Alessia Tornaghi
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![]() Tornaghi at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | ||||||||||
Born | (2003-07-03) 3 July 2003 (age 21) Milan, Italy | |||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||
Figure skating career | ||||||||||
Country | ![]() ![]() | |||||||||
Discipline | Women's singles | |||||||||
Coach | Alexei Letov Olga Ganicheva | |||||||||
Skating club | Agora Skating Team Milan | |||||||||
Began skating | 2008 | |||||||||
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Alessia Tornaghi (born 3 July 2003) is an Italian figure skater. She is a two-time Italian national champion and the 2019 Golden Bear of Zagreb champion. On the junior level, she is the 2019 JGP Italy bronze medalist.
As of August 2024, she competes for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Personal life
Alessia Tornaghi was born on 3 July 2003 in Milan, Italy.
Career
Early career
Tornaghi began learning to skate in 2008.[1] She was the 2015 Italian national novice champion and won seven medals internationally as an advanced novice.[2] Tornaghi is the 2016 and 2017 Italian national junior silver medalist.
2017–2018 season
Tornaghi made her junior international debut at 2017 JGP Austria, where she finished 14th. She then won the silver medal at 2017 Cup of Nice, the gold medal at 2017 Leo Scheu Memorial, and placed sixth at 2017 Merano Cup.[3]
Tornaghi finished fourth at the 2018 Italian Championships behind Lucrezia Beccari, Lara Naki Gutmann, and Marina Piredda, after winning silver for the past two seasons. She finished her season with silver medals at 2018 Sofia Trophy and 2018 Coupe du Printemps and bronze medals at 2018 Jégvirág Cup and 2018 Egna Spring Trophy.[3]
2018–2019 season
Tornaghi began training with Viktoria Butsaeva in Moscow in September.[4] She started the season with another 14th-place finish at 2018 JGP Slovakia. Tornaghi then finished sixth at 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb and won silver medals at the 2018 Inge Solar Memorial–Alpen Trophy and the 2018 Christmas Cup.[3]
Tornaghi won the gold medal in the senior division at the 2019 Italian Championships ahead of Lucrezia Beccari and Lara Naki Gutmann, but was not named to the 2019 Junior World Championships team. She went on to win the bronze medal at 2019 Skate Helena, golds at 2019 Sofia Trophy and 2019 Cup of Tyrol, and ended her season with the silver medal at 2019 Egna Spring Trophy.[3]
2019–2020 season
Tornaghi placed ninth at 2019 JGP Croatia before winning her first JGP medal, a bronze, at 2019 JGP Italy behind Russians Ksenia Sinitsyna and Anna Frolova. In her senior international debut, she placed fourth at 2019 CS Ice Star after a free skate comeback from twelfth in the short program.[5] Tornaghi won her first senior title and international medal at 2019 Golden Bear of Zagreb after becoming the first Italian lady since Carolina Kostner to successfully complete a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination in the short program.[6] She rallied from 13th after the short program to finish fifth at 2019 CS Warsaw Cup after finishing second in the free skate behind only eventual champion Ekaterina Kurakova of Poland.[7]
Tornaghi won the gold medal for a second consecutive season at the 2020 Italian Championships, this time ahead of Marina Piredda and Lara Naki Gutmann. She will compete at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and the 2020 European Championships.[8]
Tornaghi was chosen by the Italian National Olympic Committee to replace short track athlete Elisa Confortola as the flag-bearer for the Italian national team at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, after Confortola had scheduling conflicts.[9] At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, she finished sixth in the individual event and helped Team Motivation to a fifth-place finish in the team event by placing third in the ladies free skating behind Ksenia Sinitsyna and Anna Frolova of Russia.
Tornaghi finished eighth at the 2020 European Championships.[10] She then finished the season with a thirteenth-place result at the 2020 World Junior Championships.[11] Tornaghi had been scheduled to represent Italy at the 2020 World Championships, but these were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
2020–2021 season
Tornaghi was scheduled to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled as a result of the pandemic.[13] She was fourth at Italian Nationals.
2022-2023 season
Tornaghi switched her training location to Norwood, Massachusetts, with Alexei Letov and Olga Ganicheva.
Tornaghi started her season off at the 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic. She came in eighth with a score of 133.48. Her next competition was the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup. She was twenty-first with a score of 118.58. At Italian Nationals, she came in eighth
2023-2024 season
She was scheduled to compete at Italian Nationals this season but withdrew.
