- Maurizio Margaglio
-
Olympic medal record Competitor for 
ItalyFigure skating Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City Ice dancing Maurizio Margaglio 
Maurizio Margaglio and partner Barbara Fusar-Poli compete at the 2001 Grand Prix Final.Personal information Country represented ItalyBorn 16 November 1974 Residence Courmayeur, Italy Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Partner Barbara Fusar-Poli Former partner Claudia Frigoli Former coach Roberto Pelizzola
P. Mezzadri
Natalia LinichukFormer choreographer Ludmila Vlasova Skating club Agora Skating Team, Milano Retired 2002, 2006 ISU personal best scores Combined total 183.46
2006 OlympicsComp. dance 38.78
2006 OlympicsOriginal dance 51.73
2006 OlympicsFree dance 92.95
2006 OlympicsMedal recordFigure skating Ice dancing Competitor for ItalyOlympic Games Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City Ice dancing World Championships Gold 2001 Vancouver Ice dancing Silver 2000 Nice Ice dancing European Championships Silver 2002 Lausanne Ice dancing Gold 2001 Bratislava Ice dancing Silver 2000 Vienna Ice dancing Grand Prix Final Gold 2001-2002 Kitchener Ice dancing Silver 1999-2000 Lyon Ice dancing Maurizio Margaglio (born 16 November 1974 in Milan) is an Italian ice dancer. With partner Barbara Fusar-Poli, he is the 2001 World champion, 2001 European champion, and 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. They won eight Italian titles and competed at three Olympics.
Contents
Competitive career
Early in his career, Margaglio competed with Claudia Frigoli. He and Fusar-Poli began skating on the senior level in 1994-5, and enjoyed some success in the first years of their career, including winning several Grand Prix medals. In 1999-2000, they won their first medals at the European and World Championships, finishing in second place at both events.
The following season was very successful for the duo, who won every event they entered and became the first Italians to win a World title in any discipline.[1] They were not as successful in 2001-02, dropping to second at the Europeans and finishing third at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Their medal at the Olympics was not without some controversy, after Margaglio fell during the free dance portion.[2] The result was protested by the Lithuanian team, who had finished fifth, but the protest was denied.[3] Fusar-Poli and Margaglio did not compete at the 2002 World Championships and would not return to eligible skating until the 2005-06 season.
With the 2006 Winter Olympics being held in Turin, Fusar-Poli and Margaglio decided to return and compete in their home country.[4] They did not skate in any international events prior to the Olympics, but did win the Italian National Championships. The Olympics were their first international event under the new scoring system adopted by the ISU, but, Fusar-Poli and Margaglio nonetheless held a narrow lead after the compulsory dance portion of the event, ahead of two-time world champions Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov. This result was described in some news stories at the time as "shocking".[5][6] In the original dance, Fusar-Poli and Margaglio were performing a rotational lift with only seconds left in their program when Margaglio lost his balance, dropped Fusar-Poli, and fell to the ice himself. Following this conclusion to the program, Fusar-Poli stood glaring at her partner for approximately thirty seconds before the couple took their bows and left the ice.[7] They dropped to seventh overall, but moved up to sixth place after a clean free dance, and told the media that the incident at the end of the original dance had reflected their anger at the mistake rather than at each other.[8][9][10] Several years later, Fusar-Poli said that there were Swarovski crystals on the ice from the costumes of earlier competitors, but that the fall was a result of their own mistake and not the ice conditions.[11] The Olympics were Fusar-Poli and Margaglio's final competitive event together, but they continued to perform in shows.
Post-competitive life
In 2011, Margaglio signed a three-year contract to head and develop Finland's ice dancing program, and was appointed to the position of Olympic Youth Coach.[12][13] Margaglio and his wife have two sons, Gabriel and Sebastian.
