Elisabetta Leccardi (born 26 November 2001) is an Italian
figure skater
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. She is the 2018
Jégvirág Cup champion, the 2018
Sofia Trophy silver medalist, the 2018
Christmas Cup bronze medalist, and the 2017
Italian national bronze medalist. She has competed in the final segment at two
ISU Championships, including the
2018 World Championships.
Personal life
Leccardi was born on 26 November 2001 in
Segrate
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An eastern suburb of Milan
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, Italy.
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Career
Early years
Leccardi began learning to skate in 2005.[ Marilù Guarnieri became her coach around 2013.][
Leccardi competed internationally on the advanced novice level in 2014. She placed 5th in the junior ladies' event at Skate Helena in January 2015 but was subsequently disqualified because she was too young to compete in that category.][
Leccardi became age-eligible for junior international competitions at the start of the 2015–2016 season and placed 6th in the junior ranks at the Italian Championships. She debuted on the ]ISU Junior Grand Prix
The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international figure skating competition, junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded ...
(JGP) series in September 2016, placing 8th in Yokohama
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, Japan. After winning the national junior title, Leccardi was named in Italy's team to the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei
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, Taiwan. She qualified to the final segment by placing 14th in the short program and finishing 18th overall (21st in the free skate).
2017–2018 season
Leccardi began her season in the junior ranks, placing 10th at both of her JGP assignments. In December, she won the senior bronze medal at the Italian Championships. She was selected to represent Italy at the 2018 World Championships and qualified to the free skate. She ranked 23rd in the short program, 17th in the free skate, and 21st overall at the event, which took place in March in Milan
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. During the season, her coaches included Guarnieri, Karel Zelenka Junior, Marco Fabbri
Marco Fabbri (born 2 February 1988) is an Italian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Charlène Guignard, he is a two-time World Figure Skating Championships, World medalist, a two-time European Figure Skating Championships, European champion (2 ...
, and Nicoletta Dellerma.[
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Programs
Competitive highlights
''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
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Ice dancing with Dalla Torre
Women's singles
References
External links
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2001 births
Italian female single skaters
Living people
Figure skaters from Milan
21st-century Italian sportswomen