabella competed in the final segment at the 2020 Four Continents Championships.

Gamez/Paradis also earned the technical minimums for the 2020 Four Continents Championships to become the first Filipino and Southeast Asian pair to compete at an ISU Championship.

They finished ninth at Four Continents.