Carlo Fassi biography
Carlo Fassi, (born December 20, 1929, Milan, Italy—died March 20, 1997, Lausanne, Switzerland), Italian-born figure-skating coach who guided 4 particular person skaters to gold medals within the Winter Olympics.
Fassi was the Italian singles champion from 1943 to 1954, received a bronze medal on the world championship in 1953, and clinched gold medals on the European championship in 1953 and 1954. He additionally competed within the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, ending sixth. In 1961, following a airplane crash through which many American skaters and coaches had been killed, Fassi was invited to the United States to assist rebuild the skating program. His pupil Peggy Fleming received a gold medal on the 1968 Olympics in Grenoble, France, and Fassi’s teaching success continued with Dorothy Hamill and Britain’s John Curry, each of whom received gold medals on the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria. Fassi went on to nurture Robin Cousins to a gold medal on the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, and to educate athletes who received a complete of 4 world championships and nationwide titles in 15 international locations.
Fassi partnered together with his spouse, Christa, for many of his teaching profession; they had been well-known for his or her means to develop the character of their skaters in addition to their bodily means. The final world champion Fassi coached was American Jill Trenary, who received her gold medal in 1990. Fassi was with two of his skaters, American Nicole Bobek and Romanian Cornel Gheorge, on the 1997 World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, when he had a deadly coronary heart assault. He coauthored (with Gregory Smith) Figure Skating with Carlo Fassi (1980).