Luca Lanotte

Luca Lanotte
Cappellini and Lanotte in 2011.
Personal information
Country represented	Italy
Born	30 July 1985 Milan, Italy
Residence	Milan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Partner	Anna Cappellini
Former partner	Camilla Pistorello, Camilla Spelta, Arianna Jovino
Coach	Paola Mezzadri, Marina Zueva, Valter Rizzo
Former coach	Igor Shpilband, Nikolai Morozov, Muriel Zazoui, Romain Haguenauer, Roberto Pelizzola, Barbara Riboldi
Former choreographer	Ludmila Vlasova, Romain Haguenauer, S. Mirabee, Diane Ribas, Giovanna Franzoni
Skating club	Fiamme Azzurre
Training locations	Milan, Italy; Canton, Michigan
Former training locations	Novi, Michigan; Novogorsk, Russia; Lyon, France
Began skating	1992
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	182.72 2016 Worlds
Short dance	72.39 2015 Worlds
Free dance	112.07 2016 Worlds
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dancing Representing  Italy World Championships 2014 Saitama Ice dancing European Championships 2014 Budapest Ice dancing 2015 Stockholm Ice dancing 2016 Bratislava Ice dancing 2013 Zagreb Ice dancing Grand Prix Final 2015–16 Barcelona Ice dancing Winter Universiade 2007 Turin Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2005–06 Ostrava Ice dancing

Luca Lanotte (born 30 July 1985) is an Italian ice dancer. With partner Anna Cappellini, he is the 2014 World champion, the 2014 European champion, the 2015 Cup of China champion and a thirteen-time medalist on the Grand Prix series, and a five-time Italian national champion (2012–16).

Personal life

Luca Lanotte was born on 30 July 1985 in Milan, Italy.^[1] His sister, Ada, competed in synchronized skating.^[2] He is a member of the Polizia Penitenziaria's sports group, the Fiamme Azzurre.^[3]

Early career

Luca Lanotte started skating at the age of seven and switched from singles to ice dance when he was ten.^[4] He skated with Adriana Jovino, Camilla Spelta,^[5] and Camilla Pistorello,^[6] placing ninth at Junior Worlds with Pistorello.^[4]

Partnership with Cappellini

2005–06 to 2008–09

Lanotte was partnered with Anna Cappellini in May 2005 by the Italian skating federation.^[7][8] Following a strong season together on the junior circuit, Cappellini/Lanotte made their senior debut in 2006–07. They finished 8th at their first Europeans. Before their next event, Worlds, Cappellini suffered a torn labrum in her left shoulder.^[4] In the free dance at Worlds, they fell during a lift and finished 13th.^[4]

In 2007–08, Cappellini/Lanotte won their first Grand Prix medal, a silver at Skate Canada, moved up to seventh at Europeans, and finished in the top ten at Worlds.

In 2008–09, Cappellini/Lanotte did not medal in either of their Grand Prix appearances, but moved up to 5th at Europeans and were again tenth at Worlds. In the off-season, they decided to change coaches, and moved to Lyon, France to train with Muriel Boucher-Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer.

2009–10 season

Cappellini/Lanotte had a strong start in 2009–10, winning silver medals at the Cup of Russia and Skate America and qualifying for their first Grand Prix Final, where they finished fifth. They then placed sixth at the European Championships, and finished outside the top ten at their first Olympics. They then finished 11th at the 2010 World Championships; in the free dance, the two collided during the twizzle sequence, causing Cappellini to fall, and received low levels on several elements.^[9]

2010–11 season

Cappellini/Lanotte began the 2010–11 season at the Nebelhorn Trophy. They were first in the short dance and fourth in the free dance, finishing in second place overall.^[10] They then placed fifth at the 2010 NHK Trophy, after which they decided to leave coach Muriel Zazoui and move back to Milan to train with Paola Mezzadri.^[11] They withdrew from 2010 Skate America in order to prepare a new free dance. Cappelini/Lanotte later missed Italian nationals and the European Championships because Lanotte had a knee injury. In 2011, they began splitting their time between Milan and Nikolai Morozov in Novogorsk, Russia. They returned to competition at the Mont Blanc Trophy, which they won. They finished 8th at the 2011 World Championships.

2011–12 season

Cappellini/Lanotte won bronze medals at 2011 Skate Canada International and the 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard. After winning their first national title, they came in sixth at the 2012 World Championships.

