Jasmine Tessari

Tessari/Fioretti at the2018 European Championships
Personal information
Born	(1996-04-01)1 April 1996 (age 29) Basiglio, Italy
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Switzerland
Partner	Stephane Walker
Coach	Barbara Fusar-Poli,Stefano Caruso
Skating club	IceLab Forum Assago
Began skating	2001
Medal record
Representing Switzerland Swiss Championships 2022 Lucerne Ice dance Representing Italy Italian Championships 2019 Trento Ice dance 2020 Bergamo Ice dance 2017 Egna Ice dance 2018 Milan Ice dance

Jasmine Tessari (born 1 April 1996) is an Italianice dancer. With her former skating partner,Francesco Fioretti, she has won six international medals and is a four-timeItalian national medalist. They have competed in the final segment at oneISU Championship.

As of July 2021, she is competing withStéphane Walker forSwitzerland. They are the 2022Swiss national champions.

Tessari was born on 1 April 1996 inBasiglio, Italy.^[1] She is the daughter of Italian single skater and coachCristina Mauri.^[2]

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.^[3] As a single skater, she was coached by her mother, Cristina Mauri, at Mediolanum Forum di Assago.^[4]

At age 14, Tessari teamed up with her first ice dancing partner, Stefano Colafato.^[3] The two made their international junior debut in November 2010 at thePavel Roman Memorial. TheirISU Junior Grand Prix debut came in September 2011. In January, they placed eighth at the2012 Winter Youth Olympics inInnsbruck, Austria.

Tessari/Colafato were coached byRoberto Pelizzola and Nicoletta Lunghi at Forum S.S.D.R.L.^[5] Their last competition together was theSanta Claus Cup in December 2014. They decided to part ways due to problems in their partnership.^[3]

Barbara Fusar-Poli asked Tessari to try out withFrancesco Fioretti.^[3] After a few months of skating together, Tessari/Fioretti formalized their partnership.^[3] The two made their international debut in September 2015, at theLombardia Trophy. They finished fourth at theItalian Championships.^[6]

Tessari/Fioretti won bronze at the 2016NRW Trophy. After becoming the Italian national bronze medalists, they were sent to the2017 European Championships inOstrava, Czech Republic; they finished 22nd in the short dance and did not advance further.

In December 2017, Tessari/Fioretti won bronze at the Italian Championships. In January, they qualified to the free dance and finished 18th overall at the2018 European Championships inMoscow, Russia. They concluded their season with silver medals at theBavarian Open andEgna Spring Trophy.

Tessari/Fioretti opened their season with silver at the 2018NRW Trophy and then placed fourth at two ISU Challenger Series events, the2018 CS Lombardia Trophy and2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. They took bronze at the 2018Ice Star in October. In November, the two debuted on theGrand Prix series, placing eighth at the2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. After winning the silver medal at the Italian Championships, Tessari/Fioretti placed fourteenth at theEuropean Championships, and attended their firstWorld Championships, where they placed twenty-fourth.

Tessari/Fioretti placed twelfth at the2019 CS Lombardia Trophy to begin the season, before making their second appearance on theGrand Prix at the2019 Rostelecom Cup, where they placed tenth. After their second consecutive national silver medal, the two competed at the2020 European Championships, placing sixteenth.^[7] This would prove to be their final competition together, as their partnership ended afterward.

In July, it was announced that Tessari had teamed up with Swiss skaterStéphane Walker, and that the two would be competing for Switzerland.^[8] Tessari/Walker won the Swiss national title in their inaugural season, and then debuted at theEuropean Championships with a nineteenth-place finish.^[9]

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

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• Jasmine TESSARI / Francesco FIORETTI at theInternational Skating Union

• 1996 births
• Italian female ice dancers
• Living people
• Figure skaters from Milan
• Figure skaters at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
• 21st-century Italian sportswomen

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