Sara Conti
Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii at the2024 World Championships
Born	(2000-08-02)2 August 2000 (age 24) Bergamo, Italy
Height	1.64 m (5 ft4+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Italy
Discipline	Pair skating
Partner	Niccolò Macii (since 2019)
Coach	Barbara Luoni
Skating club	IceLab Bergamo
Began skating	2005
Medal record
Event World Championships 0 0 1 European Championships 1 1 0 Grand Prix Final 0 1 1 Italian Championships 2 0 3 Medal list World Championships 2023 Saitama Pairs European Championships 2023 Espoo Pairs 2025 Tallinn Pairs Grand Prix Final 2023–24 Beijing Pairs 2022–23 Turin Pairs Italian Championships 2023 Brunico Pairs 2025 Varese Pairs 2020 Bergamo Pairs 2021 Egna Pairs 2022 Turin Pairs

Sara Conti (born 2 August 2000) is an Italianpair skater. With her skating partner,Niccolò Macii, she is the2023 World bronze medalist, the2023 European champion, a two-timeISU Grand Prix Final medalist, five-timeISU Grand Prix medalist, and a two-timeItalian national champion (2023 and 2025). They are the first (and to date, only) Italian pair to medal at the World Championships and to win gold at the European Championships.

Conti was born on August 2, 2000, inAlzano Lombardo, Italy.^[1] Her father passed away fromCOVID-19 in 2020 during the pandemic's initial onset.^[2]

She began dating her pair partner,Niccolò Macii, in 2018 before amicably splitting in 2023.^[3][4][5][6]

Conti began figure skating in 2005.

As a singles skater, she won the bronze medal at the2013 Italian Novice Championships and finished as high as fifth at the senior championships (2018). Additionally, she won the bronze medal at the 2018Denkova-Staviski Cup and the 2019Sofia Trophy.

In 2019, it was announced that Conti had teamed up withNiccolò Macii to pursue pairs skating.^[7]

Conti/Macii debuted at the 2019 IceLab International Cup, where they placed fifth. They went on to compete at the2019 CS Warsaw Cup and the2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing fifteenth and thirteenth, respectively.^[8]

At the2020 Italian Championships, Conti/Macii won the bronze medal. They then finished the season with a sixth-place finish at the2020 Bavarian Open.^[8]

Conti/Macii won their second consecutive bronze medal at the2021 Italian Championships.^[8] They went on to compete at the2021 International Challenge Cup but they ultimately withdrew after the short program.^[9]

Conti/Macii began their season with a fifth-place finish at the2021 CS Lombardia Trophy. They went on to place tenth at the2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy as well as win silver at the2021 Cup of Nice.^[8]

Conti/Macii debutedGrand Prix series at the2021 Gran Premio d'Italia, where they finished seventh. They then competed at the2021 CS Warsaw Cup, where they finished seventh.^[8]

At the2022 Italian Championships, Conti/Macii won their third bronze medal.^[8] Selected to compete at the2022 European Championships inTallinn,Estonia, Conti/Macii placed tenth in the short program and sixth in the free skate, placing seventh overall.^[8]

For the new season, the pair upgraded theirtwist lift to a triple for the first time.^[10] Conti/Macii started their season two appearances on theChallenger circuit, winning a gold medal at the2022 CS Lombardia Trophy and placing fourth at the2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They also won gold at the 2022 Tayside Trophy.^[8]

Given two assignments on theGrand Prix, Conti/Macii won the bronze medal at2022 Skate Canada International, their first Grand Prix medal, which he called "like a dream." They finished second in the free skate, and came within 0.30 points of silver medalistsChan/Howe.^[11] At their second assignment, the2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, Conti/Macci won the silver medal despite having to abort their final lift in the free skate. He said afterward "the last lift angers us, because we can do it so easily," while adding they were "happy with our result."^[12] These placements ultimately earned them a berth at the2022–23 Grand Prix Final, held on home ice inTurin.^[13] At the Final, Conti/Macii placed fourth in the short program, 2.24 points back of CanadiansStellato-Dudek/Deschamps in third.^[13] With a new personal best of 119.72 in the free skate they rose to third overall, taking the bronze medal over the Canadians by less than three points. Macci remarked afterward that "let's say we're still somehow outsiders who are getting almost too many results. But we're extremely happy about this result that we didn't expect it at all."^[10]

