Marina Piredda (born 28 September 2002) is an Italian figure skater. She is the 2019 Toruń Cup champion, 2019 Cup of Tyrol bronze medalist, 2019 Dragon Trophy bronze medalist and 2020 Italian national silver medalist.

Marina Piredda
Born (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002 (age 22)
Cavalese, Italy
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Italy
CoachJoanna Szczypa
Skating clubG.S. Fiamme Oro
Began skating2006

Personal life

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Piredda was born on September 28, 2002.[1]

She currently studies at the University of Verona.[2]

Career

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Early years

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Piredda began learning to skate in 2006.[1] She was initially interested in pursuing ice hockey and would ultimately decide to switch to figure skating after being inspired by watching Italian figure skater, Paolo Bacchini, train at her skating rink.[3] Joanna Szczypa would become her coach when she was about five years old.[4]

Making her junior international debut, Piredda won silver at the Cup of Tyrol in February 2017. Continuing in the junior ranks, she took gold at the Dragon Trophy in February 2018 and Egna Trophy in April that same year.[5]

2018–2019 season: Junior Grand Prix and World Championship debut

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In September, Piredda debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing thirteenth 2018 JGP Canada. She then went on to take gold on the junior level at the 2018 Halloween Cup and silver on the junior level at the 2018 Prague Cup. In December, she won the junior ladies title at the 2019 Italian Championships.[5]

Piredda's senior international debut came in January at the 2019 Toruń Cup. She would then medal at two other senior events, taking bronze at the 2019 Dragon Trophy and the 2019 Cup of Tyrol. She was ultimately selected to represent Italy at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Japan. Piredea would place twenty-seventh in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate segment of the competition.[5] She followed this event by winning bronze at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy.[5]

Piredda was later invited to compete for Team Italy at the 2019 World Team Trophy. At the event, Piredda would score personal bests in all competition segments, finishing seventh in the women's individual event and Team Italy would place sixth overall.[5][6]

2019–2020 & 2020–21 seasons: Injury

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Due to a foot injury that required surgery during the summer off-season, Piredda was only able to resume training in the fall.[3] Her first competitions of the season were at the 2019 CS Ice Star and the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, where she placed seventh and eighteenth, respectively. In December, she competed at the 2020 Italian Championships, where she would win the silver medal.[5]

Shortly following the national championships, Piredda would reinjure her foot due to tissues having not fully healed from her previous surgery. As a result, Piredda was forced to stop training, thus ending her season. She would also miss the entire 2020–21 figure skating season to fully recover from this injury.[3]

2021–2022: Return to Competition

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Piredda made her return to competition in December 2021 at the 2022 Italian Championships, where she captured the bronze medal. She was ultimately selected to compete at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. At that event, Piredda would skate a solid short program, placing fourteenth in that segment and qualifying for the free skate. However, she would be forced to withdraw before the free program due to testing positive for COVID-19.[5][7]

She would eventually close her season with a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Egna Spring Trophy.[5]

2022–2023 season

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Piredda started the season by finishing fourth at the 2023 Italian Championships. Selected to compete at the 2023 Winter World University Games, Piredda finished seventh at the event. She subsequently competed at the 2023 Dragon Trophy where she placed fifth before closing her season by winning gold at the 2023 Maria Olszewska Memorial.[5]

2023–2024 season

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Piredda opened the season by winning gold at the 2023 EduSport Trophy. Going on to compete at the 2024 Italian Championships, Piredda would finish fourth. She subsequently placed seventh at the 2024 Bavarian Open and won bronze at the 2024 Merano Cup.[5]

She would then finish the season by winning gold at the 2024 Maria Olszewska Memorial and the 2024 Triglav Trophy.[5]

2024–2025 season

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Piredda began the season by finishing fifth at the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur.[5]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
2023–2024
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2022–2023
[9]
2021–2022
[10]
2020–2021
Did not compete in this season
2019–2020
  • Pina
    • Rooftop
      by Thomas Heinreich and Sebi Padotzke
    • The Here and After
    • Lilies of the Valley
    • All Names
      by Jun Miyake
      choreo. by Francesca Cotogni
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
2016–2017
2014–2015

Competitive highlights

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CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[6]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
Worlds 27th
Europeans WD
CS Golden Spin WD
CS Ice Challenge WD
CS Ice Star 7th
CS Trophée Métropole Nice 5th
CS Warsaw Cup 18th WD TBD
Bavarian Open 1st 7th
Cup of Tyrol 3rd
Dragon Trophy 3rd 5th
Egna Trophy 3rd
EduSport Trophy 1st
Golden Bear WD
Maria Olszewska Mem. 1st 1st
Merano Ice Trophy WD 3rd
Skate Helena WD
Toruń Cup 1st
Triglav Trophy 1st
University Games 7th
International: Junior[6]
JGP Canada 13th
Bavarian Open 11th
Cup of Nice 12th
Cup of Tyrol 2nd
Dragon Trophy 1st
Egna Trophy 1st
Golden Bear 8th
Halloween Cup 2nd
Merano Cup 11th
Prague Ice Cup 1st
National[6][11]
Italian Champ. 5th J 3rd J 1st J 2nd 3rd 4th 4th
Team events
World Team Trophy 6th T
7th P

