Sara Conti

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Sara Conti
Conti with Macii at the 2024 World Championships
Born (2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 23)
Alzano Lombardo, Italy
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Italy
PartnerNiccolò Macii
CoachBarbara Luoni
Skating clubIceLab Bergamo
Began skating2005
Medal record
Pairs' figure skating
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Saitama Pairs
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Espoo Pairs
Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2023–24 Beijing Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2022–23 Torino Pairs

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

Personal life[edit]

Conti was born on August 2, 2000, in Alzano Lombardo, Italy.[1]

She has been in a relationship with pair partner, Niccolò Macii since 2018.[2][3]

Career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Conti began figure skating in 2005.

As a singles skater, she won the bronze medal at the 2013 Italian Novice Championships and finished as high as fifth at the senior championships (2018). Additionally, she won the bronze medal at the 2018 Denkova-Staviski Cup and the 2019 Sofia Trophy.

Partnership with Macii[edit]

In 2019, it was announced that Conti had teamed up with Niccolò Macii to pursue pairs skating.[4]

2019–20 season[edit]

Conti/Macii debuted at the 2019 IceLab International Cup, where they placed fifth. They went on to compete at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup and the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing fifteenth and thirteenth, respectively.[5]

At the 2020 Italian Championships, Conti/Macii won the bronze medal. They then finished the season with a sixth-place finish at the 2020 Bavarian Open.[5]

2020–21 season[edit]

Conti/Macii won their second consecutive bronze medal at the 2021 Italian Championships.[5] They went on to compete at the 2021 International Challenge Cup but they ultimately withdrew after the short program.[6]

2021–22 season[edit]

Conti/Macii began their season with a fifth-place finish at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy. They went on to place tenth at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy as well as win silver at the 2021 Cup of Nice.[5]

Conti/Macii debuted Grand Prix series at the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia, where they finished seventh. They then competed at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, where they finished seventh.[5]

At the 2022 Italian Championships, Conti/Macii won their third bronze medal.[5] Selected to compete at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Conti/Macii placed tenth in the short program and sixth in the free skate, placing seventh overall.[5]

2022–23 season[edit]

For the new season, the pair upgraded their twist lift to a triple for the first time.[7] Conti/Macii started their season two appearances on the Challenger circuit, winning a gold medal at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy and placing fourth at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They also won gold at the 2022 Tayside Trophy.[5]

Given two assignments on the Grand Prix, Conti/Macii won the bronze medal at 2022 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 medalists Chan/Howe.[8] At their second assignment, the 2022 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."[9] These placements ultimately earned them a berth at the 2022–23 Grand Prix Final, held on home ice in Turin.[10] At the Final, Conti/Macii placed fourth in the short program, 2.24 points back of Canadians Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps in third.[10] 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."[7]

Shortly after the Final, the duo won their first national title at the 2023 Italian Championships.[5] At the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, 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.[11][12] Conti/Macii then went on to compete at the 2023 International Challenge Cup, where they won the gold medal.[5]

At the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, 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."[13] Conti/Macii then joined Team Italy at the 2023 World Team Trophy, where they placed fourth in the short program and third in the free skate. Team Italy finished fourth overall.[14][15]

2023–24 season[edit]

Conti and Macii performing their short program at the 2024 World Championships

Conti/Macii began the season by winning the gold medal at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.[5] On the Grand Prix, they entered the 2023 Grand Prix de France as the title favourites, but placed narrowly second in the short program after Conti stepped out of their throw landing.[16] 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 medalists Pereira/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."[17] At their second event, the 2023 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.[18]

Competing at the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final in Beijing, 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 medalists Hase/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!"[19]

Conti suffered from a bad flu in the days before the Italian championships, and as a result the team withdrew.[20] They next appeared at the 2024 European Championships, where struggles in both programs saw them come sixth.[21] Conti/Macii next won gold at the International Challenge Cup for the second consecutive year.[5]

Concluding the season at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, 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's Miura/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."[22]

Programs[edit]

With Macii[edit]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[23][24]
  • Oblivion (Una sombra más)
    by Astor Piazzolla
    performed by Mina and Gianni Ferrio
    choreo. by Raffaella Cazzaniga
2022–2023
[1]
  • Oblivion (Una sombra más)
    by Astor Piazzolla
    performed by Mina and Gianni Ferrio
    choreo. by Raffaella Cazzaniga
2021–2022
[25]
2020–2021
[26]
2019–2020
[27][28]

Competitive highlights[edit]

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series

Pairs with Macii[edit]

