MEN
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 /
Coach: Geraldine Zulini, Peter Grütter
Choreographer: Geraldine Zulini, Pasquale Camerlengo
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 / Original Dance as of season 2008/2009
J'envoie valser by Zazie
Valse des monstres by Yann Tiersen
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2008/2009
Once Upon a Time in the West by Ennio Morricone
Cotton Eyed Joe by Red Nex
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 Skating148.4726.03.2009 World Championships 2009
 
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08/09
Olympic Games
World Champ.
European Champ.
Four Continents
World Juniors
National Champ.
 
 
 
 
 
11.S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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S=Senior; J=Junior; N=Novice
International CompetitionSeasonPlace
Bofrost Cup 2004 Gelsenkirchen 2004/2005 4.
Crystal Skate 2005 Bucharest 2005/2006 3.
Trophee Eric Bompard 2005 Paris 2005/2006 5.
AEGON Challenge Cup 2008 The Hague 2007/2008 2.
International CompetitionSeasonPlace
Karl Schäfer Memorial 2008 Vienna 2008/2009 2.
Golden Spin 2008 Zagreb 2008/2009 2.
NRW Trophy S+P 2008 Dortmund 2008/2009 2.
Int. Challenge Cup The Hague 2008/2009 1.
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. 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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