{{Short description|Australian ice dancer}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox figure skater |name= Matilda Friend |image= Matilda Friend, 2017 (cropped).jpg |caption= Friend in 2017 |fullname= |altname= |country= Australia |birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|8|30}} |birth_place= Sydney |hometown= Sydney |height= {{height|m=1.58}} |coach= Monica MacDonald <br> John Dunn |skating club= Macquarie ISC |beganskating= 2007 |retired= August 10, 2021<ref>{{cite instagram|postid=CSXxBOnB18B|user=tillyfriend|title=🖤|first=Matilda|last=Friend|author-link=Matilda Friend|date=August 10, 2021}}</ref> }} '''Matilda Friend''' (born 30 August 1999) is an Australian former competitive ice dancer. With her skating partner, William Badaoui, she is the 2016 Australian national champion and represented Australia at five Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.
==Career== Early in her career, Friend skated with Patrick Adderley. They won two Australian junior titles.
By the 2014–15 season, Friend had teamed up with William Badaoui. The two debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series and won the first of their three junior national titles.
In 2015–16, Friend/Badaoui returned to the JGP series and also made their senior international debut at the Open d'Andorra, in November 2015. They then competed at their first ISU Championships, placing 16th at the 2016 Four Continents Championships, held in February in Taiwan, and 30th at the 2016 World Junior Championships, which took place in March in Hungary.
Friend/Badaoui took the Australian national senior title in the 2016–17 season. They finished 15th at the 2017 Four Continents Championships in South Korea and 25th at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taiwan.
The duo competed at three more Four Continents, placing 14th in 2018, 12th in 2019, and 15th in 2020.
They trained at Macquarie Ice Rink under 1988 Winter Olympian Monica MacDonald.<ref name=AGOE190817/>
==Programs== ;with Badaoui {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Rhythm dance ! Free dance |- ! 2019–2020 <br><ref name=ISU-1920/> | * Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (musical) ** {{small|Disco:}} I Will Survive ** {{small|Quickstep:}} Night Fever | * Game of Thrones <br>{{small| by Ramin Djawadi }} ** Jenny of Oldstones ** Game of Thrones Theme |- ! 2018–2019 <br><ref name=ISU-1819/> | * {{small|Tango:}} Tango A La Haut <br>{{small| by Tango Society }} | * Million Reasons <br>{{small| by Lady Gaga }} * Someone like You <br>{{small| by Adele }} |- ! 2017–2018 <br><ref name=ISU-1718/> | * {{small|Samba:}} Arranca <br>{{small| by Manzanita }} * {{small|Rhumba:}} I'm Not Giving Up On You <br>{{small| by Gloria Estefan }} * {{small|Samba:}} Arranca <br>{{small| by Manzanita }} | * Love Story <br>{{small| by Henry Mancini }} |- ! 2016–2017 <br><ref name=ISU-1617/> | * {{small|Hip Hop:}} One More Night <br>{{small| by Maroon 5 }} * {{small|Blues:}} Why Don't You Do Right? <br>{{small| (from Who Framed Roger Rabbit) }} * {{small|Hip Hop:}} One More Night <br>{{small| by Maroon 5 }} | * It's So Overt, It's Covert <br>{{small| (from Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)) <br> by Hans Zimmer }} * Irene Adler - The Woman's Theme <br>{{small| (from Sherlock (TV series)) <br> by David Arnold }} |- ! 2015–2016 <br><ref name=ISU-1516/> | * {{small|Waltz:}} Beethoven's Five Secrets <br>{{small| by The Piano Guys }} | * In the Mood * Moonlight Serenade <br>{{small| by Glenn Miller }} * Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy <br>{{small| performed by the Andrews Sisters }} |- ! 2014–2015 <br><ref name=ISU-1415/> | * Sway <br>{{small| by Luis Demetrio, Pablo Beltrán Ruiz }} * Calypso Samba <br>{{small| by José Abreu }} | * Chambermaid Swing <br>{{small| by Parov Stelar }} * Minnie the Moocher <br>{{small| by Cab Calloway }} * Booty Swing <br>{{small| by Parov Stelar }} |}
== Competitive highlights ==
=== With Badaoui === ''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | International |- ! Event ! 14–15 ! 15–16 ! 16–17 ! 17–18 ! 18–19 ! 19–20 |- | align=left | Four Continents || || 16th || 15th || 14th || 12th || 15th |- | align=left | {{small|CS}} Alpen Trophy || || || || || 12th || |- | align=left | {{small|CS}} Asian Open || || || || || || 10th |- | align=left | {{small|CS}} Autumn Classic || || || || || || 6th |- | align=left | Asian Games || || || 6th || || || |- | align=left | Lake Placid IDI || || || || 14th || || |- | align=left | Open d'Andorra || || 8th || || || || 8th |- | align=left | Warsaw Cup || || || || || 6th || |- | align=left | Winter Universiade || || || || || 12th || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | International: Junior |- | align=left | Junior Worlds || || 30th || 25th || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Austria || || || || || 10th || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Canada || || || || || 9th || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Croatia || 15th || 17th || || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} Japan || 12th || || 10th || || || |- | align=left | {{small|JGP}} U.S. || || 13th || || || || |- | align=left | Lake Placid IDI || || || || || 9th || |- | align=left | Toruń Cup || || 9th || || || || |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=7 align=center | National<ref name="ISU-MFWB"/> |- | align=left | Australia || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd |- | align=left | Australia, Junior || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || || || bgcolor=gold | 1st || |- | colspan=7 align=center | <small> J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew </small> |}
=== With Adderley === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=3 align=center | National |- ! Event ! 2011–12 ! 2012–13 |- | align=left | Australian Champ. || bgcolor=gold | 1st J || bgcolor=gold | 1st J |}
== References == <references>
<ref name="ISU-MFWB">{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Competition Results: Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211105155940/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00014987.htm |archive-date= 5 November 2021 |url-status= live }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1415>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2014/2015 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150520184807/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 20 May 2015 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1516>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2015/2016 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160527070806/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 27 May 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1617>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2016/2017 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170609084208/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 9 June 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1718>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2017/2018 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180619091626/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 19 June 2018 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1819>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2018/2019 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190717210940/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 17 July 2019 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-1920>{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |title= Matilda FRIEND / William BADAOUI: 2019/2020 |publisher= International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200629223225/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014987.htm |archive-date= 29 June 2020 |url-status= live }}</ref>
<ref name=AGOE190817>{{cite news |url= https://anythinggoe.com/interview-with-matilda-friend/ |title= Matilda Friend on training for the new season, coming from an unconventional skating nation, and her goals for the future |website= anythinggoe.com | date= 17 August 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200815012919/https://anythinggoe.com/interview-with-matilda-friend/ |archive-date= 15 August 2020 |url-status= live }}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Friend, Matilda}} Category:Australian female ice dancers Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade Category:Figure skaters from Sydney Category:Figure skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen