Massimo Scali
| Massimo Scali | |
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Faiella/Scali at the 2010 Worlds
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Italy |
| Born |
11 December 1979 Monterotondo |
| Home town | Mentana, Province of Rome |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Partner | Federica Faiella |
| Former partner | Flavia Ottaviani |
| Former coach | Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Natalia Linichuk, Roberto Pelizzola, Walter Rizzo, Brunhilde Bianchi |
| Former choreographer | Paola Mezzadri, Ludmila Vlasova, Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, N. Pregnolato |
| Skating club | Agora Skating Team |
| Retired | 2011 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 201.91 2008 Worlds |
| Comp. dance | 40.85 2010 Worlds |
| Original dance | 63.55 2008 Worlds |
| Free dance | 101.21 2008 Worlds |
Massimo Scali (born 11 December 1979) is an Italian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Federica Faiella, he is the 2010 World bronze medalist, a two-time (2009–2010) European silver medalist,, and a six-time (2003–2005, 2007–2009) Italian national champion. They also won eleven Grand Prix medals.
Massimo Scali began skating at the age of ten. His early ice dance career was with Flavia Ottaviani, with whom he won six medals on the Junior Grand Prix. They were the 1997/1998 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalists. He and Faiella trained at the same rink under the same coach. After his partner quit skating, he briefly partnered with Jennifer Wester.
Scali teamed up with Federica Faiella in 2001. Despite skating together for only a brief period of time, they were able to qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics, where they finished 18th.
In their second season of competition together, Faiella/Scali won Italian nationals for the first time, and placed in the top ten at the European Championships. A year later, they moved into the top ten at Worlds. In the years leading up to the 2006 Winter Olympics, they continued to make steady progress up the ranks. Prior to the 2005-06 Olympic season, Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio, who won bronze for Italy at the 2002 Games, returned to the eligible ranks. Faiella/Scali became the second Italian team, and finished outside the top ten at the Olympics after a fall in the original dance.
Following the season, they made a coaching change and relocated to the United States to work with Pasquale Camerlengo and Anjelika Krylova at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. They had an up and down season in 2006-07 but enjoyed good results in 2007-08, including a fourth place at the Europeans and a fifth-place finish at Worlds.
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