Valentina Marchei | |
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Born | Milan, Italy | 23 May 1986
Hometown | Basiglio, Italy |
Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Italy |
Coach | Franca Bianconi, Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier |
Skating club | Sesto Ice Skate |
Began skating | 1993 |
Retired | 2020 |
Valentina Marchei (born 23 May 1986) is an Italian retired pair and single figure skater. As a singles skater, she is a five-time Italian national champion (2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014). Her highest ISU Championship placements were 4th at the 2013 European Championships and 8th at the 2012 World Championships. She represented Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics and placed 11th. Also, Marchei competed as a pair skater with Ondřej Hotárek, representing Italy. The pair finished 6th at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Valentina Marchei was born 23 May 1986 in Milan, Italy. [1] [2] She is the daughter of Marco Marchei, a competitor in the marathon at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. [3] Her early interests were speed skating and gymnastics. [3] She studied with a focus on sport at university and has worked as a reporter for Italian television. [4]
Marchei began skating in 1993. [1] She was coached by Cristina Mauri from the age of nine. [5]
Ahead of the 2007–08 season, Marchei spent the first part of July training with Viktor Kudriavtsev in Flims, Switzerland. She trained in Courchevel in the remainder of July and August and then Paris and Milan in the winter, coached by Pierre Trente and Cristina Mauri. [5] Marchei injured her knee in September 2007. [5]
In September 2008, Marchei began working with Nikolai Morozov in Hackensack, New Jersey. [6] She missed most of the 2008–09 season after injuring her right ankle on a triple Lutz at 2008 Skate America. [6] Marchei did not receive any Grand Prix invitations in 2009–10. [6] She finished 8th at the 2010 European Championships. In 2010–11, Marchei returned to the Grand Prix series, competing at 2010 Skate Canada International and 2010 Cup of Russia. [7] [8] She was 10th at the 2011 European Championships.
In 2011, Marchei changed coaches to Jason Dungjen and Yuka Sato in Detroit. [9] She had ankle and knee injuries in 2011. [10] She finished 8th at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France. [10] Marchei represented Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where she placed 11th. [2] In September 2014, she withdrew from both of her Grand Prix assignments, the 2014 Skate Canada International and 2014 Rostelecom Cup. [11]
On 2 July 2014, La Gazzetta dello Sport wrote that Marchei and Ondřej Hotárek were considering skating as a pair. [12] Bruno Marcotte confirmed on 26 July 2014 that the two were training together. [13] They are coached by Marcotte in Montreal and by Franca Bianconi in Milan. [13] On 6 August 2014, Marchei sprained the medial collateral ligament of her right knee. [11] On 8 September, she said she would resume light on-ice training in a few days. [11] Commenting on her switch to pairs, Marchei stated: "At the beginning practicing pairs was just to do shows or stuff like that, but then it was something that got to me. It's crazy. I still do single programs at shows, but it is strange, I'm looking around, where is he?" [14]
Marchei/Hotárek began the season by winning the bronze medal at the 2014 CS Warsaw Cup as well as the silver medal at the 2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. They then went on to win the 2015 Italian Championships.[ citation needed ]
Selected to compete at the European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Marchei/Hotárek finished fourth.[ citation needed ]
At the World Championships in Shanghai, China, they finished eleventh. [14]
Marchei/Hotárek started the season by winning gold at the 2015 Lombardia Trophy.
Debuting on the Grand Prix series, Marchei/Hotárek competed in the short program at 2015 Skate Canada International but withdrew on the day of the free skate due to Hotárek sustaining a concussion while practicing a triple twist. [15] [1] They went on to compete at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup, finishing sixth.
At the Italian Figure Skating Championships, Marchei/Hotárek won the silver medal behind Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise.
Going on to compete at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, Marchei/Hotárek finished fifth. They went on to compete at the 2015 Hellmut Seibt Memorial, where they won the gold medal.
At the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, Marchei/Hotárek finished fourteenth. [1]
Marchei/Hotárek began the season by winning the silver medal at the 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy.