Detailed results

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Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [5]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 180.55 2019 World Team Trophy
Short program TSS 60.33 2019 World Team Trophy
TES 34.13 2019 World Team Trophy
PCS 26.20 2019 World Team Trophy
Free skating TSS 120.22 2019 World Team Trophy
TES 64.85 2019 World Team Trophy
PCS 55.37 2019 World Team Trophy

Senior results

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2024–2025 season
Date Event SP FS Total
October 16–20, 2024 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 3
59.73
7
102.46
5
162.19
2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 10-14, 2024 2024 Triglav Trophy 1
64.82
1
115.70
1
180.52
March 6-10, 2024 2024 Maria Olszewska Memorial 2
51.96
1
109.17
1
161.13
February 23-25, 2024 2024 Merano Ice Trophy 1
60.46
3
112.20
3
172.66
January 30-February 4, 2023 2024 Bavarian Open 8
46.99
8
95.01
7
142.00
December 22-23, 2023 2024 Italian Championships 3
63.09
3
118.44
4
181.53
December 6-10, 2023 2023 EduSport Trophy 1
61.50
1
111.71
1
173.21
2022–2023 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 15-18, 2023 2023 Maria Olszewska Memorial 1
61.15
1
111.46
1
172.61
February 9-12, 2023 2023 Dragon Trophy 9
48.72
5
101.33
5
150.05
January 31-February 5, 2023 2023 Bavarian Open 1
57.16
1
111.80
1
168.96
January 13-15, 2023 2023 World University Games 15
52.09
7
109.36
7
161.45
December 15-18, 2022 2023 Italian Championships 5
46.79
2
110.96
4
157.75
2021–2022 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 7-10, 2022 2022 Egna Spring Trophy 4
57.20
4
95.37
4
152.27
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 14
59.53
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WD
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WD
December 4–5, 2021 2022 Italian Championships 3
60.51
3
113.16
3
113.16
2019–2020 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 12–15, 2019 2020 Italian Championships 3
60.16
2
112.73
2
172.89
November 14–17, 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 23
42.72
17
90.05
18
132.77
October 18–20, 2019 2019 CS Ice Star 6
52.25
7
93.33
7
145.58
2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 11–14, 2019 2019 World Team Trophy 9
60.33
7
120.22
6T/7P
180.55
March 28–31, 2019 2019 Egna Trophy 3
56.45
4
101.76
3
158.21
March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships 27
53.27
27
53.27
Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, 2019 2019 Cup of Tyrol 2
56.43
4
102.90
3
159.33
February 7–10, 2019 2019 Dragon Trophy 4
51.63
3
107.47
3
159.10
January 8–13, 2019 2019 Mentor Toruń Cup 1
53.75
1
104.92
1
158.67

Junior results

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2018–2019 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 13–16, 2018 2019 Italian Junior Championships 1
52.42
1
100.90
1
153.32
November 9–11, 2018 2018 Prague Riedell Ice Cup 1
55.09
2
91.00
1
146.09
October 19–21, 2018 2018 Halloween Cup 2
49.96
4
88.62
2
138.58
September 12–15, 2018 2018 JGP Canada 15
40.11
12
81.66
13
121.77
2017–2018 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 4–8, 2018 2018 Egna Trophy 3
48.30
2
96.41
1
144.71
February 8–11, 2018 2018 Dragon Trophy 2
47.12
1
96.35
1
143.47
January 26–31, 2018 2018 Bavarian Open 13
43.00
9
88.20
11
131.20
December 13–16, 2017 2018 Italian Junior Championships 5
50.25
2
98.29
3
148.54
October 26–29, 2017 2017 Golden Bear of Zagreb 8
42.49
8
76.12
8
118.61
November 15–19, 2017 2017 Merano Cup 8
42.24
12
63.47
11
105.71
October 11–15, 2017 2017 Cup of Nice 5
48.04
13
78.41
12
126.45
2016–2017 season
Date Event SP FS Total
Feb. 28 – Mar. 5, 2017 2017 Cup of Tyrol 6
43.42
2
90.62
2
134.04
December 14–17, 2016 2017 Italian Junior Championships 4
48.17
5
85.27
5
133.44

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Marina PIREDDA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Marina PIREDDA ITA FS 2023 FISU Winter World University Games". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Gabrielli, Monica. "Piredda tra le probabili olimpiche". Lavisio. Lavisio. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  4. ^ Castellaro, Barbara (30 September 2018). "Una famiglia di allenatori: Joanna Szczypa". artonice.it (in Italian).
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "ITA-Marina PIREDDA". skatingscores.com.
  6. ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Marina PIREDDA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Bravissima la nostra MARINA PIREDDA dove ai Campionati Europei di pattinaggio di figura Tallinn 2022 Estonia ha ottenuto un ottimo punteggio di 59.52 nel programma corto classificandosi al quattordicesimo posto e assicurandosi la finale". Facebook. Fiemme on Ice. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Marina PIREDDA: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Marina PIREDDA: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Marina PIREDDA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Marina PIREDDA". rinkresults.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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