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Lauri Bonacorsi (born January 17, 1993) is an American ice dancer currently representing Italy with Francesco Fioretti. With former partner Travis Mager, she is the 2011 and 2012 U.S. Junior silver medalist.

Lauri Bonacorsi
Bonacorsi and Mager in 2012
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1993-01-17) January 17, 1993 (age 29) St. Louis, Missouri
Residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Partner	Francesco Fioretti
Former partner	Travis Mager
Coach	Valter Rizzo, Massimo Scali, Brunhilde Bianchi
Former coach	Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponosov, Robbie Kaine
Choreographer	Massimo Scali
Former choreographer	Natalia Linichuk
Training locations	Milan, Italy
Former training locations	Aston, Pennsylvania
Began skating	1997

Career

Bonacorsi began skating at age four.[1] She moved from St. Louis, Missouri, to Plano, Texas, in 2007.[2] She spent the 2007–08 season in search of a partner. Travis Mager found her on IcePartnerSearch and they tried out together in February and April 2008.[1] Bonacorsi and Mager officially teamed up in late May 2008.[3][4] She relocated to Maryland to train with him.[2]

Bonacorsi and Mager won the 2009 U.S. novice ice dancing title. They won the bronze medal at the 2009 JGP Lake Placid. In May 2010, they changed coaches to Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.[5]

In the 2010–11 season, Bonacorsi and Mager won the bronze medal at the 2010 JGP Brasov Cup in Romania. They won silver on the junior level at the U.S. Championships and placed 11th at the 2011 World Junior Championships.

Bonacorsi and Mager won the silver medal at the 2011 Junior Grand Prix event in Brisbane, Australia, and bronze at another JGP event, the Walter Lombardi Trophy in Milan, Italy. They were the first alternates to the 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, Canada in December 2011. Bonacorsi and Mager finished 7th at the 2012 World Junior Championships. They announced the end of their partnership in April 2012.[6]

Bonacorsi tried out with Francesco Fioretti of Milan, Italy, in May, 2014, and upon receiving her release from United States Figure Skating, began representing Italy with Fioretti in June, 2014. They worked with choreographer Massimo Scali, and coaches Johnny Johns, Maurizio Margaglio, and Marina Zoueva before Bonacorsi moved to Italy to train with their main coaches, Valter Rizzo and Brunhilde Bianchi.

Personal life

Bonacorsi took time off from skating to pursue an Ivy League education, studying International Relations and Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She graduated from Radnor High School in Radnor, PA in June 2011. She currently attends Northwestern Law in Chicago.

Programs

(with Mager)

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2011–2012 [7]	Cha Cha: Chilly Cha Cha by Jessica Jay Rhumba: Besame Mucho performed by Nana Mouskouri	Close to You by Sandra and Tony Alessi
2010–2011 [8]	My Sweet and Tender Beast by Eugen Doga	The Mask: Cuban Pete by Jose Norman This Business of Love by Howie Hersh Hey Pachuco Royal Crown Revue
2009–2010 [9]	Tarantella medley (Italian folk) by Al Caiola	River Flows in You by Yiruma I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi
2008–2009 [6]		The Last Emperor Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Competitive highlights

(with Mager)

Results[6][10]
International
Event	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12
World Junior Championships			11th	7th
JGP Australia				2nd
JGP Germany		9th
JGP Great Britain			5th
JGP Italy				3rd
JGP Romania			3rd
JGP United States		3rd
National
U.S. Championships	1st N.	6th J.	2nd J.	2nd J.
Pacific Coast Sectionals	1st N.
Eastern Sectionals		2nd J.	1st J.	1st J.
JGP = Junior Grand Prix; Levels: N. = Novice; J. = Junior

References

External links

• Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager at the International Skating Union
• Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager at Icenetwork
• Lauri Bonacarsi / Travis Mager at Ice-dance.com
• Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager JGP Milan Italy YouTube video

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