Simone Vaturi
# Simone Vaturi

Simone Vaturi (born 20 July 1988) is an Italian ice dancer. With former partner Lorenza Alessandrini, he is the 2010 and 2013 Cup of Nice silver medalist, 2011 and 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial silver medalist, and a two-time Italian national bronze medalist.

## Personal life

Simone Vaturi has an elder brother, Andrea Vaturi, who is a choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. As of December 2013, he is a student at the University of Milan.

## Career

Early in his career, Vaturi skated with Serena Tancredi.

In 2007, he teamed up with Lorenza Alessandrini. They placed fifth at the 2010 World Junior Championships. Later that year, Alessandrini broke a rib in training causing them to miss the 2010–11 Grand Prix season. They returned to competition to win the senior bronze medal at the Italian Championships and were assigned one of Italy's two ice dance berths to the 2011 European Championships. They finished 16th in their first appearance at the event.

In the 2011–2012 season, Alessandrini/Vaturi made their senior Grand Prix debut at 2011 NHK Trophy where they finished 5th. They again finished third at the Italian Championships. They were not named in the Italian team to the European Championships. Alessandrini/Vaturi were coached by Roberto Pelizzola and Nicoletta Lunghi in Italy until January 2012 when they moved to Detroit, Michigan to train under new coaches Pasquale Camerlengo, Massimo Scali, and Anjelika Krylova. They made their senior World debut at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France.

In mid-December 2012, a fall while training a lift resulted in an injury to Vaturi and the team's withdrawal from the 2013 Italian Championships.

Vaturi ended their partnership in April 2014.

## Programs

(with Alessandrini)

| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
| - | - | - |
| 2013–2014 | Quickstep: Foxtrot: Quickstep: | Prayer for Munich 1972 |
| 2012–2013 | Mary Poppins: A Spoonful of Sugar Chim Chim Cher-ee Supercalifraglisticexpialidocious | The Artist: The Artist Ouverture The Artist Main Theme Waltz for Peppy Peppy and George by Ludovic Bource |
| 2011–2012 | Chiquitere Mas que Nada Samba de Janeiro | Tosca: E lucevan le stelle Com'e lunga l'attesa Final scene by Giacomo Puccini |
| 2010–2011 | C'est si bon by Louis Armstrong | Rocco and His Brothers by Nino Rota |
| | Original dance | |
| 2009–2010 | | |
| 2008–2009 | Blues: Minnie the Moocher Swing: Ballando con le stelle by Paolo Belli | Schindler's List by John Williams |

## Competitive highlights

(With Riazanova)

National :

| Event | 2014–15 |
| - | - |
| Italian Championships | 4th |

(With Alessandrini)

International :

| Event | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Worlds | | | | | 16th | | |
| Europeans | | | | 16th | | | 19th |
| GP NHK Trophy | | | | | 5th | | |
| GP Skate America | | | | | | 6th | |
| Bavarian Open | | | | | | 3rd | |
| Cup of Nice | | | | 2nd | | | 2nd |
| Golden Spin | | | | | 5th | | |
| Ondrej Nepela | | | | | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Universiade | | | | 6th | | | |
| Volvo Open | | | | | | | 3rd |
| International: Junior ||||||||
| Junior Worlds | | 9th | 5th | | | | |
| JGP Final | | | 7th | | | | |
| JGP Croatia | 6th | | | | | | |
| JGP Germany | 6th | | 2nd | | | | |
| JGP Great Britain | | 7th | | | | | |
| JGP Hungary | | | 3rd | | | | |
| JGP Italy | | 3rd | | | | | |
| Pavel Roman | | 1st J. | | | | | |
| National ||||||||
| Italian Champ. | 3rd J. | 1st J. | 1st J. | 3rd | 3rd | WD | 3rd |
| GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew ||||||||
