Marco Zandron
| Marco Zandron | |||||||
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| Other names | Zandrón | ||||||
| Born | 30 September 1998 Bolzano, Italy | ||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||
| Country |  Spain (since 2020) Italy (until 2010–20) | ||||||
| Discipline | Pair skating | ||||||
| Partner | Brooke McIntosh (since 2024) Laura Barquero (2020–22) Federica Zamponi (2018–20) | ||||||
| Coach | Dmitri Savin Fedor Klimov Bruno Marcotte Nolan Seegert | ||||||
| Skating club | Club Hielo Madrid Dream | ||||||
| Began skating | 2004 | ||||||
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Marco Zandron (born 30 September 1998) is an Italian-Spanish figure skater who currently represents Spain. With his former skating partner, Laura Barquero, he is the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist and the 2021 Spanish national champion.
With his former partner, Federica Zamponi, competing for Italy, he is the 2020 Italian junior national silver medalist. As a single skater for Italy, he is the 2017 Egna Spring Trophy champion and competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit.
Since July 2024, he competes with Canadian skater Brooke McIntosh.
Personal life
[edit]Zandron was born on September 30, 1998, in Bolzano, Italy. His older brother, Maurizio, competes for Austria in men's singles. As of September 2021, he is a student at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Zandron became a Spanish citizen on December 29, 2021.[1]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Zandron began learning how to skate in 2004 as a six-year-old. He began representing Italy internationally in men's singles at the novice level as early as 2010. He earned eight medals at international junior and senior B assignments throughout his career but was unable to achieve podium placement at the Italian Championships, therefore limiting his international assignment opportunities. He chose to end his singles career in December 2018 to focus on pair skating.[2]
2018–2020: Partnership with Zamponi
[edit]Zandron teamed up with his first pairs partner, Federica Zamponi, before the 2018–19 season. They placed third at the Italian junior national championships in their debut season. During the 2019–20 season, Zamponi/Zandron competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and won two international junior B medals: silver at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy and gold at the 2019 Icelab International Cup. Before dissolving their partnership, they won the silver medal at the 2020 Italian junior championships.[2]
2020–2021 season: Debut of Barquero/Zandron
[edit]Zandron teamed up with Laura Barquero to compete for Spain in advance of the 2020–21 season, and in January 2021, they were formally cleared to represent Spain.[3] They won the Spanish national title in their first outing together but did not compete internationally during the season.[4]
2021–2022 season: Beijing Olympics
[edit]Barquero/Zandron made their international debut on the Challenger series at the 2021 Lombardia Trophy. They were second in the short program and won the free skate, taking the silver medal overall and finishing less than four points behind Italian national champions Della Monica/Guarise.[5] They were next assigned to the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, attempting to qualify a berth for Spain at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Third in the short program, they won the free skate despite two jump errors, taking the silver medal overall and the first of three pairs berths available at the event. This was the first time a Spanish pair qualified to the Winter Olympics. Barquero said she was "proud" of their work, while Zandron said he was confident that he would acquire Spanish citizenship in time to attend the Games.[6] At their second Challenger, the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, they placed sixth with new personal bests in both segments and overall.[7]
Zandron obtained his Spanish citizenship on December 29, 2021, making the team eligible to represent Spain at the Winter Olympics.[1] In the new year, they competed together at their first European Championships, finishing in ninth place.[8] Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the pairs event, Barquero/Zandron were eleventh in the short program, receiving only a base level on their death spiral.[9] Eleventh in the free skate as well; they finished eleventh overall.[10]
On 22 February, the International Testing Agency reported that a sample taken from Barquero following the short program at the Olympics tested positive for a banned substance, a Clostebol metabolite.[11][12] Her team suggested that the most likely source of the substance was the Trofodermin that she applied to a cut between her fingers caused by her skate blades during the short program.[13] Due to Barquero's pending anti-doping case, Barquero/Zandron consequently were not entered for the 2022 World Championships scheduled for the end of March.
