Massimo Scali ( Italian: Massimo Scali ; born December 11, 1979 , Monterotondo ) is an Italian ice skater who performed in ice dancing with Federica Fayella . The pair - seven - time champions of Italy , two-time silver medalists of the European Championships 2009 - 2010 , bronze medalists of the 2010 World Cup . He completed his amateur sports career in 2011.
| Massimo Scali | |
|---|---|
 F. Fayella and M. Scali at the 2010 World Cup | |
| Personal Information | |
| Presents |  Italy |
| Date of Birth | December 11, 1979 (39 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Monterotondo , Italy |
| Growth | 175 cm |
| Former partners | Federica Fayella Flavia Ottavian |
| Former trainers | Natalya Linichuk Pasquale Camerlengo Angelica Krylova Roberto Pelizzola |
| Choreographer | Corrado Giordani Lyudmila Vlasova |
| Place of residence | Mentana , Italy |
| Sports achivments | |
| The best results on the ISU system (at international amateur competitions) | |
| Amount | 145.92 |
| Short | 57.65 |
| Arbitrary | 88.74 |
| Finished speaking | |
Content
Career
Massimo's first partner was Flavia Ottavian, with whom they won a total of six medals of the Junior Grand Prix series, but in the finals they climbed the podium only once, in 1998 (third place).
Federica and Masimo for a long time performed support, where the partner raised her partner, however, after during a free dance at the European Championships in 2007 , Federica dropped her partner on the ice and hit his head hard, this support was changed at the World Championships of the same year , and more they do not execute such "inverted" supports.
In the 2008–2009 season, the pair, having successfully performed in the Grand Prix series (became the second at the Trophée Eric Bompard stage and won the NHK Trophy stage), for the first time in their career selected to participate in the Grand Prix finals , where they became fourth. At the European Championships 2009, in the absence of European dance leaders, Russians Domnina and Shabalin and the French Delobel and Schonfelder won their first medals - silver.
In the season 2009-2010, the couple won the title of champions of Italy for the 7th time. At the European Championships, the skaters won 2 out of 3 dances, but in terms of points they lost to the Russian pair Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin and for the second time became silver medalists of the European Championship. After the Olympic Games in Vancouver, where athletes became 5th, they performed at the home world championships and for the first time in their many years of career became bronze medalists of the world championship, losing only to Olympic champions Tessa Vertyu / Scott Moir and silver medalists of the Olympics Meryl Davis / Charlie White . During the season, skaters have repeatedly said that this season will be the last in their amateur career, but after the bronze of the World Cup they decided to stay for another year.
However, the next season 2010-2011, did not ask. The couple took only third place at the Grand Prix stage in China , having made serious mistakes with falls in both short and free dance, then they could not finish at the stage in Moscow due to Federika’s injury, thus not ending up in the final. They also missed the 2011 national championship due to health problems. At the European Championships, the couple was one of the contenders for gold medals, but having disrupted a short dance and took 7th place in it, they deprived themselves of all chances of winning. In March 2011, before the start of the World Cup , Federica Faella and Massimo Scali officially announced the end of an amateur sports career. Scali is going to collaborate with coaches Angelica Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo , in whom the couple trained earlier. [1] [2]
Sporting Achievements
after 2008
(with Fayella)
| Competition | 2008-2009 | 2009—2010 | 2010—2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games | five | ||
| World Championships | 9 | 3 | |
| European Championships | 2 | 2 | five |
| Championships of Italy | one | one | |
| Grand Prix finals | four | ||
| Grand Prix Stages: Cup of Russia | Wd | ||
| Grand Prix Stages: Cup of China | 3 | 3 | |
| Grand Prix Stages: Trophee Eric Bompard | 2 | ||
| Grand Prix Stages: NHK Trophy | one |
- WD = retired
until 2008
(with Fayella)
| Competition | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007 | 2007-2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympic Games | 18 | 13 | |||||
| World Championships | sixteen | eleven | 9 | 9 | eight | 9 | five |
| European Championships | 12 | eight | 6 | five | 7 | 6 | four |
| Championships of Italy | 2 | one | one | one | 2 | one | one |
| Grand Prix Stages: Skate America | four | 3 | |||||
| Grand Prix Stages: Cup of China | 6 | 3 | |||||
| Grand Prix Stages: Trophee Eric Bompard | five | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Grand Prix Stages: Skate Canada | 7 | five | 3 | ||||
| Grand Prix Stages: Cup of Russia | five | five | 3 | ||||
| Grand Prix Stages: Bofrost Cup on Ice | 3 | ||||||
| Nebelhorn trophy | 2 | one | |||||
| Karl Schaefer Memorial | 2 |
(with Ottavians)
| Competition | 1996-1997 | 1997-1998 | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Championships | 22 | 7 | four | |
| Championships of Italy | 2J. | 2J. | 1J. | |
| Finals of the Junior Grand Prix series | 3 | 6 | five | |
| Junior Grand Prix Stage, Slovenia | 3 | |||
| Junior Grand Prix Stage, Japan | one | |||
| Stage of the Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria | one | |||
| Junior Grand Prix Stage, China | one | |||
| Junior Grand Prix Stage, France | one | |||
| Junior Grand Prix Stage, Slovakia | one |
- J = junior level; WD = retired
See also
- Junior World Figure Skating Championship 1997
- 1999 Junior World Figure Skating Championships
- 2000 Junior World Figure Skating Championships
- Figure Skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics - Ice Dancing
- Figure Skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Ice Dancing
Notes
Links
- F. Faella and M. Skali (English) on the official website of the International Union of Skaters .
- The official website of the couple (Italian) , (English)