Valentina Marchei

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Valentina Marchei
Valentina Marchei at 2010 European Championships.jpg
Marchei in 2010.
Personal information
Country represented Italy
Born (1986-05-23) 23 May 1986 (age 38)
Milan, Italy
Home town Basiglio, Italy
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Partner Ondřej Hotárek
Coach Franca Bianconi, Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier
Former coach Jason Dungjen, Yuka Sato, Nikolai Morozov, Valter Rizzo, Cristina Mauri, Pierre Trente
Choreographer Massimo Scali, Corrado Giordani, Franca Bianconi
Former choreographer Roberto Campanella, Yuka Sato, Nikolai Morozov
Skating club Sesto Ice Skate
Training locations Montreal
Milan
Former training locations Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Hackensack, New Jersey
Annecy
Began skating 1993
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 178.19 (pairs)
2015 Rostelecom Cup
Short program 62.43 (pairs)
2015 Rostelecom Cup
Free skate 117.44 (pairs)
2015 Europeans
Valentina Marchei
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 173.33 (singles)
2014 Winter Olympics
Short program 61.90 (singles)
2013 NHK Trophy
Free skate 116.31 (singles)
2014 Winter Olympics

Valentina Marchei (born 23 May 1986) is an Italian figure skater. As a singles skater, she is a five-time Italian national champion (2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014). Her highest ISU Championship placements were 4th at the 2013 European Championships and 8th at the 2012 World Championships. She represented Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics and placed 11th. She currently competes as a pair skater with Ondřej Hotárek, representing Italy. Hotárek and Marchei finished 4th at the 2015 European Figure Skating Championships and 11th at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships.

Personal life

Valentina Marchei was born 23 May 1986 in Milan, Italy.[1]:{{{3}}} She is the daughter of Marco Marchei, a competitor in the marathon at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.[2]:{{{3}}} Her early interests were speed skating and gymnastics.[2]:{{{3}}} She is a university student focusing on sport and has worked as a reporter for Italian television.[3]:{{{3}}}

Career

Single skating

Marchei was coached by Cristina Mauri from the age of nine.[4]:{{{3}}}

Ahead of the 2007–08 season, Marchei spent the first part of July training with Viktor Kudriavtsev in Flims, Switzerland. She trained in Courchevel in the remainder of July and August and then Paris and Milan in the winter, coached by Pierre Trente and Cristina Mauri.[4]:{{{3}}} Marchei injured her knee in September 2007.[4]:{{{3}}}

In September 2008, Marchei began working with Nikolai Morozov in Hackensack, New Jersey.[5]:{{{3}}} She missed most of the 2008–09 season after injuring her right ankle on a triple Lutz at 2008 Skate America.[5]:{{{3}}} Marchei did not receive any Grand Prix invitations in 2009–10.[5]:{{{3}}} She finished 8th at the 2010 European Championships. In 2010–11, Marchei returned to the Grand Prix series, competing at 2010 Skate Canada International and 2010 Cup of Russia.[6]:{{{3}}}[7]:{{{3}}} She was 10th at the 2011 European Championships.

In 2011, Marchei changed coaches to Jason Dungjen and Yuka Sato in Detroit.[8]:{{{3}}} She had ankle and knee injuries in 2011.[9]:{{{3}}} She finished 8th at the 2012 World Championships in Nice, France.[9]:{{{3}}} Marchei represented Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1]:{{{3}}} In September 2014, she withdrew from both of her Grand Prix assignments, the 2014 Skate Canada International and 2014 Rostelecom Cup.[10]:{{{3}}}

Partnership with Hotárek

On 2 July 2014, La Gazzetta dello Sport wrote that Marchei and Ondřej Hotárek were considering skating as a pair.[11]:{{{3}}} Bruno Marcotte confirmed on 26 July 2014 that the two were training together.[12]:{{{3}}} They are coached by Marcotte in Montreal and by Franca Bianconi in Milan.[12]:{{{3}}} On 6 August 2014, Marchei sprained the medial collateral ligament of her right knee.[10]:{{{3}}} On 8 September, she said she would resume light on-ice training in a few days.[10]:{{{3}}} Commenting on her switch to pairs, Marchei stated: "At the beginning practicing pairs was just to do shows or stuff like that, but then it was something that got to me. It's crazy. I still do single programs at shows, but it is strange, I'm looking around, where is he?"[13]:{{{3}}}

Marchei/Hotárek won the Italian national title in December 2014. In January 2015, they placed fourth at the European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden and 11th at the World Championships in March.[13]:{{{3}}}

Programs

With Hotárek

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–2016
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2014–2015
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Single skating

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2013–2014
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2012–2013
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2011–2012
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  • Johnny's Mambo
2010–2011
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2009–2010
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2008–2009
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2007–2008
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2006–2007
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2005–2006
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2004–2005
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  • Xotica
    by Rene Dupere
2003–2004
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2001–2002
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  • Flamenco

Competitive highlights

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

Pairs career with Hotárek for Italy

International[29]:{{{3}}}
Event 2014–15 2015–16
World Champ. 11th
European Champ. 4th
GP Skate Canada International WD
GP Rostelecom Cup 6th
CS Golden Spin 2nd
CS Warsaw Cup 3rd WD
Lombardia Trophy 1st
National[29]:{{{3}}}
Italian Champ. 1st 2nd
WD = Withdrew

Singles career for Italy

International[30]:{{{3}}}
Event 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 06–07 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
Olympics 11th
Worlds 23rd 23rd 11th 13th 8th 18th 16th
Europeans 15th 31st 19th 5th 6th 8th 10th 8th 4th 6th
GP Bompard 10th 6th 9th
GP Cup of China 9th
GP NHK Trophy 11th 6th
GP Rostelecom 5th 9th
GP Skate America 9th 10th WD 9th 4th 7th
GP Skate Canada 8th
Challenge Cup 2nd
Cup of Nice 2nd 2nd
Denkova-Staviski 1st
Finlandia 12th 8th
Golden Spin 7th 6th
Ice Challenge 2nd
Karl Schäfer 4th
Lombardia 1st
Merano Cup 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd
NRW Trophy 1st
Ondrej Nepela 2nd
Universiade 2nd 2nd
International: Junior[30]:{{{3}}}
Junior Worlds 14th 16th
JGP Bulgaria 9th
JGP Czech Rep. 12th
JGP Germany 13th
JGP Japan 6th
JGP Netherlands 6th
JGP Serbia 6th
Gardena 5th J.
National[30]:{{{3}}}
Italian Champ. 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 4th 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st
Team events
Olympics 4th T
(3rd P)
World Team
Trophy		 6th T
(8th P)
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

References

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