Micol Cristini (born 3 June 1997) was an Italian

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. She has won senior international medals, including gold at the 2017 Denkova-Staviski Cup. She stopped skating in 2019, she started performing on a cruise ship and the next year she will marry Mattia, her fiance.

Career

Early career

Micol began learning to skate in 2006. She trained at the Olympic Dream Ice School in

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. She debuted on the

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series in September 2011, placing 11th in Romania. In January 2012, she competed at the

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, Austria. Ranked 9th in the short program and 12th in the free skate, she finished 11th overall.

2013–2014 season

Making her senior international debut, Micol placed fourth at the Golden Spin of Zagreb in December 2013. She placed sixth at the Italian Championships. She trained under Silvia Martina in Zanica.

2014–2015 season

Cristini decided to be coached by

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and Rosanna Murante in

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. In December 2014, she won her first senior international medal, bronze, at the Denkova-Staviski Cup in Bulgaria. Later in the same month, she stepped onto her first senior national podium, taking bronze at the Italian Championships. In January 2015, Cristini represented Italy at the 2015 European Championships in

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, Sweden. Ranked 34th in the short program, she did not advance to the free skate.

2015–2016 season

Cristini won the silver medal at the

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in April 2016. She did not compete at the Italian Championships.

2016–2017 season

Cristini placed fourth at the Italian Championships. She won a bronze medal at the

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in February 2017 and silver the following month at the

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2017–2018 season

Cristini received the gold medal at the Denkova-Staviski Cup, held in November in Bulgaria, and bronze at the Italian Championships in December. She qualified to the final segment at the

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, held in January in

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, Russia. Ranked 19th in the short program and 11th in the free skate, she finished as the second-best of Italy's three ladies' competitors, 15th overall.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cristini, Micol 1997 births Italian female single skaters Living people Sportspeople from Bergamo Figure skaters at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women