Shortly after the Final, the duo won their first national title at the2023 Italian Championships.^[8] At the2023 European Championships inEspoo,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.^[14][15] Conti/Macii then went on to compete at the2023 International Challenge Cup, where they won the gold medal.^[8]

At the2023 World Championships inSaitama,Japan, 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, which she said made them "very proud of what we were able to achieve in a patriotic kind of way."^[16] Conti/Macii then joined Team Italy at the2023 World Team Trophy, where they placed fourth in the short program and third in the free skate. Team Italy finished fourth overall.^[17][18]

During the off-season, Conti/Macii selected the song, "Intermezzo sinfonico," which was Macii's grandparents' wedding song and served as a tribute to his late grandfather, who had passed away in 2022.^[3][19][20]

They would begin the season by winning the gold medal at the2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.^[8] On theGrand Prix, they entered the2023 Grand Prix de France as the title favourites, but placed narrowly second in the short program after Conti stepped out of their throw landing.^[21] In the free skate, Conti had another throw stepout, as well as one on her jump sequence attempt. The team placed second in that segment as well, finishing with the silver medal, 5.21 points behind gold medalistsPereira/Michaud of Canada. Conti said afterward that they were "so happy with our free skating," stating "we are a top couple and we have to stay here. We want to improve our program and will be ready for our next Grand Prix. We know we can do much better."^[22] At their second event, the2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, they repeated the short program throw error from France and came second again in the segment. They were third in the free skate after Macii fell on a jump, but remained second overall.^[23]

Competing at the2023–24 Grand Prix Final inBeijing, Conti/Macii skated a clean short program to place third in the segment. They won the free skate, but finished second overall, 0.55 points behind gold medalistsHase/Volodin of Germany. Conti declared of the result that they were "so happy. Finally. Our season starts right now! The two months before were preparation, now we have arrived!"^[24]

Conti suffered from a bad flu in the days before the Italian championships, and as a result the team withdrew.^[25] They next appeared at the2024 European Championships, where struggles in both programs saw them come sixth.^[26] Conti/Macii next won gold at theInternational Challenge Cup for the second consecutive year.^[8]

Prior to the2024 World Championships, Conti/Macii made the decision to go back to their "Oblivion (Una sombra más)" short program that they had used the previous three seasons.^[27] Going on to compete at those championships inMontreal, Conti/Macii came third in the short program with a clean skate and a season's best score of 72.88. They were 0.65 points back of Japan'sMiura/Kihara in second, and 0.78 ahead of Hase/Volodin in fourth. Conti effused that "finally, we had a really good short program!" They struggled with numerous errors in the free skate, coming sixth in that segment and dropping to sixth place overall. Conti called it "disappointing, but it's a competition."^[28]

Going into the season, Conti and Macii selected the song "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" for their free program in dedication of Conti's late father.^[2]

They began the season by winning gold at both the2024 Lombardia Trophy and the2024 Tayside Trophy. Going on to compete on the2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, they won the silver medal at the2024 Grand Prix de France and the gold medal at the2024 Cup of China. Qualifying for the2024–25 Grand Prix Final inGrenoble, France, the pair finished in fourth place.^[29]

At the2025 Italian Championships, Conti/Macii won their second national title.^[29]

Results in the2024–25 season ^[29]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 12–15, 2024	2024 CS Lombardia Trophy	1	74.67	2	128.35	1	203.02
Oct 12–13, 2024	2024 Tayside Trophy	1	64.04	1	134.55	1	198.59
Nov 1–3, 2024	2024 Grand Prix de France	2	70.79	2	132.60	2	203.39
Nov 22–24, 2024	2024 Cup of China	1	72.43	2	138.62	1	211.05
Dec 5–8, 2024	2024–25 Grand Prix Final	4	70.49	4	129.57	4	200.06
Dec 19–21, 2024	2025 Italian Championships	1	76.11	1	145.25	1	221.36
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025	2025 European Championships	2	68.52	2	138.37	2	206.89

• Sara Conti & Niccolò Macii at theInternational Skating Union
• Sara Conti & Niccolò Macii at SkatingScores
• Sara Conti at theInternational Skating Union
• Sara Conti onInstagram

• 2000 births
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• Italian female pair skaters
• Italian female single skaters
• 21st-century Italian sportswomen
• Sportspeople from Alzano Lombardo
• Figure skaters from the Province of Bergamo
• World Figure Skating Championships medalists
• European Figure Skating Championships medalists

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