Joshi Nero Explained

Joshi Nero, (; born 7 June 1993) is a Swedish retired figure skater. She is the 2014 Bavarian Open champion, 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and three-time Swedish national champion.

She and her sister Viktoria are the only siblings to finish together in the top 5 of a major championship as single skaters, a feat achieved during the 2015 European Championships.

Personal life

Nero was born in Tibro, Sweden. Her elder sister, Viktoria, is also a former competitive skater, and their mother, Christina, is their coach. She also has an older brother named Lukas and a father named Lennart.^[1] Her sister-in-law is former Norwegian figure skater, Anne Line Gjersem, who married her brother in October 2022.^[2]

Following her retirement from competitive figure skating, she began coaching in Tibro alongside her sister.^[3]

In June 2022, Nero announced on her Instagram that she was pregnant with her boyfriend, Isak Nero's, child. She gave birth to a daughter, Hailey, in September 2022. She and Nero would marry in June 2023.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Career

Early career

Nero placed 4th at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her Grand Prix debut came at the start of the following season; she placed 9th at the 2009 Skate America and 11th at the 2009 Skate Canada International.

In April 2011, Nero made her senior ISU Championship debut at the World Championships in Moscow. After advancing past the preliminary round, she placed 16th in the short program and qualified for the final segment. Her 13th place in the free skate lifted her to 15th overall. In January 2012, Nero finished 10th in Sheffield, England at her first European Championships.

2012–13 season: Top ten at Europeans

In the early part of the 2012–13 season, Nero sustained a stress fracture of the fibula in her take-off leg but returned to the ice two weeks before the 2012 Cup of China, where she finished 7th. She placed 8th at her second GP event, the 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard, and 9th at the 2012 NRW Trophy.

She won the 2013 Swedish national title ahead of her sister and went on to place 8th at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. After taking silver at the Nordic Championships, she closed her season with gold medals at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial and Coupe du Printemps.

2013–14 season: Final Worlds and Nordic Champion

Nero started her season by winning the silver medal at the Denkova-Staviski Cup. After taking silver at the Swedish Championships, she placed 9th at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Nero won gold at the Bavarian Open and at the Nordic Championships. In March 2014, she travelled to Saitama, Japan to compete at her second World Championships; she placed 15th in the short, 12th in the free, and 14th overall.

2014–15 season: 4th at Europeans

Nero started her season on the ISU Challenger Series (CS), finishing 7th at the Lombardia Trophy and winning the silver medal at the Ondrej Nepela Trophy. She withdrew from both of her GP assignments, the 2014 Skate America and 2014 Rostelecom Cup, due to an injury.

After winning silver at the Swedish Championships, Nero achieved a career-best 4th-place finish at the European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. Closing her season, she finished 14th at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China.

2015–16 season

After starting her season with silver at the Lombardia Trophy, Nero competed at a pair of CS events, placing 7th at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy and then taking the bronze medal at the 2015 Finlandia Trophy. She finished 9th at both of her GP assignments, the 2015 Skate Canada International and 2015 Rostelecom Cup. At the 2016 Europeans Nero placed 6th in the short program, but 11th in the free skate and 9th overall. She won the 2016 Nordics Open ahead of Viveca Lindfors. At the 2016 Worlds she did two major mistakes in her short program, placed 30th and did not qualify to the free skate.

2016–17 season

Following the 2016–17 season, Nero announced that she would move from Tibro to Toronto, Ontario, Canada to train with Brian Orser. She started her season by placing 7th at 2016 CS Autumn Classic and 9th at 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy.

2017–18 season

Nero trained for the season to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics. She competed at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy, but her level of skating did not improve as she planned. On 7 November 2017, she announced her retirement from competition.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2017–2018	Unforgettable	Sylvia
2016–2017	Let Me Entertain You	Endangered Species Composition of Rayshaun
2015–2016	Too Darn Hot	Once Upon a Time in Mexico Las Bandidas ---- Once Upon a Time in Mexico Shot You Down Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Las Bandidas
2014–2015	Blackbird	Snow White and the Huntsman	Eye of the Tiger
2013–2014	Cirque du Soleil Mystere Taiko	Warrior Princess An Ancient Muse Here Comes the King
2012–2013	Cirque du Soleil Mystere Taiko	Burlesque Express Blues in Night Show Me How You Burlesque
2011–2012	The Man with the Golden Arm	Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet
2010–2011	Sarabande Suite	Palladio Feeling Good Palladio
2009–2010	Magaya	Symphony No. 5 Somewhere in Time The Godfather
2008–2009	Amélie	Symphony No. 5 Somewhere in Time The Godfather
2007–2008	Pachelbel's Canon	Arabian selections Pasha Shik Shak Shok

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2009–10 to present

International
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18
align=left			15th			14th	14th	30th	26th
align=left				10th	8th	9th	4th	9th	14th
align=left					9th
align=left			7th		7th				12th
align=left							WD	9th
align=left		9th	4th	10th			WD
align=left		11th						9th	10th
align=left									7th
align=left								3rd	9th	WD
align=left							6th			14th
align=left							bgcolor=silver	2nd	7th
align=left						bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left									4th
align=left			10th
align=left						bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left		14th
align=left	Hellmut Seibt				bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left								bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left				bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left	Mont Blanc		bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left		18th	4th	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	6th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st		bgcolor=gold	1st	4th
align=left				5th	9th
align=left					bgcolor=gold	1st		bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left		bgcolor=silver	2nd
International: Junior
align=left		9th		9th
National
align=left		bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st
WD: Withdrew

2004–05 to 2008–09

International
Event	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09
align=left						bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left						bgcolor=silver	2nd
International: Junior or novice
align=left					7th	4th
align=left					7th
align=left				9th
align=left						7th
align=left						9th
align=left					6th
align=left						bgcolor=silver	2nd J.
align=left					4th J.
align=left				bgcolor=cc9966	3rd J.
align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	3rd N.	4th J.	bgcolor=gold	1st J.	bgcolor=gold	1st J.
align=left		bgcolor=silver	2nd N.
align=left		4th N.
National
align=left				bgcolor=gold	1st J.	bgcolor=gold	1st J.	bgcolor=gold	1st J.
Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

External links

• Joshi Helgesson official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jonsson. Jan. Seg fotskada stör drömmen om EM. Sydsvenskan. Sydsvenskan. 14 October 2015.
2. Web site: Gjersem . Anne Line . Married the love of my life . Instagram . Instagram . 5 October 2024.
3. Web site: Casper JOHANSSON: 2024/2025 . International Skating Union . International Skating Union . 5 October 2024.
4. Web site: Nero . Joshi . Sista semestern med bara två i familjen ☀️ Vi längtar efter dig . Instagram . Instagram . 5 October 2024.
5. Web site: Nero . Joshi . Redan 1 månad gammal, vår älskade Hailey ❤️ . Instagram . Instagram . 5 October 2024.
6. Web site: Nero . Joshi . Tack till alla som gjorde detta till en oförglömlig dag . Instagram . Instagram . 5 October 2024.