Niccolò Macii (born 18 October 1995) is an Italian pair skater. With his skating partner,

Sara Conti Sara Conti (born 2 August 2000) is an Italian pair skater. With her skating partner, Niccolò Macii, she is the 2023 World bronze medalist, the 2023 European champion, the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, two-time Grand Prix medali ...

, he is the 2023 World bronze medalist, the 2023 European champion, the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, two-time

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medalists (silver at the

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; bronze at the

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), and the 2023 Italian national champion. They are the first (and to date, only) Italian pair to medal at the World Championships and to win gold at the European Championships. With his former skating partner,

Bianca Manacorda Bianca Manacorda (born 17 November 1997) is an Italian pair skater. With her former skating partner, Niccolò Macii, she won silver at an ISU Challenger Series event, the 2014 Lombardia Trophy, and placed 12th at the 2016 European Championships ...

, he won silver at an

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event, the 2014 Lombardia Trophy. They also competed at three World Junior Championships and a

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Personal life

Macii was born on October 18, 1995, in Milan, Italy. He is fluent in English. He has been in a relationship with pair partner,

, since 2018.

Career

Early career

Macii began figure skating in 2006. Macii's first pair partner was Sonia Manfredi. He ultimately teamed up with

prior to the

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. On the junior level, Manacorda/Macii won the 2014 Bavarian Open as well as the 2014 Italian Junior Championships. They also competed at three World Junior Championships (

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), finishing as high as sixth. On the senior level, Manacorda/Macii won silver at the

2014 CS Lombardia Trophy The 2014 CS Lombardia Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition held in September 2014 at the PalaSesto in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy. It was part of the 2014–15 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of ...

, bronze at the 2016 Italian Championships, and bronze at the 2016 Bavarian Open. Additionally, they competed at the 2016 European Championships in

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, Slovakia, where they placed twelfth. Their partnership dissolved following the

2015–16 figure skating season The 2015–16 figure skating season began on July 1, 2015, and ended on June 30, 2016. Elite skaters began the season competing on the Grand Prix series or Junior Grand Prix series, culminating in the Grand Prix Final, and the ISU Challenger S ...

. Following his split with Manacorda, Macii briefly skated pairs with Anastasiia Revenko and Damiana Alessandra Celi, before ultimately teaming up with singles skater,

, in 2019.

Partnership with Conti

2019–20 season

Conti/Macii debuted at the 2019 IceLab International Cup, where they placed fifth. They went on to compete at the

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and the

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, finishing fifteenth and thirteenth, respectively. At the 2020 Italian Championships, Conti/Macii won the bronze medal. They then finished the season with a sixth-place finish at the 2020 Bavarian Open.

2020–21 season

Conti/Macii won their second consecutive bronze medal at the 2021 Italian Championships. They went on to compete at the 2021 International Challenge Cup but they ultimately withdrew after the short program.

2021–22 season

Conti/Macii began their season with a fifth-place finish at the

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. They went on to place tenth at the

2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy The 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 22–25, 2021 in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. It was also the final qualifying event for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Medals were awarded in the discipli ...

as well as win silver at the 2021 Cup of Nice. Conti/Macii debuted

series at the

2021 Gran Premio d'Italia The 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia was the third event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Torino Palavela in Turin on November 5–7. It was the replacem ...

, where they finished seventh. They then competed at the

2021 CS Warsaw Cup The 2021 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 17–20 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Inter ...

, where they finished seventh. At the 2022 Italian Championships, Conti/Macii won their third bronze medal. Selected to compete at the

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in Tallinn, Estonia, Conti/Macii placed tenth in the short program and sixth in the free skate, placing seventh overall.

2022–23 season

Conti/Macii started their season with a gold medal at the

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. They then went on to place fourth at the

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as well as win gold at the 2022 Tayside Trophy. Competing on the 2022–23 Grand Prix series, Conti/Macii won the bronze medal at

and the silver medal at

. These results ultimately earned them a spot at the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy. At the Final, Conti/Macii placed fourth in the short program and third in the free skate, ultimately winning the bronze medal. Going on to compete at the 2023 Italian Championships, Conti/Macii won their first national title. At the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Conti/Macii won the short program and placed second in the free skate, ultimately winning the gold medal. They became the first Italian pair team to ever win a European title. Conti/Macii then went on to compete at the

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, where they won the gold medal. At the 2023 World Championships in Saitama,

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, Conti/Macii placed third in both the short program and free skate, ultimately winning the bronze medal. Conti/Macii became the first Italian pair team to ever medal at a World Championships. Conti/Macii then joined Team Italy at the 2023 World Team Trophy, where they placed fourth in the short program and third in the free skate. Team Italy finished fourth overall.

2023–24 season

Conti/Macii began the season by winning the gold medal at the

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Programs

With Conti

With Manacorda

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

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With Conti

With Manacorda

Detailed results

''ISU Personal best in bold.''

With Conti

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Macii, Niccolo 1995 births Italian male pair skaters Living people Figure skaters from Milan