Naoki Rossi
| Naoki Rossi | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Switzerland |
| Born | 20 January 2007 Zollikerberg, Switzerland |
| Home town | Zumikon, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Coach | Eva Martinek, Lorenzo Magri, Angelina Turenko, Alisa Mikonsaari |
| Former coach | Alexei Pospelov, Viviane Egger-Käser |
| Skating club | Young Goose Academy |
| Training locations | Egna, Italy |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 206.65 2022 Junior Worlds |
| Short program | 71.71 2022 JGP Italy |
| Free skate | 139.04 2022 Junior Worlds |
Naoki Rossi (born 20 January 2007) is a Swiss figure skater. He placed in the top ten at the 2022 World Junior Championships.
Personal life
Rossi was born in Zollikerberg, Switzerland.[1] Born to a Japanese mother and Italian-Swiss father, he speaks Japanese, German, English, French, and Italian.[2] Formerly an avid violinist, he started playing the violin before becoming interested in skating, but stopped after moving to Italy.[2]
Career
Early years
When Rossi was five years old, his parents brought him to a nearby ice rink to channel his energy and he soon decided to continue skating.[2] He competed in the advanced novice category during the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons.
In the 2020–21 season, he relocated from Switzerland to Italy, deciding to train at the Young Goose Academy in Egna.[2] His first junior international event was the NRW Trophy in November 2020.[3]
2021–22 season
Rossi's ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in September 2021; he placed eighth in Košice, Slovakia, and then fourth in Gdańsk, Poland.
Ranked twelfth in the short and seventh in the free skate, he finished ninth overall at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2022–2023 [1] |
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| 2021–2022 [4] |
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| 2020–2021 [5] |
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Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 |
| CS Ice Challenge | TBD | ||||
| International: Junior[6] | |||||
| Junior Worlds | 9th | ||||
| JGP Italy | 4th | ||||
| JGP Poland | 4th | 8th | |||
| JGP Slovakia | 8th | ||||
| Challenge Cup | 2nd | ||||
| Egna Trophy | 2nd | 2nd | |||
| Ice Challenge | 1st | ||||
| Merano Ice Trophy | 1st | ||||
| NRW Trophy | 6th | ||||
| International: Advanced novice[3] | |||||
| Bavarian Open | 2nd | ||||
| Challenge Cup | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| GP Bratislava | 1st | ||||
| Printemps | 2nd | ||||
| National[3] | |||||
| Switzerland | 1st N | 1st N | 1st J | ||
| Levels: N = Novice U16; J = Junior | |||||
References
- ^ a b "Naoki ROSSI: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d Dombrowski, Judith (13 April 2022). "A young and ambitious talent from Switzerland: meet Naoki Rossi". absoluteskating.com.
- ^ a b c "Naoki ROSSI". rinkresults.com.
- ^ "Naoki ROSSI: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Naoki ROSSI: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Naoki ROSSI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022.