Lara Naki Gutmann

Early years

Gutmann began learning to skate in 2006 after watching Carolina Kostner compete during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.^[7][6] She won her first junior national medal, bronze, in December 2015 and had the same result the following year.^[8]

Her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in October 2017 at JGP Italy, where she finished thirteenth. In December 2017, she became the Italian junior national silver medalist.^[8]

2018–2019 season: Senior debut

Gutmann placed nineteenth at her sole JGP assignment in Austria. In December 2018, making her first senior international appearance, she won silver at the Bosphorus Cup in Turkey. Later that month, she won bronze in the senior ladies' category at the Italian Championships, behind Alessia Tornaghi and Lucrezia Beccari, and was named in Italy's team to the 2019 European Championships. Ranked twenty-ninth in the short program, she did not advance to the final segment at the latter event, which took place in January in Minsk, Belarus.

2019–2020 season

Gutmann competed mainly in the senior ranks, with the exception of two JGP events. She finished sixth at JGP France and seventh at JGP Italy. In December, she repeated as national bronze medalist, this time finishing third behind Tornaghi and Marina Piredda. In February, she won silver behind Roberta Rodeghiero at the Dragon Trophy in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and then outscored Emmi Peltonen to take gold at the Nordic Championships in Stavanger, Norway.

2020–2021 season: First national title

In the off-season, Gutmann underwent ankle surgery.^[9] She was scheduled to make her Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but the event was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10] In December, she won the gold medal at the 2021 Italian national championships.^[9]

As the Italian national champion, Gutmann was named as the country's sole entry to the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, where she finished twenty-eighth.^[11] Subsequently, she was announced as part of the Italian team for the 2021 World Team Trophy.^[12] Gutmann placed seventh in both segments of the competition and set personal bests in the free skate and total score, while Team Italy finished in fourth place.^[13][14][15]

2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics

Gutmann began the season on home soil at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy. After a poor short program left her in eighteenth position going into the free skate, she placed third in that segment and rose to fifth overall.^[16] She next competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, seeking to qualify for a berth for Italian women at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Seventh in both segments of the competition, she placed eighth overall, 0.75 points behind Australia's Kailani Craine, who took the sixth of six available places. As a result, Italy became the first alternate country.^[17]

Following the cancellation of the 2021 Cup of China, Italy unexpectedly became the host of the third event in the Grand Prix, the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia.^[18] Gutmann was one of two Italian women assigned to compete at the home Grand Prix (along with Lucrezia Beccari), making her Grand Prix debut with an eleventh-place finish.^[19]

At the Italian Championships, Gutmann won her second straight national title. She was after that named to the Italian Olympic team, though she would only be competing in the team event.^[20] She began the new year at the 2022 European Championships, finishing sixteenth.^[21] Representing Italy in the team event, Gutmann skated cleanly in the short program, but did not attempt a triple-triple jump combination and finished ninth of ten skaters. The Italian team finished seventh among the teams in the short program segments and did not advance to the second phase.^[22] Gutmann finished the season with a twentieth place at the 2022 World Championships.^[21]

2022–2023 season: Third national title

In three appearances on the Challenger circuit in the fall, Gutmann finished sixth on home ice at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy before winning the silver medal at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial. She finished the series with a fourth-place at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, and then won her third straight national title.^[21]

Assigned to compete at the 2023 European Championships, Gutmann was thirteenth in the short program, but an eighth-place free skate lifted her to eighth overall. This achieved her primary goal of finishing in the top ten and earning a second berth for Italy the following year.^[23] Gutmann finished seventeenth at the 2023 World Championships.^[21]

Gutmann joined Team Italy for the 2023 World Team Trophy. She finished last in the short program with multiple errors.^[24] The free skate was an improvement, coming eighth in the segment.^[25] Team Italy finished in fourth place overall.^[26]

2023–2024 season

While she had previously appeared on the Grand Prix as a host selection, for the 2023–24 Grand Prix Gutmann received her first foreign assignment, the 2023 Skate Canada International. She said it was "very nice to have earned a spot."^[27] She began the season by finishing fifth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy.^[21] At her second Challenger appearance of the season, she was seventh at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial.^[28] She finished in ninth place at the Skate Canada International.^[29] Gutmann was subsequently added to the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo to replace Kimmy Repond, and placed seventh.^[30]

After an eighth-place finish at the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Gutmann won the silver medal at the Italian Championships.^[21] She then finished tenth at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.^[31] She subsequently closed the season by winning silver at the 2024 Dragon Trophy and the 2024 Merano Ice Trophy, as well as a gold medal at the 2024 Sonja Henie Trophy.^[8]