International[5]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds WD 3rd 6th
Europeans 7th 1st 6th
GP Final 3rd 2nd
GP Finland 2nd
GP France 2nd
GP Italy 7th
GP Skate Canada 3rd
GP Wilson Trophy 2nd
CS Finlandia WD
CS Golden Spin 13th WD
CS Lombardia 1st
CS Nebelhorn 10th 4th
CS Warsaw Cup 15th 7th
Bavarian Open 6th
Challenge Cup WD 1st 1st
Cup of Nice 2nd
IceLab Cup 5th
Lombardia Trophy 5th 1st
Tayside Trophy 1st 1st
National[5]
Italian Champ. 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st WD
Team
World Team Trophy 4th T
3rd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew;
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Ladies' singles[edit]

International[29]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
CS Alpen Trophy 13th
CS Lombardia 18th
CS Tallinn Trophy 15th
Cup of Tyrol 12th
Denkova-Staviski 7th 3rd
Dragon Trophy 8th
Egna Trophy 5th 10th
Sofia Trophy 3rd
International: Junior[29][30]
Bavarian Open 10th
Cup of Tyrol 6th
Gardena Spring 7th 2nd
Lombardia Trophy 4th N 10th 9th
Merano Cup 7th 4th
Sofia Trophy 9th
Triglav Trophy 8th 2nd
National[29][30]
Italian Champ. 3rd N 9th N 17th J 8th J 6th J 5th 10th
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior

Detailed results[edit]

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [31]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 206.43 2023 World Championships
Short program TSS 73.24 2023 World Championships
TES 40.47 2023 World Championships
PCS 33.59 2023 World Team Trophy
Free skating TSS 135.58 2023–24 Grand Prix Final
TES 69.77 2023–24 Grand Prix Final
PCS 68.19 2023 World Championships

ISU Personal best in bold.

With Macii[edit]

2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2024 2024 World Championships 3
72.88 		6
124.46 		6
197.34
February 22–25, 2024 2024 Challenge Cup 1
64.37 		1
133.45 		1
197.82
January 8–14, 2024 2024 European Championships 7
61.52 		4
125.73 		6
187.25
December 7–10, 2023 2023–24 Grand Prix Final 3
70.30 		1
135.58 		2
205.88
November 17–19, 2023 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo 2
65.00 		3
123.60 		2
188.60
November 3–5, 2023 2023 Grand Prix de France 2
65.31 		2
124.15 		2
189.46
October 14-15, 2023 2023 Tayside Trophy 1
65.40 		1
131.61 		1
197.01
September 8–10, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 1
70.16 		1
130.19 		1
200.35
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 13–16, 2023 2023 World Team Trophy 4
69.84 		3
130.22 		4T/3P
200.06
March 22–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 3
73.24 		3
134.84 		3
208.08
February 23–26, 2023 2023 International Challenge Cup 1
63.69 		1
124.71 		1
188.40
January 25–29, 2023 2023 European Championships 1
70.45 		2
124.68 		1
195.13
December 15–18, 2022 2023 Italian Championships 1
70.76 		1
131.99 		1
202.75
December 8–11, 2022 2022–23 Grand Prix Final 4
67.30 		3
119.72 		3
187.02
November 11–13, 2022 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 2
68.69 		2
115.50 		2
184.19
October 28–30, 2022 2022 Skate Canada International 3
66.66 		2
119.52 		3
186.18
October 15–16, 2022 2022 Tayside Trophy 1
60.90 		1
118.23 		1
179.13
September 21–24, 2022 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 4
64.85 		4
113.02 		4
177.87
September 16–19, 2022 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy 1
62.81 		1
107.38 		1
170.19
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 10
56.28 		6
112.62 		7
168.90
December 4–5, 2021 2022 Italian Championships 3
58.95 		3
110.41 		3
169.36
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 9
59.68 		7
108.36 		7
168.04
November 5–7, 2021 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia 6
54.55 		7
98.17 		7
152.72
October 20–24, 2021 2021 Cup of Nice 2
51.53 		2
102.03 		2
153.56
September 22–25, 2021 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9
53.96 		11
89.48 		10
143.44
September 9–12, 2021 2021 Lombardia Trophy 4
57.54 		6
92.68 		5
150.22
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 26–28, 2021 2021 Challenge Cup 7
49.28 		WD WD
December 12–13, 2020 2021 Italian Championships 2
55.89 		3
92.01 		3
147.90
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 7
49.62 		5
93.29 		6
142.91
December 12–15, 2019 2020 Italian Championships 3
46.61 		3
82.99 		3
129.60
December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 17
45.43 		13
90.77 		13
136.20
November 14–17, 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 16
43.32 		15
85.31 		15
128.63
November 1–3, 2019 2019 IceLab International Cup 5
41.40 		4
88.07 		5
129.47

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ Conti, Sara. "Valentine's Day". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  3. ^ Conti, Sara. "Valentine's Day 2023". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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External links[edit]

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