Nicola Todeschini (born 18 April 1997) is a Swiss

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. He is the 2015 Swiss national senior champion and has reached the free skate at two ISU Championships. As of August 2022, he competes for the Netherlands.

Personal life

Nicola Todeschini was born on 18 April 1997 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. He lives in

Sonvilier Sonvilier is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (''Jura Bernois''). History Sonvilier is first mentioned in 1298 as ''Sunuilier'' ...

, Switzerland and in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

Career

Todeschini was coached by Myriam Loriol-Oberwiler in

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in the 2011–12 season. He was named in the Swiss team to 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, and finished tenth. His Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in the

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

season. He was sent to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan but was eliminated after placing 33rd in the short program. Loriol-Oberwiler coached him until the end of the season. In March 2013, he traveled to Canada to receive coaching from Brian Orser during the off-season. In 2013–14, Todeschini was coached by Didier Lucine in

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, France. He won the senior bronze medal at the Swiss Championships but competed on the junior level internationally. In 2014–15, Todeschini won the Swiss national senior title, in December 2014. Making his senior international debut, he placed sixth 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 ...

in February 2015. In March, he competed at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. He qualified for the free skate by placing 19th in the short program and went on to finish 23rd overall. In the 2015–16 season, Todeschini took silver behind

Stéphane Walker Stéphane Walker (born 25 December 1990) is a Swiss figure skater. Competing in men's singles, he won ten international medals, including two on the ISU Challenger Series, and became a five-time Swiss national champion (2013–14, 2016–18). He ...

at the Swiss Championships. He was selected to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. He reached the free skate by placing 18th in the short program, and 22nd overall.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

For the Netherlands

For Switzerland

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Todeschini, Nicola 1997 births Swiss male single skaters Living people People from Biel/Bienne People from La Chaux-de-Fonds Figure skaters at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Sportspeople from the canton of Bern 20th-century Swiss people 21st-century Swiss people