2024–2025 season: Grand Prix bronze medal

Gutmann began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing a disappointing tenth place at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy. She had stronger showings at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge and the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial, where she won bronze at both events.^[8]

Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, Gutmann finished sixth at the 2024 NHK Trophy.^[21] Although she was initially only assigned one Grand Prix event, Gutmann's name was assigned to the 2024 Finlandia Trophy following the withdrawal of Loena Hendrickx.^[32][33] At the event, Gutmann scored personal best scores in all competition segments, placing second in the short program and third in the free skate, securing the bronze medal overall. Gutmann finished only less than a point behind gold medalist Hana Yoshida.^[34][35] She expressed elation at her result, saying, "I am so happy. I was really nervous as this was my first time being in a medal position after the SP and winning a medal at such a big event."^[36] She was the only woman singles skater from Europe to medal on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit.^[37]

In December, Gutmann won the silver medal at the 2025 Italian Championships behind Anna Pezzetta.^[38] She was selected to compete at the 2025 European Championships in January, where she finished in sixth place, directly behind Pezzetta, after doubling two of her planned triple jumps in the free skate.^[39][40] After the free skate, she said she "needs to work on her physical shape as she is getting tired towards the end of her program." "I need to make sure this doesn’t happen in the next events,” Gutmann said. “This is still my best finish at Europeans, but I need to process the program and what happened so I can analyze it correctly.”^[40]

In February, she competed at the Road to 26 Trophy in Milan, which served as a test event for the 2026 Winter Olympics. She was in first place after the short program, but she finished in third place overall to win the bronze medal after the free skate, where she fell on an underrotated triple Lutz jump.^[41] A couple weeks later, she won gold at the 2025 Sonia Henie Trophy.^[8]

Selected to compete at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Gutmann came in thirteenth place after finishing fourteenth in the short program and twelfth in the free skate. A couple weeks later, she competed for Team Italy at the 2025 World Team Trophy, where she scored personal bests in all segments of the women's competition and finished in sixth place overall. With these placements, Team Italy won the bronze medal overall.^{[8][42][43][44]}

2025–2026 season: Milano Cortina Olympic team bronze and European bronze

Gutmann opened her season by competing on the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2025 CS Lombardia Trophy and winning gold at the 2025 CS Nepela Memorial. She then went on to compete on 2025–26 Grand Prix circuit, finishing fifth at 2025 Skate Canada International and fourth at 2025 Skate America.^[8]

In December, Gutmann competed at the 2026 Italian Championships, winning her fourth national title.^[8] Following the event, she was named to the 2026 Winter Olympic team.^[45]

The following month, Gutmann won the bronze medal at the 2026 European Championships after placing fourth in both the short program and free skate segments. With this result, she became the first Italian women singles skater to make the podium at a European Championships since Carolina Kostner in 2018. Kostner, herself, attended the event and congratulated Gutmann following her podium placement.^[46][47] "I want to come back stronger at the next competition," said Gutmann. "I really wasn’t satisfied, but I was fighting until the end, and I think this is what brought me this medal. Of course, it’s a huge honor for me to be the first Italian to win a medal at the Europeans after Carolina Kostner."^[46]

On 6 February, Gutmann competed in the short program segment of the 2026 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team Event, placing third and earning a personal best score. "I felt so good, the crowd was amazing, it gave me a lot of strength," said Gutmann after her performance. "It was a little bit like the World Team Trophy in Japan. I had so many great feelings and I wanted to do the best performance I could do for myself, for my team, for Italy in this amazing stadium with my home crowd. So, in the moment, it just felt great."^[48] Two days later, Gutmann placed fourth in the free skate segment. Her results, combined with those of her teammates, allowed Team Italy to win the Olympic bronze medal.^[8]

On 17 February, Gutmann competed in the Olympic women's singles event. She placed a disappointing eighteenth in the short program after popping her planned triple Lutz into a double, rendering the element as invalid.^[49] Two days later, however, she rebounded with a solid free skate, placing twelfth in that segment and moving up to fifteenth place overall.^[50] "I am so happy that I could finish these Olympics on a good note. I’m really, really glad," she expressed in an interview following her performance. "I had a headache. This morning and last night I really didn’t feel well I had a headache and everything. So I’m very happy and relieved with how the skate went and that I was able to end these Olympics well."^[51]

