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Jasmine Tessari (born 1 April 1996) is an Italian ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Francesco Fioretti, she has won six international medals and is a four-time Italian national medalist. They have competed in the final segment at one ISU Championship.

Jasmine Tessari
Tessari/Fioretti at the 2018 European Championships
Personal information
Country represented	Switzerland
Former country(ies) represented	Italy
Born	(1996-04-01) 1 April 1996 (age 26) Basiglio, Italy
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Partner	Stephane Walker
Former partner	Francesco Fioretti, Stefano Colafato
Coach	Barbara Fusar-Poli, Stefano Caruso
Former coach	Roberto Pelizzola, Nicoletta Lunghi, Cristina Mauri
Skating club	IceLab Forum Assago
Former skating club	IceLab Forum Assago
Training locations	Milan
Began skating	2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	162.94 2019 European
Short dance	63.12 2019 European
Free dance	99.82 2019 European

As of July 2021, she is competing with Stéphane Walker for Switzerland. They are the 2022 Swiss national champions.

Personal life

Tessari was born on 1 April 1996 in Basiglio, Italy.[1] She is the daughter of Italian single skater and coach Cristina Mauri.[2]

Career

Early career

Tessari first stepped onto the ice as a one-year-old but was not interested in skating at that age; she returned to skating when she was five.[3] As a single skater, she was coached by her mother, Cristina Mauri, at Mediolanum Forum di Assago.[4]

At age 14, Tessari teamed up with her first ice dancing partner, Stefano Colafato.[3] The two made their international junior debut in November 2010 at the Pavel Roman Memorial. Their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut came in September 2011. In January, they placed eighth at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Tessari/Colafato were coached by Roberto Pelizzola and Nicoletta Lunghi at Forum S.S.D.R.L.[5] Their last competition together was the Santa Claus Cup in December 2014. They decided to part ways due to problems in their partnership.[3]

2015–2016 season

Barbara Fusar-Poli asked Tessari to try out with Francesco Fioretti.[3] After a few months of skating together, Tessari/Fioretti formalized their partnership.[3] The two made their international debut in September 2015, at the Lombardia Trophy. They finished fourth at the Italian Championships.[6]

2016–2017 season

Tessari/Fioretti won bronze at the 2016 NRW Trophy. After becoming the Italian national bronze medalists, they were sent to the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, 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 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia. They concluded their season with silver medals at the Bavarian Open and Egna Spring Trophy.

2018–2019 season

Tessari/Fioretti opened their season with silver at the 2018 NRW Trophy and then placed fourth at two ISU Challenger Series events, the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy and 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. They took bronze at the 2018 Ice Star in October. In November, the two debuted on the Grand Prix series, placing eighth at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. After winning the silver medal at the Italian Championships, Tessari/Fioretti placed fourteenth at the European Championships, and attended their first World Championships, where they placed twenty-fourth.

2019–2020 season

Tessari/Fioretti placed twelfth at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy to begin the season, before making their second appearance on the Grand Prix at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, where they placed tenth. After their second consecutive national silver medal, the two competed at the 2020 European Championships, placing sixteenth.[7] This would prove to be their final competition together, as their partnership ended afterward.

2021–2022 season & new partnership

In July, it was announced that Tessari had teamed up with Swiss skater Stéphane Walker, and that the two would be competing for Switzerland.[8] Tessari/Walker won the Swiss national title in their inaugural season, and then debuted at the European Championships with a nineteenth-place finish.[9]

Programs

With Walker

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2021–2022 [10]	Disco: Just an Illusion by Imagination Blues: Woman in Love by Barbra Streisand Disco: Can't Take My Eyes Off You performed by Gloria Gaynor choreo. by Corrado Giordani	Hable con ella by Alberto Iglesias Le Di A Aa Caza Alcance by Estrella Morente Poeta En El Mar by Vincente Amigo choreo. by Corrado Giordani

