Paolo Bacchini (born 16 August 1985) is an Italian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2007 and 2012 Merano Cup champion, 2008 Triglav Trophy champion, and a twelve-time Italian national medalist (2002–2013).
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![]() Bacchini in 2005 | |
Personal information | |
Country represented | Italy |
Born | (1985-08-16) 16 August 1985 (age 37) Milan, Italy |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Coach | Peter Grütter |
Former coach | Joanna Szczypa, Pierre Trente, Karin Teuser |
Choreographer | Raffaella Cazzaniga, Corrado Giordani |
Skating club | Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro[1] |
Training locations | Geneva |
Began skating | 1994 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 183.13 2011 Worlds |
Short program | 64.42 2010 Winter Olympics |
Free skate | 124.17 2011 Worlds |
Bacchini represented Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics where he placed 20th in the men's event. In 2011, Bacchini joined Fiamme Oro, the sports category of the Italian police.[2]
He is coached by Peter Grütter and his choreographers have included Raffaella Cazzaniga, Corrado Giordani, Salomé Brunner, and Stéphane Lambiel.[3]
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2012–2013 [4][5] |
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2011–2012 [6] |
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2010–2011 [7] |
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2007–2008 [8] |
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2005–2006 [9] |
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2004–2005 [10] |
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2001–2002 [11] |
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GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[12] | |||||||||||||
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Event | 01–02 | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 06–07 | 07–08 | 08–09 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 |
Olympics | 20th | ||||||||||||
Worlds | 21st | 27th | |||||||||||
Europeans | 25th | 19th | 16th | 12th | 16th | 24th | |||||||
GP Skate Canada | 12th | ||||||||||||
Finlandia | 9th | 8th | 9th | ||||||||||
Nebelhorn | 13th | ||||||||||||
Ondrej Nepela | 2nd | ||||||||||||
Challenge Cup | 7th | ||||||||||||
Crystal Skate | 3rd | ||||||||||||
Cup of Nice | 7th | 12th | |||||||||||
Golden Spin | 5th | 4th | |||||||||||
Merano Cup | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | |||||
NRW Trophy | 7th | ||||||||||||
Triglav Trophy | 3rd | 1st | |||||||||||
Universiade | 10th | 6th | 7th | 18th | |||||||||
International: Junior[12] | |||||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 21st | 19th | |||||||||||
JGP Italy | 11th | ||||||||||||
JGP Mexico | 6th | ||||||||||||
JGP Netherlands | 13th | ||||||||||||
JGP Poland | 11th | ||||||||||||
JGP Romania | 6th | ||||||||||||
JGP Serbia | 10th | ||||||||||||
JGP Ukraine | 8th | ||||||||||||
Gardena | 2nd | ||||||||||||
EYOF | 4th | ||||||||||||
National[12] | |||||||||||||
Italian Champ. | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd |
WD = Withdrew |