Gilberto Viadana
| Gilberto Viadana | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Italy |
| Born |
February 9, 1973 Milan, Italy |
| Residence | New York, NY |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Former coach | Michela Boschetto, Grilli Silvana, Gunter Zoeller, Carlo Fassi, Christa Fassi |
| Choreographer | Michela Boschetto |
| Retired | 1998 |
Gilberto Viadana (born February 9, 1973) is an Italian former figure skater. He reached the free skate at four European Championships, three World Championships, and two Winter Olympics (1992, 1998).
Life and career
Gilberto Viadana was born on February 9, 1973 in Milan, Italy.[1] He placed 11th at the 1990 Junior Worlds in Colorado Springs, Colorado; 14th at the 1991 Junior Worlds in Budapest; and fifth at the 1992 Junior Worlds in Hull, Quebec.
At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, Viadana placed 19th in the short program before withdrawing from the competition. He finished 23rd at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan.[1] He was the first Italian skater to complete a triple Axel jump in competition.
After ending his competitive career, Viadana became a coach in Milano. His students competed at the national championships, Europeans, Worlds, and 2002 Olympics. He moved to the United States in 2004 and joined the Lake Placid Skating Club in Lake Placid, New York. He became the director of the Olympic Center Skating School in 2008. He is currently teaching in Elmsford New York at Westchester Skating Academy. He is an ISU technical specialist since 2004.
Results
GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)
| International | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 | 94–95 | 95–96 | 96–97 | 97–98 |
| Olympics | WD | 23rd | |||||||
| Worlds | 19th | 20th | 26th | 24th | |||||
| Europeans | 17th | 15th | 18th | 11th | |||||
| GP Lalique | 7th | ||||||||
| Skate Canada | 8th | 10th | |||||||
| Schäfer Memorial | 7th | ||||||||
| International: Junior | |||||||||
| Junior Worlds | 11th | 14th | 5th | ||||||
| National | |||||||||
| Italian Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |
| WD: Withdrew | |||||||||