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Maurizio Zandron (born 15 November 1992) is an Italian-born figure skater who currently competes for Austria; he previously represented Italy until 2018. He is the winner of several medals in international competition, including gold at the 2016 Denkova-Staviski Cup, 2018 Bavarian Open, and 2018 Sofia Trophy. Additionally, Zandron is a three-time Austrian national champion (2019–21).

Maurizio Zandron
Zandron in 2012
Personal information
Country represented	Austria
Former country(ies) represented	Italy
Born	(1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 29) Bolzano, Italy
Home town	Bolzano, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Coach	Claudia Houdek, Franca Bianconi
Former coach	Cristina Mauri, Viktoria Andreeva, Melita Dona, Gabriele Minchio
Choreographer	Raffaella Cazzaniga
Former choreographer	Andrea Vaturi, Antoaneta Plamenova
Skating club	Union Eislaufschule Innsbruck
Former skating club	Bolzano SC
Training locations	Bergamo Innsbruck
Former training locations	Bolzano Merano
Began skating	2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	228.27 2022 Worlds
Short program	83.10 2022 Worlds
Free skate	145.17 2022 Worlds

Personal life

Maurizio Zandron was born on 15 November 1992 in Bolzano, Italy.[1] He has an economics degree from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.[2] Owing to his maternal great-grandmother's roots, he obtained Austrian citizenship by July 2018.[2] His brother, Marco, competes in pair skating for Spain.[3]

Career

Early years

Zandron began learning to skate in 2000.[1] His early coaches included Melita Dona and Gabriele Minchio.[4] His ISU Junior Grand Prix debut came in 2007. He made his first senior international appearance in early April 2010, at the Triglav Trophy. By the 2010–2011 season, he was training under Viktoria Andreeva in Bolzano and Merano.[4]

2011–2012 to 2015–2016

Cristina Mauri became Zandron's coach in the 2011–2012 season.[5] He represented Italy at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus; he qualified to the final segment and finished 20th overall.

His first senior international medal, silver, came at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in December 2012. Italy initially selected him to compete at the 2013 European Championships but then decided to name Paolo Bacchini.[6]

Zandron took bronze at the 2013 Crystal Skate of Romania, bronze at the 2015 Triglav Trophy, silver at the 2016 Cup of Tyrol, and silver at the 2016 Triglav Trophy.

2016–2017 season

Zandron trained in Italy with Mauri and also spent time in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, where he was coached by Doug Leigh.[1] He won his first senior international title at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in October 2016 and followed up with silver at the Merano Cup. Italy assigned him to compete at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Ranked 18th in the short program, he advanced to the free skate and would finish 19th overall.

2017–2018 season

Zandron won silver at the Volvo Open Cup, silver at the Santa Claus Cup, gold at the Bavarian Open, and gold at the Sofia Trophy. He also won his fourth national bronze medal.

2018–2019 season

Zandron received an invitation to his first Grand Prix event, the 2018 Rostelecom Cup, but had to decline due to his decision to change countries. In July 2018, an Italian newspaper reported that he would represent Austria and that, as a result, he was not allowed to compete until 12 February 2019.[2] He planned to continue training in Milan with Cristina Mauri and to also train in Innsbruck under Claudia Houdek.[2]

2019–2020 season

Zandron was assigned to make his World Championship debut in Montreal, but the 2020 World Championships were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[7]

2020–2021 season

With the initial assignments for the new season limited by pandemic-related travel restrictions, Zandron attended the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy with other skaters training in Europe.[8] He placed fourth.[9] He went on to place fifth at the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, and fourth at the Tallink Hotels Cup. Assigned to the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, he placed twenty-ninth.[10]

2021–2022 season

Zandron began the season at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, where he placed thirteenth.[11] He placed fourteenth at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, insufficient to earn a place for Austria at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He went on to place sixth at the Cup of Nice and fifth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria.[12]

After winning silver at the Austrian championships, he was seventeenth at the 2022 European Championships and seventeenth as well at the 2022 World Championships.[12]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2021–2022 [13]	Earth Song by Michael Jackson Save Us by Armand Amar	Alice in Wonderland by Danny Elfman
2020–2021 [14]	Earth Song by Michael Jackson	Alice in Wonderland by Danny Elfman
2019–2020 [15]	That's Life by Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon performed by Shawn James In the Swing performed by the Imperial Swing Orchestra	Alice in Wonderland by Danny Elfman
2016–2017 [1]	The Feeling Begins by Peter Gabriel Best of Belly Beats by Istanbul Grooves	The Artist by Ludovic Bource
2011–2012 [5]	Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk	Cirque du Soleil Incantation Carrousel
2010–2011 [4]	Belly Dance by Edvin Marton Hibi Haba by Edvin Marton	Cirque du Soleil

Results

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

For Austria

International
Event	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
Worlds		C	29th	17th
Europeans		28th		17th
GP NHK Trophy					TBD
CS Cup of Austria				5th
CS Cup of Tyrol			C
CS Budapest			5th
CS Lombardia		9th		13th
CS Nebelhorn		10th	4th	14th
Bavarian Open		6th
Bellu Memorial				3rd
Challenge Cup	6th
Cup of Nice				6th
Cup of Tyrol	2nd
Printemps	3rd
Denkova-Staviski		1st
Egna Trophy	4th
Halloween Cup		4th
Bosphorus Cup		3rd
Merano Cup				WD
Santa Claus Cup		2nd
Sofia Trophy		3rd		1st
Skate Celje				1st
Skate Victoria	1st
Tallink Hotels Cup			4th
Tayside Trophy				1st
Volvo Open Cup		7th
National
Austrian Champ.	1st	1st	1st	2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event Cancelled

For Italy

International[12]
Event	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19
Europeans												19th
GP Rostelecom														WD
CS Golden Spin											16th
CS Ice Star													8th
CS Lombardia													13th
CS Tallinn Trophy											9th	5th	6th
Autumn Classic											5th
Bavarian Open							8th	19th					1st
Challenge Cup								10th
Crystal Skate							10th	6th	3rd
Cup of Tyrol											2nd	7th
Denkova-Staviski								2nd				1st
Gardena							4th	6th
Lombardia Trophy									5th
Merano Cup											5th	2nd
Printemps										6th
S. Claus Cup													2nd
Seibt Memorial										8th
Sofia Trophy													1st
Toruń Cup										6th
Triglav Trophy					10th		4th	6th		3rd	2nd
Universiade									26th	18th		13th
Volvo Open													2nd
Warsaw Cup								12th
International: Junior[12]
Junior Worlds							20th
JGP Austria							7th
JGP Croatia			22nd
JGP Czech Rep.						10th
JGP Italy				28th			8th
JGP U.K.						17th
Cup of Nice							4th J
Merano Cup	1st N		2nd J		7th J
Mont Blanc						4th J
NRW Trophy					8th J	11th J	3rd J
Dragon Trophy	4th N
National[12]
Italian Champ.	3rd J	2nd J	2nd J		3rd J		6th	3rd	4th		3rd	3rd	3rd
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior. WD = Withdrew

References

External links

Media related to Maurizio Zandron at Wikimedia Commons

• Maurizio Zandron at the International Skating Union
• Maurizio Zandron at Tracings

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