Vanessa Giunchi | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Italy |
Born | Milan, Italy | 7 June 1980
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Former coach | Gilberto Viadana Carlo Fassi Christa Fassi Philippe Pellisier |
Former choreographer | Michaela Boschetto |
Skating club | H.I.L. Vallee d' Aoste |
Began skating | 1984 |
Retired | 2003 |
Vanessa Giunchi (born 7 June 1980 in Milan) is an Italian former competitive figure skater. She is a two-time (1995, 2001) Italian national champion and represented Italy at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Early in her career, she was coached by Carlo Fassi.
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2002–2003 [1] |
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2001–2002 [2] |
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2000–2001 [3] [4] |
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix (ISU Junior Series)
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Event | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 |
Olympics | 20th | |||||||||
Worlds | 21st | 27th | ||||||||
Europeans | 10th | 19th | 20th | |||||||
GP Skate America | 11th | |||||||||
Crystal Skate | 2nd | |||||||||
Golden Spin | 8th | |||||||||
Karl Schäfer | 10th | |||||||||
International: Junior | ||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 13th QR | 25th | 28th | |||||||
JGP Germany | 18th | |||||||||
Blue Swords | 12th J. | 16th J. | ||||||||
Gardena | 16th J. | 5th J. | ||||||||
St. Gervais | 7th | |||||||||
PFSA Trophy | 2nd J. | |||||||||
Salchow Trophy | 3rd J. | |||||||||
National | ||||||||||
Italian Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd |
J. = Junior level; QR = Qualifying round |
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