The Mezzaluna Cup is an annual international ice dance competition which is generally held in October in Mentana, Italy. Medals may be awarded at the senior, junior, and novice levels. [1]
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
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2019 | Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | Adelina Galyavieva / Louis Thauron | Jasmine Tessari / Francesco Fioretti | [2] |
2021 | Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya | Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds | Carolina Moscheni / Francesco Fioretti | [3] |
2022 | Victoria Manni / Carlo Röthlisberger | Carolina Portesi Peroni / Michael Chrastecky | Denisa Cimlová / Joti Polizoakis | [4] |
2023 | Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen | Marie Dupayage / Thomas Nabais | Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud Caffa | [5] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
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2019 | Sasha Fear / George Waddell | Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valery Angelopol | Giulia Tuba / Andrea Tuba | [2] |
2021 | Nicole Calderari / Marco Cilli | Noemi Tali / Stefano Frasca | Denisa Cimlova / Vilem Hlavsa | [3] |
2022 | Anna Simova / Kirill Aksenov | Noemi Tali / Stefano Frasca | Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter | [4] |
2023 | Célina Fradji / Jean-Hans Fourneaux | Giulia Isabella Paolino / Andrea Tuba | Noemi Tali / Noah Lafornara | [5] |
Evan Bates is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Madison Chock, he is a 2022 Olympic team event silver medalist, the 2023 World champion, a three-time World medalist, the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final champion, a three-time Four Continents champion, and a four-time U.S. national champion. The two represented the United States at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.
Marco Fabbri is an Italian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Charlène Guignard, he is the 2023 World silver medalist, 2023 European champion, a two-time European bronze medalist, a three-time Grand Prix Final medalist, and six-time Italian national champion (2019-24). The two are also five-time Lombardia Trophy champions, two-time Golden Spin of Zagreb champions, and eight-time Italian national silver medalists. They represented Italy at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.
Merano Cup is an annual figure skating competition held in Merano, Italy. Inaugurated in 1997, it is typically held around November. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles on the senior, junior, and novice levels. It was held as a club competition in its early years.
Natalia Kaliszek is a retired Polish ice dancer. With her skating partner, Maksym Spodyriev, she has won medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy, and eight Polish national titles. They have represented Poland at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, as well as the European and World championships. At the junior level, they placed in the top ten at the 2015 Junior Worlds.
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Olivia Smart is a British-Spanish ice dancer, who currently competes with Tim Dieck for Spain. She previously represented Spain partnered with Adrián Díaz. With Díaz, Smart was the 2021 Skate Canada International bronze medalist, a four-time Challenger Series medalist, and a three-time Spanish national champion. They represented Spain at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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