Gilberto Viadana

Gilberto Viadana
Full name	Gilberto Viadana
Born	(1973-02-09) February 9, 1973 Milan, Italy
Hometown	New York, NY
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Italy
Coach	Michela Boschetto
Retired	1998

Gilberto Viadana (born February 9, 1973 in Milan, Italy) is a former Italian figure skater. He competed in several world junior figure skating championships, European and World Championships and in addition the 1992 and 1998 Winter Olympic Games. He was the first male Italian skater to delivered a 3axel in competition. After his competitive career, he became a coach. He coached in Milano and reached with his student the National Championship, European, World and Olympic Games ( Salt Lake City 2002 ). He moved to USA in 2004 to the Lake Placid Skating Club in Lake Placid, New York and became Director of the "Olympic Center Skating School" in 2008. Now he is currently teaching in Elmsford New York at Westchester Skating Academy. He is ISU Technical Specialist since 2004.

Results

Event	1990-91	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98
Winter Olympic Games		WD						23rd
World Championships	19th	20th					26th	24th
European Championships		17th	15th				18th	11th
Italian Championships	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st
Skate Canada International		8th	10th
Trophée Lalique							7th
Karl Schäfer Memorial								7th

Note: At the 1992 Olympic Games, Viadana was in 19th position after the short program before withdrawing from the competition.

References

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