Programs
(With Fusar-Poli)
Season Original dance Free dance Exhibition 2005–2006 Cha Cha: Rye Yllora
Rhumba: Orfeo Negro
Samba: CarnivalThe Prince of Egypt
by Hans Zimmer2002–2003 Adagio
sung by Lara Fabian
1492: Conquest of Paradise
by Vangelis
I Will Survive
(Hermes House Band version)
Night and Day
sung by Frank Sinatra2001–2002 Flamenco
Paso DobleI Will Survive
(Hermes House Band version)Tango
by Ástor Piazzolla
This Business of Love (from The Mask)
by Domino2000–2001 Quickstep: Puttin' on the Ritz
Foxtrot: Slowfox
Quickstep: Puttin' on the Ritz
by Irving BerlinOh Verona,
Mercutio's Death,
Oh Verona
(from Romeo + Juliet)
by Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong, Marius de VriesTango
by Ástor Piazzolla
This Business of Love (from The Mask)
by Domino1999–2000 Cha cha: El Chico
Rhumba: Eres Todo En Mi
by Ana Gabriel
Samba: Mujer Latina
by ThalíaWarriors (from Lord of the Dance)
by Ronan Hardiman
The Dark Night of the Soul
by Loreena McKennitt
Braveheart
by James HornerHava Nagila 1998–1999 Swan Lake
by Pyotr TchaikovskyDracula (soundtrack)
Interview with the VampireNessun dorma from Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Since I met you Baby1997–1998 Jive: Since I met you Baby Amarcord
8½
Amarcord
by Nino RotaUnforgettable
by Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole1996–1997 Tango: Italian folk music: 1995–1996 España Cañí
by Pascual MarquinaCasablanca
by Max Steiner1994–1995 Quickstep: Latin mix: Results
with Fusar-Poli
Event 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2005–06 Winter Olympics 6th 3rd 6th World Championships 10th 9th 5th 5th 2nd 1st European Championships 10th 8th 7th 5th 4th 2nd 1st 2nd Italian Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Grand Prix Final 5th 5th 2nd 1st 4th Skate America 2nd 3rd 1st 1st Skate Canada International 7th 3rd Sparkassen Cup 1st 1st Trophée Lalique 1st 6th 2nd 2nd Cup of Russia 1st 1st 1st NHK Trophy 5th 3rd Karl Schäfer Memorial 3rd with Frigoli
Event 1991–1992 World Junior Championships 16th References
- ^ Italians win first skating gold
- ^ Anissina and Peizerat edge out Russians for gold
- ^ Lithuania ice dance protest rejected
- ^ Italians win compulsories, Belbin-Agosto sixth
- ^ Italians hold shock ice dance lead
- ^ Belbin, Agosto Stand Sixth in Ice Dancing
- ^ Slam dancing: Americans move up to second as competition repeatedly falls
- ^ Fusar Poli-Margaglio make up, stay up
- ^ Belbin-Agosto, 'Glare' put ice dancing on our map
- ^ Ice dance pair continues Russian figure-skating dominance
- ^ Rings and rinks: The glare, TV ratings and Sasha, Ice Network, February 2010.
- ^ "Maailmanmestari jäätanssin nuorten olympiavalmentajaksi Suomeen" (in Finnish). sportti.com. 9 April 2011. http://www.sportti.com/uutinen.asp?CAT=4-5&ID=193729. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ http://www.ifsmagazine.com/articles/566-maurizio-margaglio-heads-finland-s-ice-dance-program
External links
- Maurizio Margaglio at the International Skating Union
- Official Fusar Poli & Margaglio website
- Fusar Poli and Margaglio
European champions in figure skating – Ice dancing 1954–1955: Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy • 1956: Pamela Weight & Paul Thomas • 1957–1958: June Markham & Courtney Jones • 1959–1961: Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones • 1962: Christiane Guhel & Jean Paul Guhel • 1963: Linda Shearman & Michael Phillips • 1964–1965: Eva Romanová & Pavel Roman • 1966–1969: Diane Towler & Bernard Ford • 1970–1971: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov • 1972: Angelika Buck & Erich Buck • 1973–1976: Lyudmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov • 1977–1978: Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov • 1979–1980: Natalia Linichuk & Gennadi Karponossov • 1981–1982: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean • 1983: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin • 1984: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean • 1985–1988: Natalia Bestemianova & Andrei Bukin • 1989–1992: Marina Klimova & Sergei Ponomarenko • 1993: Maya Usova & Alexander Zhulin • 1994: Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean • 1995: Susanna Rahkamo & Petri Kokko • 1996–1998: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov • 1999: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov • 2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat • 2001: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio • 2002: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat • 2003: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh • 2004–2006: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov • 2007: Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder • 2008: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2009: Jana Khokhlova & Sergei Novitski • 2010: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2011: Nathalie Péchalat & Fabian Bourzat
Grand Prix Final Champions in Figure Skating – Ice Dancing 1995–96: Oksana Grishuk & Evgeni Platov • 1996–97: Shae-Lynn Bourne & Viktor Kraatz • 1997–98: Pasha Grishuk & Evgeni Platov • 1998–99: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov • 1999–2000: Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat • 2000–01: Barbara Fusar-Poli & Maurizio Margaglio • 2001–02: Shae-Lynn Bourne & Viktor Kraatz • 2002–03: Irina Lobacheva & Ilia Averbukh • 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06: Tatiana Navka & Roman Kostomarov • 2006–07: Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski • 2007–08: Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin • 2008–09: Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder • 2009–2010, 2010–11: Meryl Davis & Charlie White
Categories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- Italian ice dancers
- Olympic figure skaters of Italy
- Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- People from Milan
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
- Italian Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- European figure skating biography stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
