Jari Kessler (born 29 November 1996) is a Croatian and Italian figure skater. For Croatia, he is the 2020

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champion, 2022 Jegvirag Cup silver medalist, and 2022 Merano Ice Trophy bronze medalist. He represented Italy until spring 2019, winning three senior international medals.

Personal life

Kessler was born in

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, Italy. He played

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before switching to figure skating.

Career

For Italy

Kessler originally competed for Italy. In the 2012–13 season, he moved up to the junior ranks. He made his senior international debut in January 2016, at the Mentor Toruń Cup in Poland. Kessler's first senior medals came in the 2017–18 season. He won bronze at the Mentor Toruń Cup, in January, and another bronze at the Egna Spring Trophy, in April. In October 2018, he took bronze at the

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in Croatia. The Egna Spring Trophy in March 2019 was his final competition for Italy.

2020–21 season: Debut for Croatia

Kessler made his international debut for Croatia at the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, where he placed seventh. In November 2020, he won gold at the

in Germany.

2021–22 season

In January, Kessler competed at the

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, Estonia, but was eliminated after placing 31st in the short program. In February, he took bronze at the Merano Ice Trophy in Italy and silver at the Jegvirag Cup in Hungary.

2022–23 season

Kessler qualified to the free skate at the 2023 European Championships in

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, Finland.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series''

For Croatia

For Italy

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kessler, Jari 1996 births Living people Croatian male single skaters Italian male single skaters People from Cles Sportspeople from Trentino