With Fioretti

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2019–2020 [11]	Quickstep: Good Morning Foxtrot: Singin' in the Rain (from Singin' in the Rain) by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown choreo. by Barbara Fusar-Poli, Corrado Giordani	Lullaby of the Leaves Jazz Man I'll Take Care of You performed by Beth Hart choreo. by Barbara Fusar-Poli, Corrado Giordani
2018–2019 [1]	Tango: Tango to Evora Flamenco: Poeta en el Mar by Vicente Amigo choreo. by Barbara Fusar-Poli, Corrado Giordani	Hymne à l'amour performed by Patricia Kaas choreo. by Barbara Fusar-Poli, Corrado Giordani
	Short dance
2017–2018 [12][4]	Salsa: La vida es un carnaval by Issac Delgado Rhumba: Dos gardenias by Carmen Cuesta Samba: Vive el verano by Paulina Rubio choreo. by Corrado Giordani	Tosca by Giacomo Puccini E lucevan le stelle Com'è lunga l'attesa choreo. by Corrado Giordani
2016–2017 [13]	Blues: Twilight Time by The Platters Swing: Mack the Knife performed by Robbie Williams choreo. by Corrado Giordani	Invierno Porteño by Astor Piazzolla performed by Trio Astoria Yo Soy Maria performed by Maria Volonte choreo. by Corrado Giordani
2015–2016	Waltz: Lover Foxtrot: Cheek to Cheek by Irving Berlin	Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg

With Colafato

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2014–2015 [5]	Samba: Swing da Cor by Daniela Arcori Rhumba: Amor Samba: Swing da Cor by Daniela Arcori choreo. by Corrado Giordani, Paola Mezzadri	The Godfather by Nino Rota Tarantella The Godfather choreo. by Corrado Giordani, Paola Mezzadri
2012–2013 [14]	Swing: Jessica and Roger Rabbit Blues Swing choreo. by Corrado Giordani, Paola Mezzadri	The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Corrado Giordani, Paola Mezzadri
2011–2012 [15]	Cha Cha: Corazón Espinado by Santana Cha Cha: Por Ahí by Fernandez Adrian Merengue: El Caraibico by Jose de Martin choreo. by Corrado Giordani	La cumparsita by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez choreo. by Corrado Giordani

Competitive highlights

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

With Walker

International[16]
Event	21–22
Worlds	23rd
Europeans	19th
CS Warsaw Cup	14th
Challenge Cup	4th
Cup of Nice	7th
NRW Trophy	3rd
National[16]
Swiss Champ.	1st

With Fioretti

International[6]
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
Worlds				24th
Europeans		22nd	18th	14th	16th
GP Finland				8th
GP Rostelecom Cup					10th
CS Golden Spin					7th
CS Ice Challenge	7th
CS Lombardia		5th	6th	4th	12th
CS Ondrej Nepela				4th
Bavarian Open	7th	9th	2nd
Cup of Nice		9th	10th
Egna Dance Trophy			2nd	1st
Halloween Cup					1st
Ice Star				3rd
Lombardia Trophy	9th
Mezzaluna Cup					3rd
NRW Trophy		3rd		2nd
Open d'Andorra				1st
Santa Claus Cup	7th		6th
National[6]
Italian Champ.	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Colafato

International: Junior[9]
Event	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15
Youth Olympics		8th
JGP Croatia			15th		14th
JGP Italy		15th
JGP Poland		16th
JGP United States			11th
Bavarian Open			16th
Ice Challenge				12th
Mont Blanc Trophy	15th
Pavel Roman	16th
Santa Claus Cup			13th	16th	10th
Volvo Open Cup					7th
National[9]
Italian Champ.			6th J	3rd J
J = Junior level

Ladies' singles

International[17]
Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11
Bavarian Open	11th NU15
NRW Trophy			25th NA
Triglav Trophy		15th N
Challenge Cup	10th D
Levels: D = Debs; N = Novice; NA = Advanced novice; NU = Novice U15

References

External links

Media related to Jasmine Tessari at Wikimedia Commons

• Jasmine TESSARI / Francesco FIORETTI at the International Skating Union

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