2024-25 season
In August, Tornaghi announced she was switching nationalities to compete for Bosnia and Herzegovina.[14]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2022–2023 |
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2020–2021 |
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2019–2020 [1] |
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2018–2019 [16][4] |
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2017–2018 [17] |
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2016–2017 |
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2015–2016 |
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Competitive highlights
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
Single skating (for Italy)
Season | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2022–23 |
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European Championships | 8th | |||
Italian Championships | 1st | 1st | 4th | 7th |
CS Ice Star | 4th | |||
CS U.S. Classic | 8th | |||
CS Warsaw Cup | 5th | 21st | ||
Golden Bear of Zagreb | 1st |
Season | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
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Winter Youth Olympics | 6th | ||||
Winter Youth Olympics (Team event) | 5th | ||||
World Junior Championships | 13th | ||||
Italian Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | ||
JGP Austria | 14th | ||||
JGP Croatia | 9th | ||||
JGP Italy | 3rd | ||||
JGP Slovakia | 14th | ||||
Alpen Trophy | 2nd | ||||
Christmas Cup | 2nd | ||||
Coupe du Printemps | 2nd | ||||
Cup of Nice | 3rd | ||||
Cup of Tyrol | 1st | ||||
Egna Spring Trophy | 3rd | 2nd | |||
Golden Bear of Zagreb | 6th | ||||
Jégvirág Cup | 3rd | ||||
Leo Scheu Memorial | 1st | ||||
Merano Cup | 6th | ||||
Skate Helena | 3rd | ||||
Sofia Trophy | 2nd | 1st |
Detailed results
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 178.60 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics |
Short program | TSS | 62.19 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics |
TES | 35.27 | 2020 European Championships | |
PCS | 27.86 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | |
Free skating | TSS | 125.22 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics (Team event) |
TES | 67.31 | 2019 CS Warsaw Cup | |
PCS | 58.41 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 124.51 | 2017 JGP Austria |
Short program | TSS | 45.88 | 2017 JGP Austria |
TES | 27.43 | 2017 JGP Austria | |
PCS | 18.45 | 2017 JGP Austria | |
Free skating | TSS | 78.63 | 2017 JGP Austria |
TES | 40.74 | 2017 JGP Austria | |
PCS | 39.89 | 2017 JGP Austria |
Single skating (for Italy)
Senior level
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Dec 13–16, 2018 | ![]() | 2 | 57.05 | 1 | 117.34 | 1 | 174.39 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 18–20, 2019 | ![]() | 12 | 47.73 | 4 | 105.43 | 4 | 153.16 |
Oct 24–27, 2019 | ![]() | 3 | 59.84 | 1 | 118.30 | 1 | 178.14 |
Nov 14–17, 2019 | ![]() | 13 | 50.31 | 2 | 122.35 | 5 | 172.66 |
Dec 12–15, 2019 | ![]() | 1 | 68.86 | 1 | 121.16 | 1 | 190.02 |
Jan 20–26, 2020 | ![]() | 7 | 61.27 | 11 | 110.90 | 8 | 172.17 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Dec 12–13, 2020 | ![]() | 4 | 57.88 | 4 | 104.84 | 4 | 162.72 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 13–16, 2022 | ![]() | 8 | 49.06 | 9 | 84.42 | 8 | 133.48 |
Nov 17–20, 2022 | ![]() | 19 | 45.77 | 21 | 72.81 | 21 | 118.58 |
Dec 15–18, 2022 | ![]() | 7 | 40.23 | 6 | 85.85 | 7 | 126.08 |
Junior level
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Dec 16–19, 2015 | ![]() | 1 | 44.19 | 2 | 81.27 | 2 | 125.46 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Dec 14–17, 2016 | ![]() | 2 | 56.83 | 3 | 94.98 | 2 | 151.81 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Aug 22–25, 2018 | ![]() | 14 | 46.24 | 16 | 80.30 | 14 | 126.54 |
Oct 25–28, 2018 | ![]() | 5 | 55.36 | 5 | 99.77 | 6 | 155.13 |
Nov 12–18, 2018 | ![]() | 3 | 49.07 | 2 | 96.62 | 2 | 145.69 |
Nov 29 – Dec 2, 2018 | ![]() | 2 | 55.80 | 2 | 102.13 | 2 | 157.93 |
Jan 17–19, 2019 | ![]() | 2 | 50.07 | 4 | 91.42 | 3 | 141.49 |
Feb 5–10, 2019 | ![]() | 2 | 55.19 | 1 | 98.96 | 1 | 154.45 |