2012–13 season

In June 2012, Cappellini/Lanotte began training with Igor Shpilband in Novi, Michigan.^[12][13] Paola Mezzadri in Milan remained their primary coach, while Novi became their second training base.^[12][3] Cappellini sprained her left shoulder during the summer.^[14] In July, they decided to change their planned free dance.^[15]

Cappellini/Lanotte began the 2012–13 season with silver at the 2012 Finlandia Trophy.^[14] Winning silver at both of their Grand Prix events, the 2012 Skate Canada and the 2012 Trophée Eric Bompard, they qualified for their second Grand Prix Final,^[16] where they came in fourth. Cappellini/Lanotte won their first European medal, bronze, at the 2013 European Championships. They then placed fourth at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario.

2013–14 season

In the 2013–14 season, Cappellini/Lanotte were awarded another pair of silver medals on the Grand Prix series. They placed sixth at the Grand Prix Final before winning gold at the 2014 European Championships in Budapest. The duo finished sixth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Cappellini/Lanotte ended their season at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan. Ranked first in the short dance and fourth in the free dance, they ended the competition in first overall, 0.02 of a point ahead of Canada's Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje and 0.06 ahead of France's Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat. They became the second Italian ice dancers to win the World title.

2014–15 season

In July 2014, Cappellini/Lanotte began working with Marina Zueva in Canton, Michigan, in addition to Mezzadri in Milan.^[17] For the 2014-15 Grand Prix season, they were assigned to Cup of China and Trophée Éric Bompard.^[18] They withdrew from Trophée Bompard to make changes to their programs.^[19][20] The team took silver at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, behind France's Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron. They capped off their season with a fourth-place finish at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai.

2015–16 season

Cappellini/Lanotte began the 2015–16 season by winning the Lombardia Trophy. They won their first Grand Prix gold at the 2015 Cup of China, followed by a silver at 2015 Rostelecom Cup.^[21] They qualified for the Grand Prix Final where they won the bronze medal behind Americans Madison Chock / Evan Bates.

Cappellini/Lanotte won silver at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, finishing second to Papadakis/Cizeron. At the 2016 World Championships in Boston, they placed sixth in the short dance, fourth in the free, and fourth overall.

Programs

Cappellini/Lanotte at the 2010 Worlds.

With Cappellini

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2015–2016 [1][22]	Waltz and Polka: The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár	Fellini medley: Nights of Cabiria Amarcord 8½ by Nino Rota	Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda) by Amilcare Ponchielli
2014–2015 [23][17]	Paso Doble: Capriccio Espagnol by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Danse macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns	When I Was Your Girl performed by Che'Nelle Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda) by Amilcare Ponchielli Fireflies by Leona Lewis
2013–2014 [24][25]	Quickstep: 42nd Street Foxtrot: Lullaby of Broadway Quickstep: 42nd Street	Overture from The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini	Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba Chupacapra A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
2012–2013 [15][26]	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers by Saul Chaplin, Gene de Paul Polka: Barn Dance Waltz: Bless Your Beautiful Hide Waltz: Wonderful, Wonderful Day Polka: Barn Dance choreo. by Paola Mezzadri, Liudmila Vlasova[27][28]	Carmen Suite by Rodion Shchedrin, Georges Bizet Carmen Ouverture Habanera Intermezzo Finale choreo. by Igor Shpilband, Liudmila Vlasova[27][28]	Oblivion performed by Gidon Kremer
2011–2012 [29]	Rhumba: Volverás by Gloria Estefan Samba: El Chupacapra	La Strada[30] by Nino Rota	That's Amore by Dean Martin Tu Vuò Fà L'Americano performed by Sophia Loren
2010–2011 [31]	Waltz: Que Sera, Sera by Jay Livingston Quickstep: Girls Girls Girls by Sailor	Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand Our Love is Easy Goodnite by Melody Gardot
	Original dance
2009–2010 [32]	Torna a Surriento by Ernesto De Curtis Tarantella: La Danza by Gioachino Rossini	Addiction: Requiem for a Dream by Clint Mansell	Eres Todo En Mi
2008–2009 [33]	Bei Mir Bistu Shein by Sholom Secunda Tarantella: La Danza by Gioachino Rossini	Love Story by Nana Mouskouri
2007–2008 [34]	Bubamara by Goran Bregović	La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
2006–2007 [2][35]	Tango Oblivion Violentango	I've Got Rhythm by George Gershwin
2005–2006 [36]	Historia de un Amour Chupacapra	This is a Man's World by James Brown Wring That Neck by Deep Purple	Still Loving You by Scorpions

Earlier partnerships

(with Pistorello)

