Francesco Fioretti (born 14 May 1993) is an Italian

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

, who currently competes with

Carolina Moscheni Carolina Moscheni (born 23 May 1996) is a retired Italian ice dancer. With previous partner Francesco Fioretti, she was a two time Italian national silver medalist (2021,2022). With previous partner Andrea Fabbri, she was the 2019 Italian nati ...

. With his former skating partner Jasmine Tessari, he won six international medals and is a four-time Italian national medalist. They have competed in the final segment at one ISU Championship. With

Sofia Sforza Sofia Sforza (born 22 July 1995) is an Italian Ice dancing, ice dancer. With former partner Francesco Fioretti, she placed as high as 10th at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World Junior Championships. Career Sofia Sforza compet ...

, he placed as high as 10th at the World Junior Championships.

Career

Early career

Francesco Fioretti began skating at age seven in

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and chose ice dancing immediately. He relocated to

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in 2007. In September 2008, he competed with Martina Montonati at a

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(JGP) event in

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, Italy, placing 17th. In December 2008, Fioretti formed a partnership with

, whom he had met in Zanica. Making their international debut, they placed 11th in September 2009 at the

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. Sforza/Fioretti reached the free dance at three World Junior Championships, placing 20th in

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(

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, South Korea), 10th in

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(

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, Belarus), and 13th in

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(Milan, Italy). Their best JGP result, fourth, came in the 2013–14 season, in

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. The two were coached by Valter Rizzo and

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mainly in Zanica. On 1 October 2013, it was reported that Sforza/Fioretti had parted ways. Fioretti and American ice dancer

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competed together at one event, the

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, finishing tenth. The two were coached by Rizzo and Bianchi in

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. After six months together, Bonacorsi and Fioretti parted ways due to difficulties relating to her move to Italy.

2015–2016 season

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asked Jasmine Tessari to try out with Fioretti. After a few months of skating together, Tessari/Fioretti formalized their partnership. The two made their international debut in September 2015, at the

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. They finished fourth at the Italian Championships.

2016–2017 season

Tessari/Fioretti won bronze at the 2016

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. After becoming the Italian national bronze medalists, they were sent to the 2017 European Championships in

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, Czech Republic; they finished 22nd in the short dance and did not advance further.

2017–2018 season

In December 2017, Tessari/Fioretti won bronze at the Italian Championships. In January, they qualified to the free dance and finished 18th overall at the

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, Russia. They concluded their season with silver medals at the

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and

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2018–2019 season

Tessari/Fioretti opened their season with silver at the 2018

and then placed fourth at two ISU Challenger Series events, the

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and

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. They took bronze at the 2018

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in October. In November, the two debuted on the

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series, placing eighth at the

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. After winning the silver medal at the Italian Championships, Tessari/Fioretti placed fourteenth at the

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, and attended their first

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, where they placed twenty-fourth.

2019–2020 season

Tessari/Fioretti placed twelfth at the

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to begin the season, before making their second appearance on the

at the

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, where they placed tenth. After their second consecutive national silver medal, the two competed at the 2020 European Championships, placing sixteenth. This would prove to be their final competition together, as their partnership ended afterward.

2020–2021 season

Following the end of his partnership with Tessari, Fioretti formed a new partnership with

. In their debut season they won the Italian national silver medal, and then placed twenty-fifth at the 2021 World Championships.

2021–2022 season

They were sixteenth at the

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, their season debut. They were originally on the roster for the

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, but were later replaced. After Italy was designated to host a special

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on the 2021–22 Grand Prix, Moscheni/Fioretti were named as replacements for a withdrawn team to make their Grand Prix debut on home soil. They placed twelfth at the event. They were twenty-first at their inaugural

appearance, missing the cut for the free dance. They finished the season twenty-sixth at the

, missing the free dance there as well.

Programs

With Moscheni

With Tessari

With Sforza

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

With Moscheni

With Tessari

With Bonacorsi

With Sforza

With Montonati

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fioretti, Francesco Italian male ice dancers 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Naples 21st-century Italian sportsmen