Ivan Righini (Bariev) | |
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Righini (Bariev) in 2008
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Personal information | |
Alternative names |
From 2013: Ivan Righini Earlier: Ivan Vadimovich Bariev |
Country represented | Italy |
Former country(ies) represented | Russia |
Born |
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
16 April 1991
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 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.