Marina Piredda (born 28 September 2002) is an Italian figure skater. She is a three-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (2 silver, 1 bronze) and three-time Italian national medalist (1 silver, 2 bronze).
At the junior level, she is the 2019 Italian junior national champion.
Personal life Piredda was born on September 28, 2002.
She currently studies at the University of Verona.
Career Early years Piredda began learning to skate in 2006. She was initially interested in pursuing ice hockey and would ultimately decide to switch to figure skating after being inspired by watching Italian figure skater, Paolo Bacchini, train at her skating rink. Joanna Szczypa would become her coach when she was about five years old.
Making her junior international debut, Piredda won silver at the Cup of Tyrol in February 2017. Continuing in the junior ranks, she took gold at the Dragon Trophy in February 2018 and Egna Trophy in April that same year.
2018–2019 season: Junior Grand Prix and World Championship debut In September, Piredda debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing thirteenth 2018 JGP Canada. She then went on to take gold on the junior level at the 2018 Halloween Cup and silver on the junior level at the 2018 Prague Cup. In December, she won the junior ladies title at the 2019 Italian Championships.
Piredda's senior international debut came in January at the 2019 Toruń Cup. She would then medal at two other senior events, taking bronze at the 2019 Dragon Trophy and the 2019 Cup of Tyrol. She was ultimately selected to represent Italy at the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Japan. Piredea would place twenty-seventh in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate segment of the competition. She followed this event by winning bronze at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy.
Piredda was later invited to compete for Team Italy at the 2019 World Team Trophy. At the event, Piredda would score personal bests in all competition segments, finishing seventh in the women's individual event and Team Italy would place sixth overall.
2019–2020 & 2020–21 seasons: Injury Due to a foot injury that required surgery during the summer off-season, Piredda was only able to resume training in the fall. Her first competitions of the season were at the 2019 CS Ice Star and the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, where she placed seventh and eighteenth, respectively. In December, she competed at the 2020 Italian Championships, where she would win the silver medal.
Shortly following the national championships, Piredda would reinjure her foot due to tissues having not fully healed from her previous surgery. As a result, Piredda was forced to stop training, thus ending her season. She would also miss the entire 2020–21 figure skating season to fully recover from this injury.
2021–2022: Return to competition Piredda made her return to competition in December 2021 at the 2022 Italian Championships, where she captured the bronze medal. She was ultimately selected to compete at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. At that event, Piredda would skate a solid short program, placing fourteenth in that segment and qualifying for the free skate. However, she would be forced to withdraw before the free program due to testing positive for COVID-19.
She would eventually close her season with a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Egna Spring Trophy.
2022–2023 season Piredda started the season by finishing fourth at the 2023 Italian Championships. Selected to compete at the 2023 Winter World University Games, Piredda finished seventh at the event. She subsequently competed at the 2023 Dragon Trophy where she placed fifth before closing her season by winning gold at the 2023 Maria Olszewska Memorial.
2023–2024 season Piredda opened the season by winning gold at the 2023 EduSport Trophy. Going on to compete at the 2024 Italian Championships, Piredda would finish fourth. She subsequently placed seventh at the 2024 Bavarian Open and won bronze at the 2024 Merano Cup.
She would then finish the season by winning gold at the 2024 Maria Olszewska Memorial and the 2024 Triglav Trophy.
2024–2025 season: First Challenger Series medal Piredda began the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fifth at the 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. One month later, she competed at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup, where she won the bronze medal.
In December, Pirreda took the bronze medal at the 2025 Italian Championships. The following month, she competed at the 2025 Winter World University Games in Turin, Italy, where she finished in eighth place. In February, Piredda won gold at the 2025 Dragon Trophy and finished eighth at the 2025 Road to 26 Trophy. She then closed the season by winning bronze at the 2025 Maria Olszewska Memorial.
2025–26 season Pirreda opened her season in October by finishing seventh at the 2025 Diamond Spin.
In March 2026, Pirreda competed at the Coupe du Printemps held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, where she won bronze overall behind Mana Kawabe and Rinka Watanabe.
2026–27 season Pirreda began her season by winning silver at the 2026 Nebelhorn Trophy.
Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2024–2025 Medellín (Offer Nissim Madame X In the Sphinx Mix) The Sea Beyond Requiem Dal Mare O Core Mio Suite Delle Mura Sonata Dell Incontro Per Pianoforte Moon 2023–2024 S.O.S d'un terrien en detresse 2022–2023 Marche slave Djelem Djelem Lule Lule 2021–2022 Wheatfields with Crows The Yellow House Concerto in A Minor 2020–2021 Did not compete in this season 2019–2020 Wheatfields with Crows The Yellow House Concerto in A Minor Pina Rooftop The Here and After Lilies of the Valley All Names 2018–2019 Querer Grande amore 2017–2018 Notre-Dame de Paris 2016–2017 2014–2015 Frida
Competitive highlights
Detailed results Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
Senior level
2024–2025 season Date Event SP FS Total March 4–9, 2025 2025 Maria Olszewska Memorial 4 55.93 3 110.28 3 166.21 February 18–20, 2025 2025 Road to 26 Trophy 9 48.78 7 105.43 8 154.21 February 6–9, 2025 2025 Dragon Trophy 1 57.85 1 123.75 1 181.60 January 16–18, 2025 2025 Winter World University Games 24 40.31 5 114.15 8 154.46 December 19–21, 2024 2025 Italian Championships 4 56.63 3 113.25 3 169.88 November 20–24, 2024 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 7 56.66 4 112.26 3 168.92 October 16–20, 2024 2024 CS Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 3 59.73 7 102.46 5 162.19 2023–2024 season Date Event SP FS Total April 10–14, 2024 2024 Triglav Trophy 1 64.82 1 115.70 1 180.52 March 6–10, 2024 2024 Maria Olszewska Memorial 2 51.96 1 109.17 1 161.13 February 23–25, 2024 2024 Merano Ice Trophy 1 60.46 3 112.20 3 172.66 January 30–February 4, 2023 2024 Bavarian Open 8 46.99 8 95.01 7 142.00 December 22–23, 2023 2024 Italian Championships 3 63.09 3 118.44 4 181.53 December 6–10, 2023 2023 EduSport Trophy 1 61.50 1 111.71 1 173.21 2022–2023 season Date Event SP FS Total March 15–18, 2023 2023 Maria Olszewska Memorial 1 61.15 1 111.46 1 172.61 February 9–12, 2023 2023 Dragon Trophy 9 48.72 5 101.33 5 150.05 January 31–February 5, 2023 2023 Bavarian Open 1 57.16 1 111.80 1 168.96 January 13–15, 2023 2023 Winter World University Games 15 52.09 7 109.36 7 161.45 December 15–18, 2022 2023 Italian Championships 5 46.79 2 110.96 4 157.75 2021–2022 season Date Event SP FS Total April 7–10, 2022 2022 Egna Spring Trophy 4 57.20 4 95.37 4 152.27 January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 14 59.53 - WD - WD December 4–5, 2021 2022 Italian Championships 3 60.51 3 113.16 3 113.16 2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS Total December 12–15, 2019 2020 Italian Championships 3 60.16 2 112.73 2 172.89 November 14–17, 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 23 42.72 17 90.05 18 132.77 October 18–20, 2019 2019 CS Ice Star 6 52.25 7 93.33 7 145.58 2018–2019 season Date Event SP FS Total April 11–14, 2019 2019 World Team Trophy 9 60.33 7 120.22 6T/7P 180.55 March 28–31, 2019 2019 Egna Trophy 3 56.45 4 101.76 3 158.21 March 18–24, 2019 2019 World Championships 27 53.27 – 27 53.27 Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, 2019 2019 Cup of Tyrol 2 56.43 4 102.90 3 159.33 February 7–10, 2019 2019 Dragon Trophy 4 51.63 3 107.47 3 159.10 January 8–13, 2019 2019 Mentor Toruń Cup 1 53.75 1 104.92 1 158.67
Junior level
2018–2019 season Date Event SP FS Total December 13–16, 2018 2019 Italian Junior Championships 1 52.42 1 100.90 1 153.32 November 9–11, 2018 2018 Prague Riedell Ice Cup 1 55.09 2 91.00 1 146.09 October 19–21, 2018 2018 Halloween Cup 2 49.96 4 88.62 2 138.58 September 12–15, 2018 2018 JGP Canada 15 40.11 12 81.66 13 121.77 2017–2018 season Date Event SP FS Total April 4–8, 2018 2018 Egna Trophy 3 48.30 2 96.41 1 144.71 February 8–11, 2018 2018 Dragon Trophy 2 47.12 1 96.35 1 143.47 January 26–31, 2018 2018 Bavarian Open 13 43.00 9 88.20 11 131.20 December 13–16, 2017 2018 Italian Junior Championships 5 50.25 2 98.29 3 148.54 October 26–29, 2017 2017 Golden Bear of Zagreb 8 42.49 8 76.12 8 118.61 November 15–19, 2017 2017 Merano Cup 8 42.24 12 63.47 11 105.71 October 11–15, 2017 2017 Cup of Nice 5 48.04 13 78.41 12 126.45 2016–2017 season Date Event SP FS Total Feb. 28 – Mar. 5, 2017 2017 Cup of Tyrol 6 43.42 2 90.62 2 134.04 December 14–17, 2016 2017 Italian Junior Championships 4 48.17 5 85.27 5 133.44
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