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2004–2005 [6]	Dancin' Fool More Jumpin' Jack	The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi performed by Vanessa-Mae Adagio in G minor by Remo Giazotto, Tomaso Albinoni The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi performed by Vanessa-Mae

(with Spelta)

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2001–2002 [5]	Paso Doble del Toneno	El Tausman by Gloria Estefan Besame Mucho Merengue

Competitive highlights

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

With Cappellini

Cappellini and Lanotte with their fellow medalists at 2014 Worlds

International[37]
Event	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15	15–16
Olympics					12th				6th
Worlds		13th	10th	10th	11th	8th	6th	4th	1st	4th	4th
Europeans		8th	7th	5th	6th		4th	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd
GP Final					5th			4th	6th		3rd
GP Bompard		5th	4th				3rd	2nd		WD
GP Cup of China				4th						3rd	1st
GP NHK Trophy						5th			2nd
GP Rostelecom		8th		4th	2nd						2nd
GP Skate America					2nd				2nd
GP Skate Canada			2nd				3rd	2nd
Universiade		1st
Finlandia								2nd
Nebelhorn						2nd
Lombardia											1st
Mont Blanc						1st
International: Junior[37]
Junior Worlds	4th
JGP Final	3rd
JGP Bulgaria	2nd
JGP Slovakia	2nd
National[37]
Italian Champ.	1st J.	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	WD	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Team events
Olympics									4th T
World Team Trophy							6th T (4th P)
Team Challenge Cup											2nd T (3rd P)
J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew; TBD = Assigned T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

With Pistorello

International[6]
Event	2004–05
World Junior Championships	9th
Germany	2nd
Romania	5th
National
Italian Champ.	2nd J.
J. = Junior level

With Spelta

International[5]
Event	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04
JGP Bulgaria				2nd
JGP Croatia				3rd
JGP Italy		15th	13th
JGP Slovakia			10th
JGP Sweden		13th
National
Italian Champ.	4th J.	4th J.	3rd J.
J. = Junior level

Detailed results

With Cappellini

2015–16 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
April 22–24, 2016	2016 Team Challenge Cup		3 108.96	2T/3P
March 28 – April 3, 2016	2016 World Championships	6 70.65	4 112.07	4 182.72
January 26–31, 2016	2016 European Championships	1 72.31	3 105.70	2 178.01
December 10–13, 2015	2015–16 Grand Prix Final	3 70.14	2 106.23	3 176.37
November 20–22, 2015	2015 ISU Grand Prix Cup of Russia	2 67.82	2 103.79	2 171.61
November 5–8, 2015	2015 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China	1 66.39	1 106.91	1 173.30
September 17–20, 2015	2015 Lombardia Trophy	1 69.72	1 107.50	1 177.22
2014–15 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
March 23–29, 2015	2015 World Championships	3 72.39	4 105.11	4 177.50
January 26 – February 1, 2015	2015 European Championships	3 69.63	2 101.89	2 160.95
January 19–25, 2015	2014 Italian Championships	1 76.55	1 113.61	1 190.16
November 7–9, 2014	2014 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China	2 62.70	3 86.88	3 149.58
2013–14 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
March 24–30, 2014	2014 World Championships	1 69.70	4 105.73	1 175.43
February 6–22, 2014	2014 Winter Olympics	6 67.58	7 102.92	6 169.50
January 13–19, 2014	2014 European Championships	1 69.58	1 102.03	1 171.61
December 18–21, 2013	2014 Italian Championships	1 74.25	1 109.10	1 183.35
December 5–8, 2013	2013–14 Grand Prix Final	6 61.57	6 95.01	6 156.68
November 8–10, 2013	2013 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy	2 64.58	2 95.48	2 160.06
October 17–20, 2013	2013 ISU Grand Prix Skate America	2 69.88	2 98.61	2 168.49
2012–13 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
March 10–17, 2013	2013 World Championships	5 67.93	3 100.11	4 168.04
January 23–27, 2013	2013 European Championships	3 66.53	3 99.27	3 165.80
December 19–22, 2012	2013 Italian Championships	1 72.71	1 103.53	1 176.24
December 6–9, 2012	2012–13 Grand Prix Final	5 66.11	4 99.53	4 165.64
November 15–18, 2012	2012 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Éric Bompard	2 66.18	4 87.08	2 153.26
October 26–28, 2012	2012 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada International	2 65.09	2 94.98	2 160.06
October 4–7, 2012	2012 Finlandia Trophy	2 64.16	1 94.58	2 158.74
2011–12 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
April 19–22, 2012	2012 World Team Trophy	4 63.70	4 98.30	6T/4P 162.00
March 26 – April 1, 2012	2012 World Championships	6 65.11	6 95.51	6 160.62
January 23–29, 2012	2012 European Championships	6 59.62	4 93.47	4 153.09
December 15–18, 2011	2012 Italian Championships	1 71.01	1 101.30	1 172.31
November 17–20, 2011	2011 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Éric Bompard	3 64.62	3 89.14	3 153.76
October 27–30, 2011	2011 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada International	3 61.92	2 92.95	3 154.87
2010–11 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
April 24 – May 1, 2011	2011 ISU World Championships	8 64.12	9 90.39	8 151.86
October 22–24, 2010	2010 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy	4 55.68	5 71.75	5 127.43
September 24–26, 2010	2010 Nebelhorn Trophy	1 59.86	4 83.42	2 143.28