In March, Gutmann competed at the 2026 World Championships in Prague, placing fifth overall.^[52] “I’m feeling really good,” said Gutmann after the free skate where she earned a new personal best. “Tired, but really, really good. I’m glad I could skate my ‘Jaws’ program today like this. I also have to say I’m proud of myself, how I handled the whole season. It’s been such a long season. I had to fight for the Olympic spot, and then I had to fight to be here and still be somehow in shape.”^[53] This placement secured two quotas for Italian women for the 2027 World Championships. She commented on this accomplishment, “That was important for me, for Italy, and for every one of us, and also for myself because I wanted to have a little bit more peace next season.” ^[54][55]

Senior level

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Results in the 2019–20 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 27 – Dec 1, 2018	2018 Bosphorus Cup	1	53.98	2	96.39	2	150.37
Dec 13–16, 2018	2019 Italian Championships	3	55.37	2	101.17	3	156.54
Jan 8–13, 2019	2019 Mentor Toruń Cup	5	50.09	5	89.72	5	139.81
Jan 21–27, 2019	2019 European Championships	29	43.96	—N/a	—N/a	29	43.96
Feb 5–10, 2019	2019 Bavarian Open	13	46.18	9	87.47	10	133.65
Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2019	2019 Cup of Tyrol	6	49.27	7	94.63	8	143.90
Mar 28–31, 2019	2019 Egna Spring Trophy	9	48.81	7	91.63	7	140.44

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Results in the 2019–20 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 19–21, 2019	2019 CS Nepela Memorial	3	62.41	5	115.71	4	178.12
Nov 5–10, 2019	2019 40th Volvo Open Cup	5	55.13	5	97.73	5	152.86
Dec 4–7, 2019	2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	7	56.81	7	110.79	6	167.60
Dec 12–15, 2019	2020 Italian Championships	4	59.02	3	112.36	3	171.38
Jan 30 – Feb 2, 2020	2020 Dragon Trophy	1	58.86	2	104.20	2	163.06
Feb 5–9, 2020	2020 Nordic Championships	2	62.81	2	116.18	1	179.01

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Results in the 2020–21 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Dec 12–13, 2020	2021 Italian Championships	1	63.08	1	115.07	1	178.15
Mar 22–28, 2021	2021 World Championships	28	55.64	—N/a	—N/a	28	55.64
Apr 15–18, 2021	2021 World Team Trophy	7	60.45	7	119.14	4 (7)	179.59

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Results in the 2021–22 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 10–12, 2021	2021 CS Lombardia Trophy	18	48.65	3	118.33	5	166.98
Sep 22–25, 2021	2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	7	57.16	7	107.44	8	164.60
Nov 5–7, 2021	2021 Gran Premio d'Italia	11	54.83	11	103.74	11	158.57
Dec 4–5, 2021	2022 Italian Championships	1	63.43	1	124.00	1	187.43
Jan 10–16, 2022	2022 European Championships	23	52.94	12	111.05	16	163.99
Feb 4–7, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics (Team event)	9	58.52	—N/a	—N/a	7	—N/a
Mar 4–6, 2022	2022 Tallink Hotels Cup	1	60.64	3	103.04	2	163.68
Mar 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	20	57.92	20	106.47	20	164.39

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Results in the 2022–23 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 16–19, 2022	2022 CS Lombardia Trophy	7	56.46	6	111.93	6	168.39
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2022	2022 CS Nepela Memorial	4	52.65	2	113.59	2	166.24
Oct 26–30, 2022	2022 Crystal Skate of Romania	1	56.39	1	117.74	1	174.13
Dec 7–10, 2022	2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	9	50.06	2	125.65	4	175.71
Dec 15–18, 2022	2023 Italian Championships	2	62.36	1	127.52	1	189.88
Jan 25–29, 2023	2023 European Championships	13	55.39	8	113.90	8	169.29
Feb 9–12, 2023	2023 Dragon Trophy	1	62.63	1	118.26	1	180.89
Feb 23–26, 2023	2023 International Challenge Cup	10	55.87	7	115.88	7	171.71
Mar 22–26, 2023	2023 World Championships	23	55.22	13	123.21	17	178.43
Apr 13–16, 2023	2023 World Team Trophy	12	51.12	8	116.83	4 (10)	167.95

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Results in the 2023–24 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 8–10, 2023	2023 CS Lombardia Trophy	8	53.96	5	109.46	5	163.42
Sep 28–30, 2023	2023 CS Nepela Memorial	7	52.78	7	104.95	7	157.73
Oct 27–29, 2023	2023 Skate Canada International	11	50.00	7	115.73	9	165.73
Nov 17–19, 2023	2023 Grand Prix of Espoo	7	58.24	8	110.09	7	168.33
Dec 6–9, 2023	2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	11	50.60	7	104.58	8	155.18
Dec 22–23, 2023	2024 Italian Championships	7	53.84	1	130.04	2	183.88
Jan 10–14, 2024	2024 European Championships	16	55.68	8	110.33	10	166.01
Feb 7–9, 2024	2024 Dragon Trophy	5	54.68	1	115.70	2	170.56
Feb 23–25, 2024	2024 Merano Ice Trophy	3	56.78	2	116.44	2	173.22
Mar 8–10, 2024	2024 Sonja Henje Trophy	1	60.82	1	120.82	1	181.64

