Simone Vaturi

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Simone Vaturi
Lorenza Alessandrini Simone Vaturi Dresden 2009.jpg
Alessandrini and Vaturi in 2009.
Born (1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 (age 36)
Milan, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country Italy
Coach Pasquale Camerlengo, Massimo Scali, Anjelika Krylova
Skating clubForum SSDRL
Assago Milano
Began skating1998

Simone Vaturi (born 20 July 1988) is an Italian ice dancer. With former partner Lorenza Alessandrini, he is the 2010 and 2013 Cup of Nice silver medalist, 2011 and 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial silver medalist, and a two-time Italian national bronze medalist.

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Personal life

Simone Vaturi has an elder brother, Andrea Vaturi, who is a choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. [1] As of December 2013, he is a student at the University of Milan. [2]

Career

Early in his career, Vaturi skated with Serena Tancredi.

In 2007, he teamed up with Lorenza Alessandrini. They placed fifth at the 2010 World Junior Championships. Later that year, Alessandrini broke a rib in training causing them to miss the 2010–11 Grand Prix season. [3] They returned to competition to win the senior bronze medal at the Italian Championships and were assigned one of Italy's two ice dance berths to the 2011 European Championships. [4] They finished 16th in their first appearance at the event.

In the 2011–2012 season, Alessandrini/Vaturi made their senior Grand Prix debut at 2011 NHK Trophy where they finished 5th. They again finished third at the Italian Championships. They were not named in the Italian team to the European Championships. Alessandrini/Vaturi were coached by Roberto Pelizzola and Nicoletta Lunghi in Italy [3] until January 2012 when they moved to Detroit, Michigan to train under new coaches Pasquale Camerlengo, Massimo Scali, and Anjelika Krylova. [5] [6] They made their senior World debut at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France. [1]

In mid-December 2012, a fall while training a lift resulted in an injury to Vaturi and the team's withdrawal from the 2013 Italian Championships. [7]

Vaturi ended their partnership in April 2014. [8]

Programs

(with Alessandrini)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2013–2014
[9]
  • Quickstep:
  • Foxtrot:
  • Quickstep:
  • Prayer for Munich 1972
2012–2013
[10]
Mary Poppins:
  • A Spoonful of Sugar
  • Chim Chim Cher-ee
  • Supercalifraglisticexpialidocious
The Artist:
  • The Artist Ouverture
  • The Artist Main Theme
  • Waltz for Peppy
  • Peppy and George
    by Ludovic Bource
2011–2012
[3] [5]
Tosca:
2010–2011
Original dance
2009–2010
2008–2009
[11]
  • Blues: Minnie the Moocher
  • Swing: Ballando con le stelle
    by Paolo Belli

Competitive highlights

(With Riazanova)

National
Event 2014–15
Italian Championships 4th

(With Alessandrini)

International [12]
Event2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Worlds 16th
Europeans 16th19th
GP NHK Trophy 5th
GP Skate America 6th
Bavarian Open 3rd
Cup of Nice 2nd2nd
Golden Spin 5th
Ondrej Nepela 2nd2nd
Universiade 6th
Volvo Open 3rd
International: Junior [12]
Junior Worlds 9th5th
JGP Final 7th
JGP Croatia 6th
JGP Germany 6th2nd
JGP Great Britain 7th
JGP Hungary 3rd
JGP Italy 3rd
Pavel Roman 1st J.
National [12]
Italian Champ. 3rd J.1st J.1st J.3rd3rdWD3rd
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

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