Mar 2–3, 2019 | ![]() | 1 | 51.21 | 1 | 98.84 | 1 | 150.05 |
Mar 28–31, 2018 | ![]() | 5 | 48.93 | 2 | 104.75 | 2 | 153.68 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 25–28, 2019 | ![]() | 14 | 45.42 | 5 | 103.44 | 9 | 148.86 |
Oct 2–5, 2019 | ![]() | 7 | 56.67 | 2 | 119.26 | 3 | 175.93 |
Jan 11–13, 2020 | ![]() | 6 | 62.19 | 5 | 116.41 | 6 | 178.60 |
Jan 15, 2020 | ![]() | – | – | 3 | 125.22 | 5 | – |
Mar 2–8, 2020 | ![]() | 14 | 57.08 | 12 | 106.37 | 13 | 163.45 |
2017–2018 season | ||||
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
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4–8 April 2018 | 2018 Egna Spring Trophy | 5 46.05 | 1 97.51 | 3 143.56 |
16–18 March 2018 | 2018 Coupe du Printemps | 2 50.46 | 4 85.66 | 2 136.12 |
17–18 February 2018 | 2018 Jégvirág Cup | 1 49.64 | 5 79.13 | 3 128.77 |
6–11 February 2018 | 2018 Sofia Trophy | 2 51.28 | 2 95.69 | 2 143.97 |
13–16 December 2017 | 2018 Italian Championships | 3 54.02 | 4 91.50 | 4 145.52 |
15–19 November 2017 | 2017 20th Merano Cup | 2 50.25 | 6 76.79 | 6 127.04 |
8–12 November 2017 | 2017 Leo Scheu Memorial | 1 47.77 | 1 91.39 | 1 139.16 |
11–15 October 2017 | 2017 Cup of Nice | 3 52.23 | 3 94.16 | 3 146.39 |
30 Aug. – 2 Sept. 2017 | 2017 JGP Austria | 12 45.88 | 13 78.63 | 14 124.51 |
References
- ^ a b "Alessia TORNAGHI". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Alessia Tornaghi". Stats on Ice.
- ^ a b c d "Alessia TORNAGHI: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b Castellaro, Barbara (8 January 2019). "Incontriamo Alessia Tornaghi, 15 anni e una grande determinazione" [We meet Alessia Tornaghi, 15 and with a great determination] (in Italian). Art on Ice.
- ^ Testa, Fabrizio (20 October 2019). "Pattinaggio artistico, Minsk Arena Ice Star 2019: Daniel Grassl sul velluto supera tutti, Samodurova trionfa nel singolo femminile" [Figure skating, Minsk Arena Ice Star 2019: Daniel Grassl exceeds all on velvet, Samodurova triumphs in the single female] (in Italian). OA Sport.
- ^ "Golden Bear di Zagabria: Alessia Tornaghi è oro nella competizione internazionale" [Golden Bear of Zagreb: Alessia Tornaghi is gold in the international competition] (in Italian). Torino Sportiva. 29 October 2019.
- ^ Testa, Fabrizio (17 November 2019). "Pattinaggio artistico, Warsaw Cup 2019: Kurakova a sorpresa vince la gara femminile, Alessia Tornaghi sfiora l'impresa" [Figure skating, Warsaw Cup 2019: Surprise Kurakova wins the women's race, Alessia Tornaghi touches the company] (in Italian). OA Sport.
- ^ "Elisa Confortola sarà la portabandiera dell'Italia ai Giochi Olimpici Giovanili Invernali di Losanna" [Elisa Confortola will be Italy's standard-bearer at the Lausanne Youth Winter Olympic Games] (in Italian). Italian Ice Sports Federation. 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Alessia Tornaghi è la nuova portabandiera dell'Italia ai Giochi Olimpici Giovanili Invernali di Losanna 2020" [Alessia Tornaghi is Italy's new standard-bearer at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games] (in Italian). Italian Ice Sports Federation. 24 December 2019.
- ^ Slater, Paula (25 January 2020). "Kostornaia takes gold in Russian sweep at Europeans". Golden Skate.
- ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships Results – Junior Ladies". International Skating Union.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (11 March 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
- ^ "Grand Prix of France figure skating event canceled due to coronavirus". Olympic Channel. 20 October 2020.
- ^ @alessia.tornaghi (23 August 2024). "Hi guys, I'm super excited and proud to share that I will be representing Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 and @icesportsclubunity 🩵" – via Instagram.
- ^ a b Alessia TORNAGHI isuresults.com Retrieved 7 May 2023
- ^ "Alessia TORNAGHI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019.
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- ^ a b "Personal Bests Alessia Tornaghi (ITA)". International Skating Union.
External links
- Alessia Tornaghi at the International Skating Union
- Alessia Tornaghi at SkatingScores.com