Michael Zenezini

Michael Zenezini

Zenezini and Chloe Madeley on the Dancing on Ice tour in 2011
Personal information
Country represented	France
Born	September 30, 1980 (1980-09-30) (age 31)
Former partner	Lindsey Woolstencroft Carole Azario Suzanna Dagger Nathalie Péchalat Melanie Espejo
Retired	2002

Michael Zenezini is a French ice dancer. He is a former French junior champion. In 2011, he competed on Dancing on Ice with Chloe Madeley.

Skating career

Competitive

Zenezini grew up in Lyon and began skating at the age of eight.^[1] He competed in ice dancing. With Melanie Espejo, he won the French junior title in 1996. They went on to compete at the 1997 World Junior Championships where they finished 9th. Their highest finish was 5th at the 1998 Junior Worlds. Zenezini also briefly competed on the junior level with Nathalie Péchalat, who would become European champion with another partner. He retired from competition in 2002.

Event	1996–1997	1997–1998	1998–1999	1999–2000
World Junior Championships	9th	5th
French Junior Championships	1st
JGP Pirouetten (Hamar, Norway)				6th
St. Gervais International	3rd

_{1996–1998: With Melanie Espejo; 1999–2000: With Nathalie Péchalat}

Ice shows

Zenezini later appeared in ice shows. He spent six years with Holiday on Ice and then skated in Hot Ice.^[1] His partners included Lindsey Woolstencroft, Carole Azario, and Suzanna Dagger.

In 2011, Zenezini joined series six of the U.K. television programme Dancing on Ice as Chloe Madeley's partner.^[1][2]

Personal life

Zenezini lives near Cannes with his wife Barbara Maros, a Hungarian skater whom he got to know while skating with Holiday on Ice.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Elfman, Lois (March 10, 2010). "Madeley and Zenezini go for the win". icenetwork.com. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110310&content_id=16892680&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved March 22, 2011. 
2. ^ "Michael Zenezini, Dancing on Ice 2011, ITV". http://dancingonice.itv.com/2011/ProSkaters/michael-zenezini-1254. 

Persondata
Name	Zenezini, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	French ice dancer
Date of birth	September 30, 1980
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Date of death
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