Born in Milan on 16/08/1985, he moved to Cavalese in 1991 and starting competitive figure skating in the 1994/95 season at A.s.D. Artistico Ghiaccio Fiemme (amateur sports club).
From 1998 to 2014 he was a member of the Italian National Figure Skating team, and represented Italy at all major national and international events including the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. During his career, he varied his training center, competing with several schools and their trainers, of the major skating centers of Europe and North America (France, Germany, Switzerland and the USA).
After reaching the Vancouver Olympic finals in 2010, he was called to become a part of the “Fiamme Oro” (Golden Flame) sports group of the National Police.
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He participates in numerous skating shows (for example, Opera POP Intimissimi on ICE, Stars on Ice, etc.), and in 2012, planned and organized benefit show “Pattiniamo per Finale” (Skate Together for Finale), with all proceeds going to earthquake damaged municipality Finale Emilia.
In 2013, he achieved certification as an Artistic Figure Skating Monitor from Swiss organization Jeunesse+Sport, and in the same year, he obtained the title of Figure Skating Instructor from the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (Italian Ice Sports Federation). In 2018, he earned the title of Level 1 Coach from the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.
In 2014, he began a research study in the skating field (PB project), and founded Bmethod in 2017 utilizing the collaboration of aerospace and biomedical engineers and psychologists. The success of the method brought him to collaborate with various Italian and international rinks until becoming Technical Director of the Lugano Skating Club.
He earned a diploma in linguistics (German, English, French) with maximum marks (100/100) and continues his studies at the Faculty of Law of Trento.
Location of winter practice: Ginevra
Location of summer practice: Oberstdorf-Cavalese
Coach: Peter Grutter
Coreographer: Corrado Giordani
Athletic Preperation: Patrizio Bacchini
Physiotherapists: Hanspeter Pechlaner and Carlo Terzer
Technician Skates: Giangi
