Lorenza Alessandrini (born 6 August 1990) is an Italian retired

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 began representing France internationally in 2015. She and her skating partner, Pierre Souquet, competed in the final segment at the 2016 European Championships. Earlier in her career, Alessandrini represented Italy with

Simone Vaturi Simone Vaturi (born 20 July 1988) is an Italian ice dancer. With former partner Lorenza Alessandrini, he is the 2010 and 2013 Cup of Nice silver medalist, 2011 and 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial silver medalist, and a two-time Italian national ...

. They became two-time Cup of Nice silver medalists (2010, 2013), two-time

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silver medalists (2011, 2012), and two-time Italian national bronze medalists. They competed in the final segment at five ISU Championships.

Personal life

Lorenza Alessandrini was born on 6 August 1990 in

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

, Italy. She studied sports at Università telematica San Raffaele.

Career

Alessandrini began learning to skate in 1994. She skated with Tommaso Forchini early in her ice dancing career.

Partnership with Vaturi

In 2007, she teamed up with

. Representing Italy, they placed fifth at the 2010 World Junior Championships. Later that year, Alessandrini broke a rib in training causing them to miss the 2010–11 Grand Prix season. They returned to competition to win the senior bronze medal at the Italian Championships and were assigned one of Italy's two ice dance berths to the 2011 European Championships. They finished 16th in their first appearance at the event. In the 2011–12 season, Alessandrini/Vaturi made their senior Grand Prix debut at

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where they finished 5th. They again finished third at the Italian Championships. They were not named in the Italian team to the

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. Alessandrini/Vaturi were coached by

Roberto Pelizzola Roberto Pelizzola (born 13 October 1958 in Milan) is an Italian figure skating coach and former competitive ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom d ...

and Nicoletta Lunghi in Italy until January 2012 when they moved to

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to train under new coaches Pasquale Camerlengo,

Massimo Scali Massimo Scali (born 11 December 1979) is an Italian former competitive Ice dancing, ice dancer. With partner Federica Faiella, he is the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships, 2010 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2009 European Figure Skating ...

, and Anjelika Krylova. They made their senior World debut at the 2012 World Championships in

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million2013 Italian Championships. Vaturi ended their partnership in April 2014. In May, Alessandrini confirmed she was looking for a partner to continue her competitive career and expressed interest in eventually becoming a coach and choreographer.

Partnership with Souquet

Alessandrini teamed up with French ice dancer Pierre Souquet by July 2014. In December, the duo placed fourth at the

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. Making their international debut, they placed 5th at the

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in February 2015. Alessandrini/Souquet won their first international medal, silver, in October 2015 at the Cup of Nice, before taking silver at the French Championships in December. The following month, they competed at the 2016 European Championships in

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, Slovakia. Ranked 16th in the short dance, they qualified to the free dance and finished 20th overall. They were coached by Muriel Zazoui,

Olivier Schoenfelder Olivier Schoenfelder (born 30 November 1977) is a French retired ice dancing, ice dancer and coach. With partner Isabelle Delobel, he is the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, 2008 World champion, the 2007 European Figure Skating Championsh ...

, Diana Ribas, and

in Lyon. Making their

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debut, Alessandrini/Souquet placed 9th at the 2016 Trophée de France. They received the bronze medal at the French Championships.

Programs

With Souquet

With Vaturi

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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 junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Souquet for France

With Vaturi for Italy

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alessandrini, Lorenza Italian female ice dancers 1990 births Living people Figure skaters from Milan 21st-century Italian dancers Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade 21st-century Italian sportswomen