Jasmine Tessari (born 1 April 1996) is an Italian

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With her former skating partner,

Francesco Fioretti Francesco Fioretti (born 14 May 1993) is an Italian ice dancer, who currently competes with Carolina Moscheni. With his former skating partner Jasmine Tessari, he won six international medals and is a four-time Italian national medalist. They h ...

, she has won six international medals and is a four-time Italian national medalist. They have competed in the final segment at one ISU Championship. As of July 2021, she is competing with Stéphane Walker for

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. They are the 2022 Swiss national champions.

Personal life

Tessari was born on 1 April 1996 in

Basiglio Basiglio ( lmo, Basej ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about south of Milan. It is the richest municipality of Italy. Basiglio borders the following municipalities: Zibido ...

, Italy. She is the daughter of Italian single skater and coach Cristina Mauri.

Career

Early career

Tessari first stepped onto the ice as a one-year-old but was not interested in skating at that age; she returned to skating when she was five. As a single skater, she was coached by her mother, Cristina Mauri, at Mediolanum Forum di Assago. At age 14, Tessari teamed up with her first ice dancing partner, Stefano Colafato. The two made their international junior debut in November 2010 at the

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. Their

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debut came in September 2011. In January, they placed eighth at the

2012 Winter Youth Olympics The 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2012), officially known as the I Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in Innsbruck, Austria, on 13–22 J ...

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, Austria. Tessari/Colafato were coached by Roberto Pelizzola and Nicoletta Lunghi at Forum S.S.D.R.L. Their last competition together was the

Santa Claus Cup The Santa Claus Cup is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Hungarian National Skating Federation. It is held annually in late November or early December in Budapest, Hungary. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of ...

in December 2014. They decided to part ways due to problems in their partnership.

2015–2016 season

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asked Tessari to try out with

. After a few months of skating together, Tessari/Fioretti formalized their partnership. The two made their international debut in September 2015, at the

Lombardia Trophy The Lombardia Trophy, also known as Memorial Anna Grandolfi, is an annual international figure skating competition. It is held in September in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy. In some years, the event is part of the ISU Challenger Series. Medals may be a ...

. They finished fourth at the Italian Championships.

2016–2017 season

Tessari/Fioretti won bronze at the 2016

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. After becoming the Italian national bronze medalists, they were sent to the 2017 European Championships in

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, Czech Republic; they finished 22nd in the short dance and did not advance further.

2017–2018 season

In December 2017, Tessari/Fioretti won bronze at the Italian Championships. In January, they qualified to the free dance and finished 18th overall at the

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, Russia. They concluded their season with silver medals at the

Bavarian Open The Bavarian Open is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of Bavaria. Since 2011, it is sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the International Skating Union. The event is held in February at Eiss ...

and

Egna Spring Trophy The Egna Spring Trophy, formerly the Gardena Spring Trophy (through 2016), is an annual international figure skating competition. It is held every spring in Val Gardena in Italy. Medals are awarded in men's and ladies' singles and sometimes in oth ...

2018–2019 season

Tessari/Fioretti opened their season with silver at the 2018

and then placed fourth at two ISU Challenger Series events, the

2018 CS Lombardia Trophy The 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy was held in September 2018 in Bergamo, Italy. It was part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Entries The ...

and 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. They took bronze at the 2018

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in October. In November, the two debuted on the

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series, placing eighth at the

2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki The 2018 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix of Helsinki was held in Helsinki, Finland, from November 2–4. It was the third event of the 2018–2019 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senio ...

. After winning the silver medal at the Italian Championships, Tessari/Fioretti placed fourteenth at the

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, and attended their first

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, where they placed twenty-fourth.

2019–2020 season

Tessari/Fioretti placed twelfth at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy to begin the season, before making their second appearance on the

at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, where they placed tenth. After their second consecutive national silver medal, the two competed at the 2020 European Championships, placing sixteenth. This would prove to be their final competition together, as their partnership ended afterward.

2021–2022 season & new partnership

In July, it was announced that Tessari had teamed up with Swiss skater Stéphane Walker, and that the two would be competing for Switzerland. Tessari/Walker won the Swiss national title in their inaugural season, and then debuted at the

with a nineteenth-place finish.

Programs

With Walker

With Fioretti

With Colafato

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Walker for Switzerland

With Fioretti for Italy

With Colafato for Italy

Ladies' singles for Italy

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tessari, Jasmine 1996 births Italian female ice dancers Living people Figure skaters from Milan Figure skaters at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women