Simone Vaturi
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Simone Vaturi is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 ice dancer
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. With partner Lorenza Alessandrini
Lorenza Alessandrini
Lorenza Alessandrini is an Italian ice dancer. With partner Simone Vaturi, she is the 2009 and 2010 Italian junior national champion.- Career :...

, he is the 2009 and 2010 Italian junior national champion
Italian Figure Skating Championships
The Italian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Italy. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.-Men:...

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His older brother, Andrea Vaturi
Andrea Vaturi
Andrea Vaturi is an Italian ice dancer.He also graduated in Management from Bocconi University in 2004 and completed a Master of Science from the same University in 2007....

, is also an ice dancer.

Career

Alessandrini and Vaturi were 5th at the 2010 World Junior Championships
2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was the World Junior Figure Skating Championships for the 2009–2010 figure skating season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", they were an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of...

. Later that year, Alessandrini broke a rib in training causing them to miss the 2010–11 Grand Prix season. They returned to competition to win the senior bronze medal at the Italian Championships
Italian Figure Skating Championships
The Italian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Italy. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.-Men:...

. They were assigned to their first European Championships
2011 European Figure Skating Championships
The 2011 European Figure Skating Championships was the European Figure Skating Championships of the 2010–2011 season. Skaters competed in the categories of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing....

, where they finished 16th.

In 2011–12, Alessandrini and Vaturi made their senior Grand Prix debut at 2011 NHK Trophy
2011 NHK Trophy
The 2011 NHK Trophy will be the NHK Trophy Grand Prix competition of the 2011–2012 season and the fourth of six events in the 2011–2012 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. The event is organized annually by the Japan Skating Federation.The...

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Programs

(with Alessandrini)
Season Short dance
Short dance
The short dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was approved by the June 2010 International Skating Union congress and instituted beginning in the 2010–2011 figure skating season...

Free dance
Free dance (figure skating)
The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...

Exhibition
2011–2012
  • Chiquitere
  • Mas que Nada
    Mas Que Nada
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  • Abrazame
  • Samba de Rio
From Tosca
Tosca
Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...

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  • E lucevan le stelle
  • Com'e lunga l'attesa
  • Final scene
    by Giacomo Puccini
    Giacomo Puccini
    Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...

     
  • 2010–2011 C'est si bon
    by Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

    Rocco and His Brothers 
    by Nino Rota
    Nino Rota
    Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...

    Original dance
    Original dance
    The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...

    2009–2010

    Competitive highlights

    (With Alessandrini)
    Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
    European Championships
    European Figure Skating Championships
    The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...

     
    16th
    World Junior Championships
    World Junior Figure Skating Championships
    The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...

     
    9th 5th
    Italian Championships
    Italian Figure Skating Championships
    The Italian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Italy. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.-Men:...

     
    3rd J. 1st J. 1st J. 3rd
    NHK Trophy
    NHK Trophy
    The NHK Trophy is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....

     
    5th
    Coupe de Nice
    Coupe Internationale de Nice
    The Coupe Internationale de Nice is an annual international figure skating competition usually held in October or November in Nice, France. It has been held since 1995. It was not held in 2005...

     
    2nd
    Ondrej Nepela Memorial
    Ondrej Nepela Memorial
    The Ondrej Nepela Memorial is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Slovakia. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing. In some years, some disciplines have not been held....

     
    2nd
    Winter Universiade  6th
    Junior Grand Prix Final  7th
    Junior Grand Prix, Germany
    ISU Junior Grand Prix
    The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international invitational junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Junior figure skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...

     
    6th 2nd
    Junior Grand Prix, Hungary  3rd
    Junior Grand Prix Great Britain  7th
    Junior Grand Prix, Italy  3rd
    Junior Grand Prix, Croatia  6th
    Pavel Roman Memorial
    Pavel Roman Memorial
    The Pavel Roman Memorial is an international ice dancing competition organized by the Czech Skating Association. Named after Pavel Roman, the competition is held annually in Olomouc, Czech Republic.-Senior dance:- Junior dance :...

     
    1st J.
    J. = Junior level

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