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Results in the 2024–25 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 13–15, 2024	2024 CS Lombardia Trophy	4	61.21	1	127.65	3	188.86
Oct 24–26, 2024	2024 CS Nepela Memorial	2	57.67	3	114.48	3	172.15
Nov 8–10, 2024	2024 NHK Trophy	6	61.51	6	118.77	6	180.28
Nov 15–17, 2024	2024 Finlandia Trophy	2	67.06	3	131.43	3	198.49
Dec 19–21, 2024	2025 Italian Championships	1	63.29	2	117.63	2	180.92
Jan 16–18, 2025	2025 Winter World University Games	4	61.31	7	107.94	5	169.25
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025	2025 European Championships	5	63.79	6	117.72	6	181.51
Feb 18–20, 2025	Road to 26 Trophy	1	67.61	5	120.58	3	188.19
Mar 6–9, 2025	2025 Sonja Henje Trophy	2	58.39	1	118.94	1	177.33
Mar 25–30, 2025	2025 World Championships	14	61.72	12	120.25	13	181.97
Apr 17–20, 2025	2025 World Team Trophy	5	68.43	6	133.13	3	201.56

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Results in the 2025-26 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 11–14, 2025	2025 CS Lombardia Trophy	6	67.70	4	128.25	5	195.95
Sep 25–27, 2025	2025 CS Nepela Memorial	1	67.25	1	135.26	1	202.51
Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2025	2025 Skate Canada International	3	68.11	5	123.94	5	192.05
Nov 14–16, 2025	2025 Skate America	3	69.69	4	134.60	4	204.29
Dec 17–20, 2025	2026 Italian Championships	1	64.32	1	136.29	1	200.61
Jan 13–18, 2026	2026 European Championships	4	63.75	4	123.12	3	186.87
Feb 6–8, 2026	2026 Winter Olympics – Team event	3	71.62	4	126.94	3	—N/a
Feb 17–19, 2026	2026 Winter Olympics	18	61.56	12	134.19	15	195.75
Mar 24–29, 2026	2026 World Championships	7	69.33	5	135.79	5	205.12

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Junior level

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Results in the 2015–16 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Dec 16–19, 2015	2016 Italian Championships (Junior)	5	40.89	3	79.86	3	120.75

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Results in the 2016–17 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 8–11, 2016	2016 Lombardia Trophy	5	40.48	3	82.02	3	122.50
Nov 10–13, 2016	2016 Merano Cup	14	36.07	12	65.26	15	101.33
Nov 30 – Dec 4, 2016	2016 NRW Trophy	10	44.21	12	77.23	10	121.44
Dec 14–17, 2016	2017 Italian Championships (Junior)	3	48.66	2	101.99	3	150.65
Feb 14–19, 2017	2016 Bavarian Open	9	41.08	8	75.18	8	116.26
Feb 28 – Mar 5, 2017	2017 Cup of Tyrol	7	42.77	7	75.59	7	118.36
Apr 6–9, 2017	2017 Egna Spring Trophy	4	44.50	3	82.56	4	127.06

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Results in the 2017–18 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 11–14, 2017	2017 JGP Italy	13	48.37	13	82.24	13	130.61
Oct 21–23, 2017	2017 Halloween Cup	3	41.44	1	80.34	2	121.78
Nov 15–19, 2017	2017 Merano Cup	3	46.68	5	80.57	5	127.25
Nov 20–26, 2017	2017 Tallinn Trophy	12	40.98	6	89.41	7	130.39
Dec 13–16, 2017	2018 Italian Championships (Junior)	2	56.41	3	93.34	2	149.75
Feb 8–11, 2018	2018 Dragon Trophy	1	48.79	4	83.75	3	132.54
Mar 16–18, 2018	2018 Coupe du Printemps	6	45.69	3	86.75	4	132.44
Apr 4–6, 2018	2018 Triglav Trophy	2	49.04	2	96.21	2	145.25

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Results in the 2018–19 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2018	2018 JGP Austria	10	45.75	21	60.64	19	106.39

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Results in the 2019–20 season ^[8]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 21–24, 2019	2019 JGP France	5	58.24	6	105.99	6	164.23
Oct 2–5, 2019	2019 JGP Italy	6	57.32	7	98.96	7	156.28

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