Ivan Righini, previously Ivan Vadimovich Bariev (, born 16 April 1991) is a retired Italian competitive

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and current choreographer. He is a two-time

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champion and a four-time Italian national champion. He has reached the free skate at four ISU Championships, achieving his best result, sixth, at the 2016 Europeans. Competed for Russia as Ivan Bariev, he won four silver medals on the

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series, two Russian junior national titles, and bronze at the 2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Personal life

Ivan Bariev was born on 16 April 1991 in

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, Russia. In 2013, he adopted his mother's former surname, Righini. In addition to Russian, he also holds Italian citizenship. His brother, Filip, is ten years younger.

Career

Early career

Bariev began learning to skate in 1994. He debuted on the

(JGP) series in September 2007, winning silver medals in Romania and Croatia. In late October 2007, he underwent surgery on the meniscus in his right knee. He finished seventh at both the JGP Final and the 2008 World Junior Championships. The following season, Bariev was awarded silver medals at JGP events in the Czech Republic and South Africa. He finished fourth at the JGP Final. His first senior international medal, bronze, came at the 2011

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. He made his final competitive appearances for Russia in late October 2012, at the Cup of Nice.

2013–14 season

In 2013, Righini stated his intention to compete for Italy. He received the Russian federation's permission in May 2013. The International Skating Union requires that skaters who change federations sit out a certain period of time. For Righini, this period ended on 29 October 2013. Righini debuted for Italy at the 2013

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, placing fifth, and then won bronze at the 2013

. After winning the men's title at the 2014 Italian Championships, he took gold at the 2014

. Righini was selected for the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan. Placing 14th in the short program, he qualified for the free skate, in which he placed twelfth, and finished thirteenth overall.

2014–15 season

Righini opened the

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with an eighth-place finish at the 2014 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. He then went on to make his

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debut. He received assignments to the

2014 Rostelecom Cup The 2014 Cup of Russia, Rostelecom Cup was the fourth event of six in the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow on Novembe ...

and 2014 NHK Trophy, then placed eleventh and tenth, respectively. Righini went on to finish seventh at the

2014 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb () was the 47th edition of the annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Zagreb, Croatia. A part of the 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series, event was held at the Dom sportova on December 4–6 ...

. At the 2015 Italian Championships, Righini won a second consecutive gold medal. He then won gold at the 2014 International Challenge Cup. Righini then finished eighth and twenty-fifth at the 2015 European Championships and 2015 World Championships, respectively.

2015–16 season

Righini planned to start the 2015-16 season at the 2015 Nepela Trophy, but had to withdraw due to a foot injury. He withdrew from the 2015 Cup of Nice after the short program since his blade was broken during the warm-up. Righini then went on to compete on the Grand Prix series at the

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and the 2015 Rostelecom Cup, where he placed tenth and eighth, respectively. At the 2015 CS Warsaw Cup, Righini would go on to place sixth. At the 2016 Italian Championships, Righini went on to win his third consecutive title as well as also win gold at the 2016 Bavarian Open. Righini then went on to place sixth at the 2016 Europeans and twelfth at the 2016 World Championships.

2016–17 season

Righini opened the

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with a tenth-place finish at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy and an eleventh-place finish at the 2016 Trophée de France. He then went on to win his fourth consecutive national title at the 2017 Italian Championships. Righini was selected to compete at the

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where he placed fifth. He would then go to place twelfth at the 2017 European Championships. Although selected to compete at the 2017 World Championships, Righini withdrew due to a long-term nagging injury. He was replaced by

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2017–18 season

Righini began the 2017–18 figure skating season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy and fourth-place finish at the 2017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Star. He then went on to place fifth at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. At the 2018 Italian Championships, Righini won the silver medal behind

. As a result, Rizzo was given the sole Italian men's spot at the

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. Righini retired from competitive figure skating following that season.

Post-competitive career

Following his retirement, Righini became a coach and choreographer. In fall of 2022, he announced that he had begun coaching at the Amodio Figure Skating Academy in

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, alongside

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. Among his students, was

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. As a choreographer, Righini has worked with: * Jogailė Aglinskytė * An Xiangyi * Patrick Blackwell * Lee Hae-in * Ekaterina Kurakova *

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* Oscar Oliver * Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko *

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* Vladimir Samoilov *

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Programs

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

For Italy

For Russia

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Righini, Ivan Italian male single skaters Russian male single skaters Russian emigrants to Italy 1991 births Living people Figure skaters from Moscow Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade 21st-century Italian sportsmen 21st-century Russian sportsmen