2009–10 season
Date	Event	CD	OD	FD	Total
March 22–28, 2010	2010 ISU World Championships	7 34.05	12 51.40	14 79.07	11 164.52
February 19–22, 2010	2010 Winter Olympics	12 33.13	12 51.45	15 82.74	12 167.32
January 18–24, 2010	2010 European Championships	6 35.93	9 52.83	6 87.34	6 176.10
December 17–20, 2010	2010 Italian Championships	2	2	2	2 187.62
December 2–6, 2009	2009–10 Grand Prix Final	NONE	5 54.91	5 84.30	5 139.21
November 12–15, 2009	2009 ISU Grand Prix Skate America	3 32.04	2 54.09	3 85.73	2 171.86
October 22–25, 2009	2009 ISU Grand Prix Cup of Russia	2 32.73	2 52.58	2 83.26	2 168.57
2008–09 season
Date	Event	CD	OD	FD	Total
March 23–29, 2009	2009 ISU World Championships	11 33.30	9 56.33	11 86.07	10 175.70
January 20–25, 2009	2009 European Championships	7 32.58	6 54.38	5 85.71	5 172.67
December 18–21, 2009	2009 Italian Championships	2	2	2	2 185.33
November 20–23, 2008	2008 ISU Grand Prix Cup of Russia	4 32.57	3 54.25	4 82.94	4 169.76
November 5–9, 2008	2008 ISU Grand Prix Cup of China	4 32.52	3 55.22	4 85.37	4 173.11
2007–08 season
Date	Event	CD	OD	FD	Total
March 16–23, 2008	2008 ISU World Championships	11 31.52	10 57.05	9 90.46	10 179.03
January 21–27, 2008	2008 European Championships	10 30.97	7 54.07	7 87.60	7 172.64
December 22–23, 2007	2008 Italian Championships	2	2	2	2 179.43
November 15–18, 2007	2007 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Éric Bompard	3 31.86	5 49.11	4 87.78	4 168.75
November 1–4, 2007	2007 ISU Grand Prix Skate Canada International	2 32.23	2 53.90	2 85.44	2 171.57
2006–07 season
Date	Event	CD	OD	FD	Total
March 20–25, 2007	2007 ISU World Championships	12 28.91	16 47.60	13 82.32	13 158.83
January 22–28, 2007	2007 European Championships	9 28.92	8 49.78	11 76.58	8 155.28
January 17–19, 2007	2007 Winter Universiade	1	1	1	1 165.25
January 4–7, 2007	2007 Italian Championships	2	2	2	2 173.87
November 23–26, 2006	2006 ISU Grand Prix Cup of Russia	7 28.12	8 46.44	9 74.97	8 149.53
November 17–19, 2006	2006 ISU Grand Prix Trophée Éric Bompard	6 31.18	4 49.58	5 79.01	5 159.77
2005–06 season
Date	Event	CD	OD	FD	Total
March 6–12, 2006	2007 ISU Junior World Championships	4 32.24	3 54.68	6 73.80	4 160.72
November 24–27, 2005	2005–06 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final	2 32.55	3 50.69	3 76.25	3 159.49
September 29 – October 2, 2005	2005 Junior Grand Prix Bulgaria	1 35.39	2 49.62	2 76.56	2 161.57
September 1–4, 2005	2005 Junior Grand Prix Slovakia	1 35.11	1 52.78	2 78.58	2 166.47

• CD = Compulsory Dance; OD = Original Dance; FD = Free Dance.
• SD = Short Dance.

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External links

• Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte at the International Skating Union
• Cappellini/Lanotte