Stefano Caruso
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Stefano Caruso in 2014
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Germany |
| Former country(ies) represented | Italy |
| Born |
19 April 1987 Rome, Italy |
| Home town | Milan, Italy |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Former partner | Tanja Kolbe, Isabella Pajardi |
| Coach | Barbara Fusar-Poli, René Lohse, Martin Skotnický |
| Former coach | Valter Rizzo, Brunilde Bianchi, Luca Mantovani |
| Choreographer | Jutta Deutschland |
| Former choreographer | Nikolai Morozov, Michela Boschetto, S. Atti, Mathew Gates |
| Skating club | TSC Berlin |
| Former skating club | Stadio del ghiaccio Agorà, Milan |
| Training locations |
Milan Berlin |
| Began skating | 1996 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 142.54 2013 Europeans |
| Short dance | 56.54 2013 Europeans |
| Free dance | 86.00 2013 Europeans |
Stefano Caruso (born 19 April 1987) is an ice dancer with dual German and Italian citizenship. Representing Germany with Tanja Kolbe, he won seven international medals and two German national silver medals. They placed eighth at the 2013 European Championships and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing 19th. Earlier in his career, Caruso competed for Italy with Isabella Pajardi.
Stefano Caruso was born 19 April 1987 in Rome, Italy. His father is from Naples and his mother is from Hungary. He started skating at the age of 8 in Mentana, Rome. He moved to Milan in 2000 and he started competing for Italy with Isabella Pajardi. He is a student of languages and communication in Bergamo. In September 2013, he became a German citizen while retaining his Italian citizenship. In January 2014, he began working for the Bundeswehr's sports group.
Caruso began skating at the age of nine, in ice dance from the start, and teamed up with Isabella Pajardi in 2000. They won the 2008 Italian national junior title and placed 9th at the 2008 World Junior Championships. After they split up in 2010, Caruso had tryouts with an American, Isabella Tobias, and a Canadian.
Caruso teamed up with Tanja Kolbe in 2010 to represent Germany. In their first season together, they took bronze at the 2010 Ice Challenge and at the 2011 German Championships.
In their second season together, Kolbe/Caruso won two international medals, gold at the 2011 NRW Trophy and bronze at the Istanbul Cup. They took the silver medal at the German Championships and were assigned to the 2012 European Championships where they finished 12th. The duo split up after the event but teamed up again in July 2012.
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