2024–25 season
[edit]In July, Zandron officially announced that he and Barquero had been "forced to end their partnership" after two seasons of not competing.[14] It was then announced that he had teamed up with Canadian skater Brooke McIntosh to compete for Spain.[15] It was subsequently announced that the pair would split their time training under Nolan Seegert in Berlin, Dmitri Savin and Fedor Klimov in Sochi, and Bruno Marcotte in Oakville, Ontario.[16] McIntosh was officially released from Skate Canada in October 2024.[17]
Programs
[edit]Pair skating with Brooke McIntosh (for Spain)
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–2025 [16] |
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Pair skating with Laura Barquero (for Spain)
[edit]| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–2022 [18] |
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Competitive highlights
[edit]- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
Pair skating with Brooke McIntosh (for Spain)
[edit]| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | TBD |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 11th |
Pair skating with Laura Barquero (for Spain)
[edit]| Season | 2020–21 | 2021–22 |
|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics | 11th | |
| European Championships | 9th | |
| Spanish Championships | 1st | |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 6th | |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 2nd | |
| CS Warsaw Cup | 8th | |
| Lombardia Trophy | 2nd | |
| Trophée Métropole Nice | 1st |
Pair skating with Federica Zamponi (for Italy)
[edit]| Season | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
|---|---|---|
| Italian Championships | 3rd | 2nd |
| JGP Croatia | 14th | |
| JGP Poland | 11th | |
| Alpen Trophy | 4th | |
| Bavarian Open | WD | |
| Egna Spring Trophy | 2nd | |
| IceLab Cup | 1st | |
| Volvo Open Cup | 7th |
Detailed results
[edit]Pair skating with Brooke McIntosh (for Spain)
[edit]| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Nov 20–24, 2024 |  2024 CS Warsaw Cup
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11 | 47.75 | 12 | 82.15 | 11 | 129.90 |
Pair skating with Laura Barquero (for Spain)
[edit]| 2021–22 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 18–19, 2022 | 2022 Winter Olympics | 11 63.34 |
11 118.02 |
11 181.36 |
| January 10–16, 2022 | 2022 European Championships | 8 60.65 |
8 107.75 |
9 168.40 |
| November 17–20, 2021 | 2021 CS Warsaw Cup | 6 62.41 |
10 104.93 |
8 167.34 |
| October 7–10, 2021 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy | 4 65.33 |
5 124.66 |
6 189.99 |
| September 22–25, 2021 | 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 3 62.01 |
1 119.60 |
2 181.61 |
| September 10–12, 2021 | 2021 Lombardia Trophy | 2 65.12 |
1 119.82 |
2 184.94 |
| 2020–21 season | ||||
| 19–21 March 2021 | 2021 Spanish Championships | 1 55.04 |
1 96.57 |
1 151.61 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Spanish Ice Sports Federation [@fedhielo] (29 December 2021). "🎉 @MarcoZandron ha recibido la aprobación a su nacionalidad española para poder participar en los Juegos Olímpicos de Pekín 2022 ❄ junto a @LBarqueroPodium" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Marco ZANDRON". Rink Results.
- ^ "La patinadora madrileña Laura Barquero ya tiene el ok para competir con Marco Zandron". Telemadrid (in Spanish). 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "Campeonato de España 2021". Federación Española de Deportes de Hielo.
- ^ "Lombardia Trophy 2021". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.
- ^ Flade, Tatjana (September 24, 2021). "Germany's Hase and Seegert claim victory on home ice at Nebelhorn". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Laura BARQUERO / Marco ZANDRON: 2021/22". International Skating Union.
- ^ Slater, Paula (January 14, 2022). "Mishina and Galliamov take European title in Russian sweep". Golden Skate.
- ^ Penny, Brandon (February 18, 2022). "Re-live the record-setting Olympic pairs short program". NBC Sports.
- ^ Penny, Brandon (February 19, 2022). "Skate by skate: How the dramatic pairs competition ended". NBC Sports.
- ^ "Beijing 2022 – The ITA asserts an apparent anti-doping rule violation against Spanish athlete Laura Barquero". International Testing Agency. 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Spanish figure skater Barquero tests positive for banned substance". Reuters. 22 February 2022.
- ^ Riquelme, Gerardo (23 February 2022). "Una crema por el corte con un patín, causa del positivo de Laura Barquero" [A cream for the cut with a skate, cause of Laura Barquero's positive]. Marca (in Spanish).
- ^ @marcozandron (July 12, 2024). "È vero che tutte le cose belle hanno una fine. Purtroppo la giustizia non sempre vince e proprio per questo ci vediamo costretti a terminare la partnership" – via Instagram.
- ^ @AnythingGOE (July 20, 2024). "🇪🇸 Brooke McIntosh / Marco Zandron are announced as a new pairs team" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Brooke MCINTOSH / Marco ZANDRON: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 November 2024.
- ^ @AnythingGOE (October 29, 2024). "Also 🇪🇸 Brooke McIntosh has clearly received her release to skate for Spain 😉" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Laura BARQUERO / Marco ZANDRON: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021.
- ^ a b "ESP–Brooke McIntosh/Marco Zandron". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ "ESP–Laura Barquero/Marco Zandrón". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ "ITA–Federica Zamponi/Marco Zandrón". SkatingScores.com.
External links
[edit]- Brooke McIntosh & Marco Zandron at the International Skating Union
- Brooke McIntosh & Marco Zandrón at SkatingScores.com
- Laura Barquero & Marco Zandron at the International Skating Union
- Laura Barquero & Marco Zandrón at SkatingScores.com
- Federica Zamponi & Marco Zandrón at SkatingScores.com
- Marco Zandron at Olympedia
- Marco Zandron at Olympics.com