They then competed on the Grand Prix series, finishing eighth at 2016 Skate America and fourth at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup. They went on to also win the gold medal at the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup.
At the 2017 Italian Championships, Marchei/Hotárek won the silver medal for the second consecutive year.
Selected to compete at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Marchei/Hotárek finished sixth.
Competing at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Marchei/Hotárek placed ninth. [16]
Marchei/Hotárek began the season with winning the bronze medal at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy.
They then competed on the 2017–18 Grand Prix series, finishing fifth at the 2017 Cup of China and fourth at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup. They also won the gold medal at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup.
At the 2018 Italian Championships, Marchei/Hotárek won the silver medal for the third year in a row.
Competing at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia, Marchei/Hotárek finished fifth.
Selected to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in both the Team and Pair events, Marchei/Hotárek placed second in the free program segment of the team event, helping Team Italy finish in fourth place overall. In the pairs event, Marchei/Hotárek placed seventh in the short program and sixth in the free skate, finishing in sixth place overall.
At the 2018 World Championships in Milan, Italy, Marchei/Hotárek finished in tenth place. [17] On 16 September 2018 Marchei announced the end of her partnership with Hotárek via Instagram. [18]
On 1 September 2020, two years after she last competed, Marchei announced her retirement via Facebook, citing that she considered returning, if not for the ongoing pandemic. [19]
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2017–18 [17] |
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2016–17 [16] |
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2015–16 [1] [21] |
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2014–15 [22] |
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Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2013–14 [23] |
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2012–13 [24] [25] |
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2011–12 [9] |
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2010–11 [26] |
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2009–10 [27] [28] |
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2008–09 [29] |
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2007–08 [5] [30] |
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2006–07 [31] |
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2005–06 [32] |
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2004–05 [33] | |||
2003–04 [34] |
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2001–02 [35] |
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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International [36] | ||||
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Event | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
Olympics | 6th | |||
World Champ. | 11th | 14th | 9th | 10th |
European Champ. | 4th | 5th | 6th | 5th |
GP Cup of China | 5th | |||
GP Rostelecom Cup | 6th | 4th | 4th | |
GP Skate America | 8th | |||
CS Golden Spin | 2nd | |||
CS Lombardia Trophy | 2nd | 3rd | ||
CS Warsaw Cup | 3rd | WD | 1st | 1st |
Lombardia Trophy | 1st | |||
Seibt Memorial | 1st | |||
National [36] | ||||
Italian Champ. | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | |
Team events | ||||
Olympics | 4th T 2nd P | |||
TBD: Assigned; WD: Withdrew |
International [37] | |||||||||||||
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Event | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 |
Olympics | 11th | ||||||||||||
Worlds | 23rd | 23rd | 11th | 13th | 8th | 18th | 16th | ||||||
Europeans | 15th | 31st | 19th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 10th | 8th | 4th | 6th | |||
GP Bompard | 10th | 6th | 9th | ||||||||||
