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Ivan Righini

Ivan Righini (Bariev)
Ivan BARIEV Grand Prix Final 2008 Juniors.jpg
Righini (Bariev) in 2008
Personal information
Alternative names From 2013: Ivan Righini
Earlier: Ivan Vadimovich Bariev
Country represented Italy
Former country(ies) represented Russia
Born (1991-04-16) 16 April 1991 (age 26)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Coach Michael Huth, Igor Pashkevich
Former coach Oleg Vasiliev, Nikolai Morozov, Marina Kudriavtseva
Choreographer Ivan Righini, Jeffrey Buttle, Rostislav Sinicyn
Former choreographer Alexander Zhulin, Sergei Petukhov, Svetlana Korol, Daniil Gleichengauz, Alla Kapranova
Skating club Forum Assago
Former skating club Moskvich
Training locations Oberstdorf
Began skating 1997
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 236.36
2016 Europeans
Short program 82.23
2016 Europeans
Free skate 154.13
2016 Europeans

Ivan Righini, previously Ivan Vadimovich Bariev (Russian: Иван Вадимович Бариев, born 16 April 1991) is an Italian competitive figure skater. He is a two-time Bavarian Open champion and a four-time Italian national champion. He has reached the free skate at four ISU Championships, achieving his best result, sixth, at the 2016 Europeans.

Competed for Russia as Ivan Bariev, he won four silver medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, two Russian junior national titles, and bronze at the 2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Ivan Bariev was born on 16 April 1991 in Moscow, Russia. In 2013, he adopted his mother's former surname, Righini. In addition to Russian, he also holds Italian citizenship. His brother, Filip, is ten years younger.

Bariev began learning to skate in 1994. He debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2007, winning silver medals in Romania and Croatia. In late October 2007, he underwent surgery on the meniscus in his right knee. He finished 7th at both the JGP Final and the 2008 World Junior Championships.

The following season, Bariev was awarded silver medals at JGP events in the Czech Republic and South Africa. He finished 4th at the JGP Final. His first senior international medal, bronze, came at the 2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb. He made his final competitive appearances for Russia in late October 2012, at the Cup of Nice.


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