Emilia Monika Ziobrowska & Shiloh Douglas Judd’s first competitive season in photos

For the first time in the history, Romania had an ice dance team at Europeans: Emilia Monika Ziobrowska and Shiloh Douglas Judd travelled to Tallinn, Estonia, this January, finishing the competition on the 26th place. Qualifying and then skating at a major ISU Championships was, no doubt, the highlight of their season.

Emilia and Shiloh with their coach, Elena Novak, at the end of 2024 EduSport Trophy

Near the ice in Allianz-Tiriac Arena in Otopeni, knowing they qualified a spot for Romania in the ice dancing event at Europeans

Personality-wise, “they’re not loud, they’re not very outgoing, they’re introverted, but not when they skate. Not when they skate”, their coach Elena Novak said about her students in an interview for Inside Skating, and these photos taken in Tallinn are the very embodiment of the coach’s words. Just look at them, look at Emilia and Shiloh performing their rhythm dance in their most important competition of their career so far. First time at Europeans? You wouldn’t say!

Satisfied team, greeted by coach Elena Novak at the end of the rhythm dance

Alongside Luiz Taifas / ION International Training Center and coach Elena Novak in the Kiss and Cry at Europeans

From Tallinn, Emilia and Shiloh travelled to Egna, in Italy, performing once again their programs and hoping to get the points needed to qualify for Worlds in Boston. It was going to be hard, and they’re a brand new team, they knew it, but put all energy, performing skills in action. It was also the competition they enjoyed the most – the photos from Egna speak for themselves.

Music by The Irrepressibles has been a beautiful companion to Emilia and Shiloh in the first free dance of their career. A word to describe it, to describe them? Luminous.

They wouldn’t get the minimum TES for Worlds, but they would assess the season exactly as it was: a success, a learning experience, only the first step of their journey. “Egna Dance Trophy 2025 was a huge success for us and what a great way to end our competitive season! We are so proud of our progress as we feel like we are improving as skaters and as a team at every competition. We would like thank the amazing coaches at WISA for the many achievements throughout this season. Of course we would also like to thank Luiz Taifas for always supporting us”. Beautifully surrounded by so many people this season, Emilia and Shiloh look forward to their journey – and so do we.