Jasmine Tessari Explained

Jasmine Tessari (born 1 April 1996) is an Italian ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Francesco Fioretti, she has won six international medals and is a four-time Italian national medalist. They have competed in the final segment at one ISU Championship.

As of July 2021, she is competing with Stéphane Walker for Switzerland. They are the 2022 Swiss national champions.

Personal life

Tessari was born on 1 April 1996 in Basiglio, Italy. She is the daughter of Italian single skater and coach Cristina Mauri.

Career

Early career

Tessari first stepped onto the ice as a one-year-old but was not interested in skating at that age; she returned to skating when she was five. As a single skater, she was coached by her mother, Cristina Mauri, at Mediolanum Forum di Assago.

At age 14, Tessari teamed up with her first ice dancing partner, Stefano Colafato. The two made their international junior debut in November 2010 at the Pavel Roman Memorial. Their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut came in September 2011. In January, they placed eighth at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Tessari/Colafato were coached by Roberto Pelizzola and Nicoletta Lunghi at Forum S.S.D.R.L. Their last competition together was the Santa Claus Cup in December 2014. They decided to part ways due to problems in their partnership.

2015–2016 season

Barbara Fusar-Poli asked Tessari to try out with Francesco Fioretti. After a few months of skating together, Tessari/Fioretti formalized their partnership. The two made their international debut in September 2015, at the Lombardia Trophy. They finished fourth at the Italian Championships.

2016–2017 season

Tessari/Fioretti won bronze at the 2016 NRW Trophy. After becoming the Italian national bronze medalists, they were sent to the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic; they finished 22nd in the short dance and did not advance further.

2017–2018 season

In December 2017, Tessari/Fioretti won bronze at the Italian Championships. In January, they qualified to the free dance and finished 18th overall at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia. They concluded their season with silver medals at the Bavarian Open and Egna Spring Trophy.

2018–2019 season

Tessari/Fioretti opened their season with silver at the 2018 NRW Trophy and then placed fourth at two ISU Challenger Series events, the 2018 CS Lombardia Trophy and 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. They took bronze at the 2018 Ice Star in October. In November, the two debuted on the Grand Prix series, placing eighth at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. After winning the silver medal at the Italian Championships, Tessari/Fioretti placed fourteenth at the European Championships, and attended their first World Championships, where they placed twenty-fourth.

2019–2020 season

Tessari/Fioretti placed twelfth at the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy to begin the season, before making their second appearance on the Grand Prix at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, where they placed tenth. After their second consecutive national silver medal, the two competed at the 2020 European Championships, placing sixteenth. This would prove to be their final competition together, as their partnership ended afterward.

2021–2022 season & new partnership

In July, it was announced that Tessari had teamed up with Swiss skater Stéphane Walker, and that the two would be competing for Switzerland. Tessari/Walker won the Swiss national title in their inaugural season, and then debuted at the European Championships with a nineteenth-place finish.

Programs

With Fioretti

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2019–2020	Good Morning Singin' in the Rain	Lullaby of the Leaves Jazz Man I'll Take Care of You
2018–2019	Tango to Evora Poeta en el Mar	Hymne à l'amour
	Short dance
2017–2018	La vida es un carnaval Dos gardenias Vive el verano	Tosca E lucevan le stelle Com'è lunga l'attesa
2016–2017	Twilight Time Mack the Knife	Invierno Porteño Yo Soy Maria
2015–2016	Lover Cheek to Cheek	Les Misérables

With Colafato

Season	Short dance	Free dance
2014–2015	Swing da Cor Amor Swing da Cor	The Godfather Tarantella The Godfather
2012–2013	Jessica and Roger Rabbit	The Phantom of the Opera
2011–2012	Corazón Espinado Por Ahí El Caraibico	La cumparsita

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Walker for Switzerland

International
Event	21–22
align=left		23rd
align=left		19th
align=left		14th
align=left		4th
align=left		7th
align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
National
align=left		bgcolor=gold	1st

With Fioretti for Italy

International
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
align=left					24th
align=left			22nd	18th	14th	16th
align=left					8th
align=left						10th
align=left						7th
align=left		7th
align=left			5th	6th	4th	12th
align=left					4th
align=left		7th	9th	bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left			9th	10th
align=left				bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left	Halloween Cup					bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left					bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left		9th
align=left						bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	3rd		bgcolor=silver	2nd
align=left					bgcolor=gold	1st
align=left		7th		6th
National
align=left		4th	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd
WD = Withdrew

With Colafato for Italy

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International: Junior
Event	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15
align=left			8th
align=left				15th		14th
align=left			15th
align=left			16th
align=left				11th
align=left				16th
align=left					12th
align=left	Mont Blanc Trophy	15th
align=left		16th
align=left				13th	16th	10th
align=left						7th
National
align=left				6th J	3rd J
J = Junior level