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Massimo Scali

Italian ice dancer (born 1979)

Massimo Scali

Italian ice dancer (born 1979)

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hometownMentana, Province of Rome
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Massimo Scali (born 11 December 1979) is an Italian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Federica Faiella, he is the 2010 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2009–2010) European silver medalist, and a six-time (2003–2005, 2007–2009) Italian national champion. They also won eleven Grand Prix medals together.

Personal life

Scali was born on December 11, 1979.

Since 2020, he has lived in California, United States with his partner, Daniel Morales.

Career

Faiella/Scali perform a reverse lift

Early years

Massimo Scali began skating at the age of ten. His early ice dance career was with Flavia Ottaviani, with whom he won six medals on the Junior Grand Prix. They were the 1997/1998 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalists. He and Faiella trained at the same rink under the same coach. After his partner quit skating, he briefly partnered with Jennifer Wester.

Partnership with Faiella

Scali teamed up with Federica Faiella in 2001. Despite skating together for only a brief period of time, they were able to qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics, where they finished 18th.

In their second season of competition together, Faiella/Scali won Italian nationals for the first time, and placed in the top ten at the European Championships. A year later, they moved into the top ten at Worlds. In the years leading up to the 2006 Winter Olympics, they continued to make steady progress up the ranks. Prior to the 2005-06 Olympic season, Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio, who won bronze for Italy at the 2002 Games, returned to the eligible ranks. Faiella/Scali became the second Italian team, and finished outside the top ten at the Olympics after a fall in the original dance.

Following the season, they made a coaching change and relocated to the United States to work with Pasquale Camerlengo and Anjelika Krylova at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. They had an up and down season in 2006-07 but enjoyed good results in 2007-08, including a fourth place at the Europeans and a fifth-place finish at Worlds.

World Championships

In the 2008-09 season, Faiella/Scali finished second at the Trophee Eric Bompard and won their first Grand Prix event, the 2008 NHK Trophy. This qualified them for their first Grand Prix final, where they finished fourth. They won their first European medal, a silver, behind Russians Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski. At the 2009 World Championships, a fall in the original dance ended their hopes of medal contention, and they finished eighth.

In the 2009–10 Olympic season, Faiella/Scali began their season with a bronze medal at the 2009 Cup of China. They withdrew from their next Grand Prix event due to Faiella's illness. At the 2010 Europeans, they won both the original dance and the free dance on their way to their second European silver medal. They finished fifth at the Olympics. Faiella fell ill after the Olympics and returned to the ice only four days before the World Championships. The duo won their first world medal, a bronze, in Turin.

World Championships

At the 2010 World Championships, Faiella/Scali announced that they would return for another season. Their assigned Grand Prix events in 2010-11 were the Cup of China and the Cup of Russia. Visa problems delayed their training in the U.S. and Faiella had recurring back problems. They again finished third at the 2010 Cup of China after Scali tripped on Faiella's skirts in both programs. They withdrew from the 2010 Cup of Russia prior to the free dance due to Scali's back injury. At the 2011 European Championships, they placed ninth in the short dance but moved up to fifth after the free dance.

On 15 March 2011, Scali announced on the team's website that they were retiring from competitive skating and that he would work with coach and choreographer Pasquale Camerlengo's team at the Detroit Skating Club. However, in May 2011, after Faiella's recovery progressed better than expected, they announced through their official website that they would in fact continue to skate competitively. An injury to Faiella ended this comeback attempt, and in 2012 Scali confirmed that they would not return to competitive skating.

Faiella/Scali often performed reverse lifts in competition, in which she lifted him.

Career as a coach and choreographer

In 2011, Scali began working as a coach and choreographer in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan at the Detroit Skating Club, alongside Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Natalia Annenko-Deller, and Elizabeth Punsalan.

In 2014, Scali relocated to the Arctic Edge in Canton, Michigan with Marina Zueva. Since 2020, he has coached at the Yerba Buena Ice Skating Center in San Francisco, California.

As a coach, his students have included:

  • ITA Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
  • AUS Kimberley Hew-Low / Timothy McKernan
  • USA Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
  • USA Mia Kalin
  • USA Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye
  • USA Alysa Liu (coached to win the 2025 World title)
  • GER Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis
  • JPN Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
  • AUS Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman
  • CAN Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam
  • FRA Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat
  • LTU Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
  • JPN Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
  • USA Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani (coached to win the 2018 Olympic bronze medal)
  • RUS Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
  • CZE Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler
  • CAN Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje

In addition to his coaching career he has served as a choreographer. His clients include:

  • ITA Sara Campanini / Francesco Riva
  • USA Karen Chen
  • USA Nathan Chen
  • USA Madison Chock / Evan Bates
  • ITA Laura Finelli / Massimiliano Bucciarelli
  • USA Isabella Flores / Ivan Desyatov
  • PHI Isabella Gamaz / Alexander Korovin
  • GER Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy
  • JPN Wakaba Higuchi
  • TUR Nicole Kelly / Berk Akalın
  • GRE Dimitra Korri
  • POL Ekaterina Kurakova
  • FRA Natacha Lagouge / Arnaud Caffa
  • USA Josephine Lee
  • JPN Mai Mihara
  • USA Leah Neset / Artem Markelov
  • FIN Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen
  • ITA Giulia Isabella Paolino / Andrea Tuba
  • ITA Anna Pezzetta
  • ITA Matteo Rizzo
  • JPN Kaori Sakamoto
  • FRA Lorine Schild
  • USA Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
  • JPN Akiko Suzuki
  • ITA Noemi Tali / Noah Lafornara
  • JPN Keiji Tanaka
  • JPN Tatsuya Tsuboi
  • FIN Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
  • JPN Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita
  • AUT Maurizio Zandron

Programs

Faiella/Scali during their free dance at the 2010 Worlds

(with Faiella)

SeasonShort danceFree danceExhibition2010–2011
Original dance2009–2010
2008–2009
2007–2008
2006–2007
2005–2006
2004–2005
2003–2004
2002–2003
2001–2002
My Fair Lady:Manolete
by Pepe Romero:
Italian folk:
By Missy Elliott:
By Aretha Franklin:

Competitive highlights

With Faiella

Faiella/Scali with their fellow medalists at the 2008 NHK Trophy
ResultsInternationalEvent2001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–11National
Olympics18th13th5th
Worlds16th11th9th9th8th9th5th8th3rd
Europeans12th8th6th5th7th6th4th2nd2nd5th
Grand Prix Final4th
GP Bompard5th3rd3rd2nd
GP Cup of China6th3rd3rd3rd
GP Cup of Russia5th5th3rdWD
GP NHK Trophy1st
GP Skate America4th3rd
GP Skate Canada7th5th3rd
Bofrost Cup3rd
Karl Schäfer2nd
Nebelhorn2nd1st
Italian Champ.2nd1st1st1st2nd1st1st1st1stWD
GP = Grand Prix; WD = Withdrew

With Ottaviani

ResultsInternationalEvent1996–19971997–19981998–19991999–2000National
Junior Worlds22nd7th4th
JGP Final3rd6th5th
JGP Bulgaria1st
JGP China1st
JGP France1st
JGP Japan1st
JGP Slovakia1st
JGP Slovenia3rd
Autumn Trophy10th J.
Italian Champ.2nd J.2nd J.1st J.
J. = Junior level; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

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