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Anna CAPPELLINI
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Date of birth: 19.02.1987
Place of birth: Como
Height: 165 cm
Home town: Como
Profession: student
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends or family, also watching ballet, reading and surfing the net. School and skating keep Anna quite busy so she doesn't have much free time.
Favorite rhythms: quick step and foxtrot
Role models: Torvill and Dean, Grishuk and Platov, and Fusar-Poli and Margaglio
Start sk. / Club: 1990 / Fiamme Azzurre
Club: Ice Academy
Former Partners Frederico Bassi, Luca Lombardi, Matteo Zanni
Anna Cappellini started skating when she was 3 years old. Her parents used to take her to the rink on Sundays when she was a little girl because they loved ice skating. Although they never pushed her to become a skater, she slowly realized that it was her passion. Anna has been taking ballet classes since she was 8 years old.
Luca LANOTTE
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Date of birth: 30.07.1985
Place of birth: Milano
Height: 177 cm
Home town: Milano
Profession: full-time athlete
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends and going around with his new (and very first) car
Favorite rhythms: latin rhythms
Role models: Duchesnays, Klimova and Ponomarenko, Bestemianova and Bukin
Start sk. / Club: 1992 / Fiamme Azzurre
Club: Ice Academy
Former Partners Arianna Jovino, Camilla Spelta, Camilla Pisterello
Luca LaNotte started skating age 7. He lived close to a rink and was jealous because his older sister who was skater on a synchro team. His older sister convinced him that ice dancing was better than competing in singles. Luca enjoys ice dancing because of it's similarities to ballroom dancing.
Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte
2008-2009 Season
Grand Prix - Cup of Russia - 4th
Grand Prix - Cup of China - 4th
2007-2008 Season
World Championships - 10th
Grand Prix - Skate Canada - 2nd
Grand Prix - Trophee Eric Bompard - 5th
European Championships - 7th
2006-2007 Season
Grand Prix - Trophee Eric Bompard - 5th
Grand Prix - Cup of Russia - 8th
Winter Universiade - 1st
European Championships - 8th
World Championships - 13th
2005-2006 Season
Junior Grand Prix - Skate Slovakia, Bratislava - 2nd
Junior Grand Prix - Sofia Cup, Sofia, Bulgaria - 2nd
Junior Grand Prix Final - 3rd
World Junior Championships - 4th
Training
Coaches: Roberto Pelizzola and Barbara Riboldi
Choreographer: Liudmila Vlassova, Giovanni & Eleonora Scandifflo
Ballet Teacher: Corrado Giordani
Ballroom Instructor: Stefano Ubaldi
Training town: Milan
Music Short Program / Original Dance as of season 2008/2009
Bei mir bist du schoen by Sholom Secunda
Music Free Skating / Free Dance as of season 2008/2009
Love Story (soundtrack) by Francis Lai, performed by Nana Mouskouri
2007-2008 Season
Original dance: "Bubamara" by Goran Bregovic (Serbian Folk Dance)
Free dance: "La Traviata" by Guiseppe Verdi
2006-2007 Season
Original dance: "Tango Oblivion" and "Violentango"
Free dance: "I've Got Rhythm"
2005-2006 Season
Original dance: "Historia de un Amour" (rhumba) and "Chupacapra" (samba)
Free dance: "This is a Man's World" by James Brown and "Wring That Neck" by Deep Purple
Exhibition: "Still Loving You" by the Scorpions
Personal Best Total Score 179.03 21.03.2008 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance 35.39 30.09.2005 ISU JGP Sofia Cup 2005
Personal Best Score Original Dance 57.05 20.03.2008 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Dance 90.46 21.03.2008 World Championships 2008