GP Cup of China | 9th | ||||||||||||
GP NHK Trophy | 11th | 6th | |||||||||||
GP Rostelecom | 5th | 9th | |||||||||||
GP Skate America | 9th | 10th | WD | 9th | 4th | 7th | |||||||
GP Skate Canada | 8th | ||||||||||||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||||
Cup of Nice | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||||||
Denkova-Staviski | 1st | ||||||||||||
Finlandia Trophy | 12th | 8th | |||||||||||
Golden Spin | 7th | 6th | |||||||||||
Ice Challenge | 2nd | ||||||||||||
Lombardia Trophy | 1st | ||||||||||||
Merano Cup | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | |||||||
NRW Trophy | 1st | ||||||||||||
Nepela Memorial | 2nd | ||||||||||||
Schäfer Memorial | 4th | ||||||||||||
Universiade | 2nd | 2nd | |||||||||||
International: Junior [37] | |||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 14th | 16th | |||||||||||
JGP Bulgaria | 9th | ||||||||||||
JGP Czech Rep. | 12th | ||||||||||||
JGP Germany | 13th | ||||||||||||
JGP Japan | 6th | ||||||||||||
JGP Netherlands | 6th | ||||||||||||
JGP Serbia | 6th | ||||||||||||
Gardena | 5th J | ||||||||||||
National [37] | |||||||||||||
Italian Champ. | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |||
Team events | |||||||||||||
Olympics | 4th T 3rd P | ||||||||||||
World Team Trophy | 6th T 8th P | ||||||||||||
J: Junior level; WD: Withdrew T: Team result; P: Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only. |
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
2017–18 season | ||||
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Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
19–25 March 2018 | 2018 World Championships | 8 71.37 | 8 130.65 | 10 202.02 |
14–15 February 2018 | 2018 Winter Olympics | 7 74.50 | 6 142.09 | 6 216.59 |
8–12 February 2018 | 2018 Winter Olympics (Team event) | \ | 2 138.44 | \ |
15–21 January 2017 | 2018 European Championships | 4 71.89 | 5 132.31 | 5 204.20 |
13–16 December 2015 | 2018 Italian Championships | 1 71.64 | 2 107.15 | 2 178.79 |
16–19 November 2017 | 2017 CS Warsaw Cup | 1 66.70 | 1 126.44 | 1 193.14 |
3–5 November 2017 | 2017 Cup of China | 5 59.53 | 4 128.48 | 5 188.01 |
20–22 October 2017 | 2017 Rostelecom Cup | 3 68.48 | 4 125.15 | 4 193.63 |
14–17 September 2017 | 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy | 3 61.32 | 3 119.54 | 3 180.86 |
2016–17 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
29 March – 2 April 2017 | 2017 World Championships | 9 71.04 | 9 132.88 | 9 203.92 |
25–29 January 2017 | 2017 European Championships | 6 66.53 | 6 125.40 | 6 191.93 |
14–17 December 2016 | 2017 Italian Championships | 2 66.04 | 1 127.34 | 2 193.38 |
17–20 November 2016 | 2016 CS Warsaw Cup | 1 67.04 | 1 122.22 | 1 189.26 |
4–6 November 2016 | 2016 Rostelecom Cup | 3 66.82 | 5 120.79 | 4 187.61 |
21–23 October 2016 | 2016 Skate America | 6 62.49 | 8 107.20 | 8 169.69 |
8–11 September 2016 | 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy | 1 59.40 | 2 120.16 | 2 179.56 |
2015–16 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
28 March – 3 April 2016 | 2016 World Championships | 13 59.76 | 15 110.97 | 14 170.73 |
23–27 February 2016 | 2016 Hellmut Seibt Memorial | 1 57.78 | 1 122.42 | 1 180.20 |
25–31 January 2016 | 2016 European Championships | 8 58.47 | 4 124.14 | 5 182.61 |
16–19 December 2015 | 2016 Italian Championships | 2 63.74 | 1 118.88 | 2 184.28 |
20–22 November 2015 | 2015 Rostelecom Cup | 4 62.43 | 6 115.76 | 6 178.19 |
20–22 November 2015 | 2015 Skate Canada International | 6 54.00 | WD | WD |
17–20 September 2015 | 2015 Lombardia Trophy | 1 63.85 | 1 113.57 | 1 179.56 |
2014–15 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
23–29 March 2015 | 2015 World Championships | 9 60.56 | 11 111.99 | 11 172.55 |
16 January – 1 February 2015 | 2015 European Championships | 4 57.95 | 4 117.44 | 4 175.39 |
20–21 December 2014 | 2015 Italian Championships | 1 58.44 | 1 115.32 | 1 173.76 |
4–6 December 2014 | 2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 2 55.18 | 2 112.00 | 2 167.18 |
21–24 November 2014 | 2014 CS Warsaw Cup | 4 52.32 | 3 102.28 | 3 154.60 |
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