Matteo Guarise

Matteo Guarise

Della Monica and Guarise at the 2012 World Championships
Personal information
Country represented Italy
Born (1988-09-15) 15 September 1988
Rimini, Italy
Home town Rimini, Italy
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Partner Nicole Della Monica
Former partner Kaela Pflumm
Elena Yarkhunova
Sara Venerucci (roller)
Coach Oleg Vasiliev
Former coach Silvia Martina, Lucia Civardi
Choreographer Corrado Giordani
Former choreographer Luca Mantovani, Paola Mezzadri
Skating club Forum SSDRL Milano
Training locations Saint Petersburg
Former training locations Zanica
Milano
Began skating January 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 191.98
2015 Warsaw Cup
Short program 65.36
2015 Warsaw Cup
Free skate 126.62
2015 Warsaw Cup
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Figure skating: Pairs
Winter Universiade
2013 Trentino Pairs

Matteo Guarise (born 15 September 1988) is an Italian pairs figure skater and roller skater. Guarise is the 2008 World champion in pairs roller skating with Sara Venerucci. With his figure skating partner Nicole Della Monica, he has won eight international medals, including two on the ISU Challenger Series, and is the 2016 Italian national champion. The pair competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, placing 16th.

Career

In roller skating

Guarise was originally a roller skater and won the 2008 World title with Sara Venerucci.[1] He ended his roller career in 2009 and moved to Milan.[2]

Switch to figure skating

In January 2010, Guarise began training in figure skating.[1][3] In June 2010, it was reported that he had teamed up with Elena Yarkhunova and was training with her under coach Oleg Vasiliev in Saint Petersburg, Russia and Chicago, Illinois.[3][4] After their partnership ended, he skated with Kaela Pflumm and Caitlin Yankowskas.[1][5]

Partnership with Della Monica

Guarise teamed up with Nicole Della Monica in late November 2011.[6][7] They train mainly in Zanica.[8] They withdrew after the short program from the 2012 Italian Championships. Della Monica/Guarise made their international debut at the 2012 Bavarian Open where they won the bronze medal. They were assigned to compete at the 2012 World Championships and finished 15th.

Della Monica/Guarise placed 9th at the 2013 European Championships and then 14th at the 2013 World Championships, where Italy secured two berths for the 2014 Olympic pairs event. After winning bronze at the 2013 Winter Universiade and silver at the 2014 Italian Championships, they placed eighth at the 2014 European Championships. Della Monica/Guarise were named along with Italian champions Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek as Italy's pairs entries for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Just before the event, Guarise tore the medial meniscus in his right knee.[9][10] The pair finished 16th at the Olympics. He then underwent a knee operation and resumed training at the start of March.[10]

In the 2014–15 season, Della Monica/Guarise competed at two Grand Prix events, placing 5th at the 2014 Cup of China and 6th at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. After finishing second to Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek at the Italian Championships, they came in 6th at the 2015 European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden and 14th at the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China.

In 2015–16, Della Monica/Guarise took the bronze medal at the 2015 Ice Challenge, their first ISU Challenger Series (CS) event. After finishing fifth at their sole GP event, the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, they appeared at two more CS events, winning silver at the Warsaw Cup and placing 6th at the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb. In December 2015, they won their first national title together, edging out Marchei/Hotárek.

Programs

(with Della Monica)

Season Short program Free skating
2015–2016
[11][12][13]		 Cosmic Journey:
2014–2015
[14]
2013–2014
[15]
2012–2013
[6][16]
2011–2012
[1]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (with Della Monica)

International[17]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Olympics 16th
Worlds 15th 14th 16th 14th 11th
Europeans 9th 8th 6th 6th
GP Bompard 8th 6th 5th
GP Cup of China 5th
GP NHK Trophy 7th
GP Rostel. Cup 7th
CS Golden Spin 6th
CS Ice Challenge 3rd
CS Warsaw Cup 2nd
Winter Universiade 3rd
Bavarian Open 3rd
Cup of Nice 3rd 7th 1st
Lombardia Trophy 5th
MNNT Cup 1st
Nepela Memorial 3rd
National[17]
Italian Champ. WD 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st
Team events
Team Challenge
Cup 		2nd T
(5th P)
WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result; Medals awarded for team result only.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.
  2. ↑ McCarvel, Nick (12 February 2014). "Ex-roller skating champ Matteo Guarise makes smooth transition to ice for Olympics". NCB Sports. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 Zurfluh, Ellen (July 2010). "Chicago clinic brings pairs skating up close and personal". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Nuova coppia di pattinaggio di figura per l'Italia" [New figure skating pair for Italy] (in Italian). wintersport-news.it. 18 June 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Barnas, Jo-Ann (11 December 2011). "Jo-Ann Barnas: Caitlin Yankowskas is prepared but unpaired". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on 11 December 2011.
  6. 1 2 Bagdasarova, Maria (23 November 2012). "Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise: "Every competition is an opportunity to grow"". Absolute Skating.
  7. ↑ "Della Monica/Guarise nuova coppia di artistico italiano" [Della Monica/Guarise form a new pair team] (in Italian). wintersport-news.it. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  8. ↑ Sciarrillo, Laura; D'Eredità, Eleonora (13 July 2012). "Della Monica/Guarise's first year together: we are not afraid of working hard". ArtOnIce.it.
  9. ↑ Barone, Francesco (14 February 2014). "L'avventura indimenticabile di Guarise" [Guarise's unforgettable adventure]. Corriere Romagna (in Italian).
  10. 1 2 "Il punto sui partecipanti ai Mondiali di Saitama" [Update on the Worlds entries]. Neve Italia (in Italian). 3 March 2014.
  11. ↑ Pattinando intorno al mondo [Skating around the world] (Streaming) (in Italian). Italy: Mediaset. 11 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE". IceNetwork. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013.
  17. 1 2 "Competition Results: Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE". International Skating Union.

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