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Date of birth: 04.03.1983 Samuel CONTESTI
ITA
Place of birth: Le Havre FRA
Height: 181 cm
Home town: Courmayeur
Profession: student
Hobbies: soccer, golf, dogs, nature, music
Start sk. / Club: 1987 / Courmayeur SC
Coach: Geraldine Zulini, Peter Gruetter
Choreographer: Pasquale Camerlengo, Geraldine Zulini
Former Coach: Didier and Claudine Lucine, S. Golaz, J. Moyencourt
Practice low season: 30 h / week at Pinzolo
Practice high season: 30 h / week at Courmayeur
Music Short Program / Short Dance as of season 2011/2012
Au son de gitare by Antoine Bonelli
Tarantella Napoletana by Linguini Brothers
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2011/2012
La vie en rose by Edith Piaf
Ca gaze by Fony Murena
Valse a mille temps by Jacques Brel
Personal Best Total Score226.9726.03.2009 World Championships 2009
Personal Best Score Short Program78.5025.03.2009 World Championships 2009
Personal Best Score Free Skating151.3431.03.2012 World Championships 2012
 
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Olympic Games
World Champ.
European Champ.
Four Continents
World Juniors
National Champ.
 
 
 
 
 
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S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International CompetitionYearPlace
NRW Trophy Singles Pairs 2010 Dortmund 2010 4.
Mont Blanc Trophy 2011 Courmayeur 2011 1.
O. Nepela Trophy 2011 Bratislava 2011 3.
ISU GP Hilton HHonors Skate America 2011 Ontario, CA 2011 8.
International CompetitionYearPlace
ISU GP NHK Trophy 2011 Sapporo 2011 4.
NRW Trophy Singles Pairs 2011 Dortmund 2011 1.
Int. Challenge Cup 2012 The Hague 2012 3.
ISU World Team Trophy 2012 Tokyo 2012 9.
Contesti is the first Italian man to medal at European Championships in 55 years when he took the silver in 2009. Carlo Fassi had won the gold in 1954. Contesti competed for France until 2006. He then moved to Italy and meanwhile received Italian citizenship. He is coached by his wife Geraldine Zulini. They got married in February 2007. Their son Ennio was born in June 2009. Contesti started skating because his two elder sisters were skating. His father Yves was a professional soccer player in the French premier league.
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