Matteo Zanni

Zanni competed with partner Anna Cappellini from 2001 through 2005. They won the bronze medal at the 2004 Junior Grand Prix final and then placed fifth at the World Junior Championships. In the 2006-07 season, he competed with Camilla Pistorello. They were the 2007 Italian junior national champions. In the 2007-08 season, he competed with Natalia Mityushina. Their partnership ended following that season.^[1]

Zanni joined Holiday On Ice and performed as part of the Mystery Tour in South America. In 2011, he coached Olympic champion swimmer Inge de Bruijn during the 4th edition of the Dutch television series Sterren Dansen Op Het IJs and skated with the singer Shaya in Dancing on Ice Greece. He interviewed the Italian rockstar Patty Pravo (Nicoletta Strambelli) in late 2011. In 2013, he joined Feld Entertainment Group to tour the US East Coast and then retired from performing.

In 2013, Zanni began coaching alongside his former coach, Barbara Fusar-Poli, in Milan.^[2][3] Three years later, he became an ISU Technical Specialist.^[4][5]

In 2020, Zanni opened his own ice dance skating school in Egna at the Young Goose Academy, where he currently coaches alongside Barbora Řezníčková, Denis Lodola, and Katharina Müller.^[6][7][8]

His current students include:

• Olexandra Borysova / Aaron Freeman^[9]
• Darya Grimm / Grigorii Rodin^[10]
• Maria Kazakova / Vladislav Kasinskij^[11]
• Angelina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Karankevich^[12]
• Kateřina Mrázková / Daniel Mrázek^[13]
• Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov^[14]
• Anna Šimová / Kirill Aksenov^[15]
• Myroslava Tkachenko / Riccardo Pesca^[16]
• Aneta Václavíková / Ivan Morozov^[17]

His former students include:

• Yana Bozhilova / Kaloyan Georgiev^[18]
• Chiara Calderone / Pietro Papetti^[19]
• Sara Campanini / Francesco Riva^[20]
• Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy^[21]
• Hanna Jakucs / Alessio Galli^[22]
• Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya^[23]
• Elisabetta Leccardi / Mattia Dalla Torre^[24]
• Giada Russo / Jaime Garcia^[25]
• Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler^[26]

Additionally, Zanni has also choreographed competitive figure skating programs since his retirement. His clients have included:

• Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii^[27]
• Sarina Joos^[28]
• Layla Karnes / Kenan Slevira^[29]
• Elisabetta Leccardi^[30]
• Viktoriia Lopusova / Asaf Kazimov^[31]
• Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck^[32]

In his early years, he studied Classical Guitar and Composition. On 18 February 2013, Zanni became a doctor in International Relations at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He enjoys photography.