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Anna Valesi - Wikipedia

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Anna Valesi

Born

9 June 2002 (age 22)
Como, Italy

Hometown

Cassina Rizzardi, Italy

Height

1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)

Figure skating career

Country

Italy

Partner

Manuel Piazza [2021-2024]
Filippo Clerici [2020-2021]

Coach

Ondřej Hotárek
Luca Demattè
Rosanna Murante

Skating club

ASGA Como

Began skating

2006

Medal record

Italian Championships

2024 Pinerolo

Pairs

Anna Valesi (born 9 June 2002) is an Italian pair skater. With her former partner, Manuel Piazza, she is the 2024 Italian national bronze medalist and has won seven senior international medals, including silver at the 2022 Bavarian Open.

Career

Early years

Valesi began learning to skate in 2006.^[1] As a singles skater, she competed internationally in the junior ranks from March 2018 through March 2019.^[2]

Skating in partnership with Filippo Clerici, she took silver in the pairs event at the Italian Junior Championships in April 2021.^[2]

2021–22 season

In the 2021–22 season, Valesi began competing in the senior ranks with Manuel Piazza. Making their international debut, Valesi/Piazza took bronze at the Tayside Trophy in November 2021. The following month, they placed fourth at the Italian Championships.^[3]

In January 2022, Valesi/Piazza were awarded silver medals at two events – the Icelab International Cup and Bavarian Open.^[3]

2022–23 season

In September 2022, Valesi/Piazza won bronze at the Lombardia Trophy and placed seventh at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.^[3] In October, they were invited to their first Grand Prix event, the 2022 Skate America, where they finished fifth.^[4] They were seventh at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.^[3]

2023–24 season

Beginning the international season at the John Nicks Pairs Challenge, where they won the silver.^[3] They next competed at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Valesi/Piazza finished ninth. They next competed at the 2023 Diamond Spin, where they won the bronze.^[3]

On the Grand Prix, they came sixth at their lone initial assignment, the 2023 Grand Prix de France.^[5] They were subsequently invited to the 2023 Cup of China, following the withdrawal of Americans Chan/Howe.^[6]^[7] They were sixth at that event as well.^[8]

Valesi / Piazza continued to the 2024 Italian Figure Skating Championships, where they won the bronze medal.^[3] They were assigned to the 2024 Bavarian Open, but withdrew prior to the competition. It June, it was confirmed that the pair had split.^[9]

Programs

with Piazza

Season	Short program	Free skating
2023–24 ^[10]	The Loneliest by Måneskin choreo. by Luca Lanotte	Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol performed by Sleeping at Last, Tommee Profitt, Fleurie choreo. by Luca Lanotte
2022–23 ^[1]	La La Land by Justin Hurwitz choreo. by Anna Cappellini, Luca Lanotte	Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol Chasing Cars performed by Sleeping At Last choreo. by Anna Cappellini, Luca Lanotte

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

Pair skating with Manuel Piazza

Competition placements at senior level ^[11]
Season	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24
Italian Championships	4th		3rd
GP Cup of China			6th
GP Finland		7th
GP France			6th
GP Skate America		5th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		7th	9th
CS Warsaw Cup		5th
Bavarian Open	2nd
Challenge Cup		8th
Diamond Spin			3rd
IceLab Cup	2nd
John Nicks Pairs			2nd
Lombardia Trophy		3rd
Tayside Trophy	3rd	3rd

Pair skating with Clerici

National^[2]
Event	2020–21
Italian Junior Championships	2nd

Single skating

International: Junior^[12]^[2]
Event	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19
Bavarian Open			10th II
Coppa Europa		6th
Egna Trophy			14th
Tallinn Trophy			9th
International: Advanced novice^[2]
Coupe du Printemps	15th
Egna Trophy	4th
National^[12]^[2]
Italian Championships		17th J	6th J
J = Junior level

References

^ ^a ^b "Anna VALESI / Manuel PIAZZA: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Anna VALESI". rinkresults.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Competition Results: Anna VALESI / Manuel PIAZZA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on December 10, 2023.
^ Slater, Paula (October 23, 2022). "Knierim and Frazier reclaim Skate America pairs' title". Golden Skate.
^ "Figura, bel secondo posto per Beccari-Guarise al Nebelhorn Trophy!" [Look, nice second place for Beccari-Guarise at the Nebelhorn Trophy!]. Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio. September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
^ AnythingGOEs [@AnythingGOE] (October 19, 2023). "🇺🇸 Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe have withdrawn from Cup of China" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 21, 2023 – via Twitter.
^ AnythingGOEs [@AnythingGOE] (October 23, 2023). "🇮🇹 Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza have been assigned to Cup of China" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 29, 2023 – via Twitter.
^ Slater, Paula (November 11, 2023). "Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps score another victory in China". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
^ @AnythingGOE (June 7, 2024). "🇮🇹 Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza have confirmed the end of their partnership" (Tweet). Retrieved June 7, 2024 – via Twitter.
^ "Anna VALESI / Manuel PIAZZA: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference SS-AVMP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "Competition Results: Anna VALESI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.

External links

Anna Valesi / Manuel Piazza at the International Skating Union
Anna Valesi on Instagram

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