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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Anna Cappellini |
| Country represented | Italy |
| Born | 19 February 1987 Como |
| Home town | Como |
| Residence | Milan |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Partner | Luca Lanotte |
| Former partner | Matteo Zanni Luca Lombardi Frederico Bassi |
| Coach | Paola Mezzadri Valter Rizzo Nikolai Morozov |
| Former coach | Muriel Zazoui Romain Haguenauer Roberto Pelizzola Barbara Riboldi |
| Choreographer | Romain Haguenauer S. Mirabee D. Ribas |
| Former choreographer | Ludmila Vlasova Giovanna Franzoni |
| Skating club | Fiamme Azzurre |
| Current training locations | Milan, Pinzolo, Novogorsk |
| Former training locations | Lyon |
| Began skating | 1990 |
| World standing | 7 (As of 19 November 2011[update])[1] |
| Season's bests | 11 (2010–2011)[2] 14 (2009–2010)[3] 13 (2008–2009)[4] |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 154.87 2011 Skate Canada |
| Short dance: | 64.62 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard |
| Free dance | 92.95 2011 Skate Canada |
Anna JoAnn Cappellini (born 19 February 1987 in Como) is an Italian ice dancer who competes with Luca Lanotte. They are the 2012 Italian National Champions as well as the 2007-2010 Italian silver medalists and the 2006 junior national champions. They have won four senior Grand Prix medals.
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Cappellini started skating at the age of three and switched to ice dance when she was 11 or 12.[5][6] She skated with Federico Bassi, Luca Lombardi and Matteo Zanni.[5] She and Zanni placed fifth at the 2004 World Junior Championships. The next season, they won the bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final but had to withdraw from the 2005 Junior Worlds after the original dance due to Zanni's food poisoning.[7] Their partnership ended after his father was severely injured in a car accident and he decided to stop competing.[7]
Cappellini was partnered with Lanotte in May 2005 by the Italian skating federation.[7] Following a strong season together on the junior circuit, Cappellini and Lanotte made their senior debut in 2006-07. They finished 8th at their first Europeans. Before their next event, Worlds, Cappellini suffered a torn labrum in her left shoulder.[5] In the free dance at Worlds, they fell during a lift and finished 13th.[5]
In 2007-08, they won their first Grand Prix medal, a silver at Skate Canada, moved up to seventh at Europeans, and finished in the top ten at Worlds.
In 2008-09, Cappellini and Lanotte did not medal in either of their Grand Prix appearances, but moved up to 5th at Europeans and were again tenth at Worlds. In the off-season, they decided to change coaches, and moved to Lyon, France to train with Muriel Boucher-Zazoui and Romain Haguenauer.
Cappellini and Lanotte got off to a strong start in 2009-10, winning silver medals at the Cup of Russia and Skate America and qualifying for their first Grand Prix Final, where they finished fifth. They then dropped to sixth at the European Championships, and finished outside the top ten at their first Olympics. They then had a very disappointing showing at the 2010 World Championships; in the free dance, the two collided during the twizzle sequence, which caused Cappellini to fall. They also had low levels on several elements, and dropped to 11th overall.[8]
Cappellini and Lanotte began the 2010-11 season at the Nebelhorn Trophy. They were first in the short dance and fourth in the free dance, finishing in second place overall.[9] They then placed a disappointing fifth at the 2010 NHK Trophy, after which they decided to leave coach Muriel Zazoui and move back to Milan to train with Paola Mezzadri.[10] They withdrew from 2010 Skate America in order to prepare a new free dance. Cappelini and Lanotte later missed Italian nationals and the European Championships because Lanotte had a knee injury. In 2011, they began splitting their time between Milan and Nikolai Morozov in Novogorsk, Russia. They returned to competition at the Mont Blanc Trophy, which they won. They finished 8th at the 2011 World Championships.
Cappellini and Lanotte were assigned to the 2011 Skate Canada International and the 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard. They won bronze medals at both competitions. Their next event was the Italian National Championships, where they won their first national title.
(with Lanotte)
| Season | Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2011–2012 | Volverás by Gloria Estefan |
La Strada[11] by Nino Rota |
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| 2010–2011 | Golden Waltz: Que Sera, Sera by Jay Livingston Quickstep: Girls Girls Girls by Sailor |
Umbrellas of Cherbourg by Michel Legrand Our Love is Easy and Goodnite by Melody Gardo |
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| Original dance | |||
| 2009–2010 | Torna a Surriento by Ernesto De Curtis Tarantella: La Danza by Gioachino Rossini |
Addiction Requiem for a Dream (soundtrack) by Clint Mansell |
Eres Todo En Mi |
| 2008–2009 | Bei Mir Bistu Shein by Sholom Secunda Tarantella: La Danza by Gioachino Rossini |
Love Story by Nana Mouskouri |
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| 2007–2008 | Bubamara by Goran Bregović |
La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi |
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| 2006–2007[6] | Tango Oblivion Violentango |
I've Got Rhythm by George Gershwin |
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| 2005–2006 | Historia de un Amour Chupacapra |
This is a Man's World by James Brown Wring That Neck by Deep Purple |
Still Loving You by Scorpions |
| Event | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08 | 2008–09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11 | 2011–12 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 12th | ||||||
| World Championships | 13th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 8th | ||
| European Championships | 8th | 7th | 5th | 6th | |||
| World Junior Championships | 4th | ||||||
| Italian Championships | 1st J. | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | WD | 1st |
| Grand Prix Final | 5th | ||||||
| Cup of Russia | 8th | 4th | 2nd | ||||
| Skate America | 2nd | ||||||
| Cup of China | 4th | ||||||
| Skate Canada International | 2nd | 3rd | |||||
| Trophée Eric Bompard | 5th | 4th | 3rd | ||||
| NHK Trophy | 5th | ||||||
| Nebelhorn Trophy | 2nd | ||||||
| Winter Universiade | 1st | ||||||
| Mont Blanc Trophy | 1st | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 3rd | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Slovakia | 2nd | ||||||
| Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria | 2nd |
| Event | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 |
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| World Junior Championships | 20th | 5th | WD | |
| Italian Championships | 2nd J. | 2nd J. | 1st J. | |
| Junior Grand Prix Final | 3rd | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, Belgrade | 1st | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, Hungary | 1st | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, Slovenia | 3rd | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, Mexico | 3rd | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, Italy | 11th | |||
| Junior Grand Prix, Germany | 6th | |||
| European Youth Olympic Days | 7th | |||
| J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew | ||||
| Event | 2000–01 |
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| World Junior Championships | 27th |
| Junior Grand Prix, Poland | 14th |