Background
Kailani Craine was born on 13 August 1998 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She is the daughter of Katrina and Stephen Craine.
Kailani Craine was born on 13 August 1998 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She is the daughter of Katrina and Stephen Craine.
Craine started skating at the age of eight. Tiffany Chinese became her coach in 2010. In March 2014, she made her International Skating Union Championship debut at the World Junior Championships in Sofia but was eliminated after placing 35th in the short program
Making her senior international debut, she took the silver medal at the MNNT Cup in January 2015.
Craine placed 12th at the 2015 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South of Korea and qualified for the free skate at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
She is the 2015 MNNT Cup silver medalist and a two-time Australian national champion. In the 2013-2014 season, Craine competed in her first International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix event and won her second junior national title. In December 2014, Craine won her third junior and first senior national title at the Australian Championships. Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, she outscored the defending senior champion, Brooklee Han, by 2.18 points overall. In December 2015, Craine repeated as Australia"s junior and senior national champion.
