Rebecca Ghilardi
Rebecca Ghilardi (born 10 October 1999) is an Italian pair skater. With her skating partner, Filippo Ambrosini, she has won four international medals and placed 11th at the 2017 European Championships. They are four-time Italian national medalists.
Rebecca Ghilardi | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Italy |
Born | Seriate, Italy | 10 October 1999
Home town | Pedrengo, Italy |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Partner | Filippo Ambrosini |
Coach | Rosanna Murante, Tiziana Rosaspina |
Choreographer | Corrado Giordani, Luca Mantovani |
Skating club | Icelab Bergamo |
Training locations | Bergamo |
Began skating | 2007 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 163.74 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy |
Short program | 59.62 2019 Internationaux de France |
Free skate | 108.59 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy |
Career
Early years
Ghilardi began learning to skate in 2007.[1] Competing in ladies' singles, she became the Italian novice silver medalist in March 2013 and took the junior silver medal in December.[2] She was coached by Tiziana Rosaspina.[3]
Ghilardi last appeared in ladies' singles in December 2015.[2] In 2016, she teamed up with Filippo Ambrosini to compete in pair skating.
2016–2017 season
Making their international debut, Ghilardi/Ambrosini won the bronze medal at the 2016 CS Lombardia Trophy in September. A month later, they took bronze at the International Cup of Nice. In December, they became the Italian national bronze medalists. They placed 14th in the short program, 11th in the free skate, and 11th overall at the 2017 European Championships, which took place in January in Ostrava, Czech Republic. They trained under Rosanna Murante and Tiziana Rosaspina in Bergamo.[4][3]
2017–2018 season
Ghilardi/Ambrosini placed 8th at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup in November. The following month, they repeated as national bronze medalists. They won silver at the Toruń Cup in January and bronze at the International Challenge Cup in February.
2018–2019 season
Ghilardi/Ambrosini competed at several Challenger events at the beginning of the season, including taking the silver medal at the 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial. They won the silver medal as well as the Italian Championships, and were sent to the 2018 European Championships, where they finished in ninth place. At their first World Championships, they finished nineteenth among the nineteen competitors.
2019–2020 season
Ghilardi/Ambrosini made their Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Internationaux de France, where they placed eighth. They then placed seventh at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup.[5]
Programs
(with Ambrosini)
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2019–2020 [6] |
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2018–2019 [1] |
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2017–2018 |
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2016–2017 [4][3] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series
Pairs with Ambrosini
International[7] | ||||
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Event | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
Worlds | 19th | |||
Europeans | 11th | 9th | 8th | |
GP France | 8th | |||
GP Rostelecom Cup | 7th | |||
CS Alpen Trophy | 2nd | |||
CS Golden Spin | 6th | |||
CS Lombardia | 3rd | 6th | ||
CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 6th | |||
CS Ondrej Nepela | 4th | |||
CS Tallinn Trophy | 4th | |||
CS Warsaw Cup | 5th | 8th | ||
Challenge Cup | 3rd | 3rd | ||
Ice Star | 5th | |||
Cup of Nice | 3rd | |||
Cup of Tyrol | 4th | |||
Shanghai Trophy | 4th | |||
Toruń Cup | 2nd | |||
Volvo Open Cup | 1st | |||
National[7] | ||||
Italian Champ. | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd |
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew |
Ladies' singles
International: Junior[8] | |||||
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Event | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
Bavarian Open | 5th | ||||
Denkova-Staviski | 1st | 4th | |||
Gardena Trophy | 7th | ||||
Golden Bear | 2nd | ||||
Lombardia Trophy | 6th | ||||
Merano Cup | 5th | ||||
Open d'Andorra | 1st | ||||
Seibt Memorial | 8th | ||||
Skate Celje | 2nd | ||||
International: Advanced novice[2] | |||||
Bavarian Open | 6th G2 | ||||
Lombardia Trophy | 4th | 5th | 1st | ||
NRW Trophy | 11th | ||||
Triglav Trophy | 5th | ||||
National[2] | |||||
Italian Champ. | 13th N | 2nd N | 2nd J | 4th J | |
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior G2 = Group II |
References
- "Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018.
- "Rebecca GHILARDI". rinkresults.com.
- Baroni, Eleonora (12 April 2017). "Rebecca Ghilardi e Filippo Ambrosini: complicità, duro lavoro e un grande sogno, i Giochi olimpici". artonice.it (in Italian).
- "Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017.
- Slater, Paula (November 16, 2019). "Boikova and Kozlovskii dominate pairs in Moscow for second Grand Prix gold". Golden Skate.
- "Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019.
- "Competition Results: Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018.
- "Competition Results: Rebecca GHILARDI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018.