Sara Falotico

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Sara Falotico
Born (1984-06-28) 28 June 1984 (age 39)
Seraing, Wallonia, Belgium
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Figure skating career
Country Italy
Skating clubA.s.d. Sesto Ice Skate
Began skating1990

Sara Falotico (born 28 June 1984) is an Italian-Belgian figure skater. Competing for Belgium until 2006, she became a three-time Belgian national champion (2002, 2004, and 2005) and reached the free skate at six ISU Championships. In 2014, she began competing for Italy.

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Career

Falotico represented Belgium at the World Championships three times, achieving her highest placement (25th) in 2003; four times at the European Championships, with a highest placement of 21st in 2004; and four times at the World Junior Championships, with a highest placement of 21st in 2002 and 2003.

Falotico appeared at the 2005 Karl Schäfer Memorial, the final qualifying competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics, but her result, 8th, was insufficient to earn a spot at the Olympics. She did not compete in the following seasons.

Falotico returned to competition in the 2014–15 season, training at A.s.d. Sesto Ice Skate and representing Italy internationally. She won the 2014 Open d'Andorra [1] and finished 6th at the Italian Championships.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2015–16
2004–05
[2]
2003–04
[3]
  • Vuelvo Al Sur
    by Gotan Project
  • Santa Maria
    by Gotan Project
2002–03
[4]
  • Journey of Man
    (from Cirque du Soleil)
    by Benoît Jutras
2001–02
[5]
  • Tanguera
    by Mariano Mores
  • The Proprietor
    by Richard Robbins
2000–01
[6]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International [7]
Event97–98
(BEL)
98–99
(BEL)
99–00
(BEL)
00–01
(BEL)
01–02
(BEL)
02–03
(BEL)
03–04
(BEL)
04–05
(BEL)
05–06
(BEL)
14–15
(ITA)
15–16
(ITA)
Worlds 25th28th26th
Europeans 25th24th24th21st
CS Ice Challenge 20th
CS Nepela Trophy 18th
Golden Spin 5th
Karl Schäfer 8th
Nebelhorn 10th8th
Open d'Andorra 1st
DS Cup 4th
Lombardia Trophy 13th
Nepela Memorial 11th
Skate Israel 2nd
International: Junior [7]
Junior Worlds 22nd27th21st21st
JGP Canada 16th
JGP Czech Rep. 13th
JGP Germany 19th
JGP Italy 8th
JGP Mexico 13th
JGP Norway 10th
JGP Sweden 15th
JGP United States 9th
Gardena 8th J.
National [7]
Belgian 1st J.1st J.1st J.2nd1st2nd1st1st
Italian 6th7th
J. = Junior level

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References

  1. "Open d'Andorra 2014 – Senior Ladies – Free Skating". Faeg.org. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. "Sara FALOTICO: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 April 2005.
  3. "Sara FALOTICO: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004.
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  6. "Sara FALOTICO: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2001.
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