Federica Testa | |||||||||||||
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Testa with Csölley in 2013
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Country represented |
Slovakia (2012–16) Italy (until 2011) |
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Born |
Milan, Italy |
27 August 1993 ||||||||||||
Home town | Milan | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
Former partner |
Lukáš Csölley (SVK) Christopher Mior (ITA) Andrea Malnati (ITA) |
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Former choreographer | Paola Mezzadri, Corrado Giordani, Ludmila Vlasova | ||||||||||||
Former skating club | SKP Bratislava Agora Skating Team |
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Training locations |
Milan Canton, Michigan |
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Began skating | 1999 | ||||||||||||
Retired | July 2016 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total | 158.05 2016 Europeans |
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Short dance | 62.91 2015 Europeans |
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Free dance | 95.81 2016 Europeans |
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Medal record
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Federica Testa (born 27 August 1993) is an Italian-born former competitive ice dancer who is best known for her partnership with Lukáš Csölley for Slovakia. Together, they won four ISU Challenger Series medals and three Slovak national titles. They achieved their best ISU Championship result, 8th, at the 2015 and 2016 European Championships.
Testa competed with Christopher Mior and Andrea Malnati for Italy until 2011.
Federica Testa was born on 27 August 1993 in Milan, Italy. She became a Slovak citizen in autumn 2013.
Testa skated in singles for two years, stopped skating for a year, and then took up ice dancing. She competed with Andrea Malnati for seven years, representing Italy. Testa/Malnati were the 2009 Italian junior silver medalists.
In the spring of 2009, Testa teamed up with Canadian Christopher Mior, continuing to represent Italy. The duo competed at the senior level and became the 2011 Italian national champions. Following their split, Testa skated briefly with a Finnish skater.
In October 2011, it was announced that Testa would compete with Lukáš Csölley for Slovakia. Testa/Csölley made their international debut at the Bavarian Open in February 2012 and then competed at the World Championships in March in Nice, France. The following season, they finished 17th at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, having placed 19th in the short dance and 16th in the free dance. At the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario, Canada, the two placed 26th in the short dance and did not advance further.