# Dario Cirisano

Dario Cirisano (Russian: Дарио Чиризано, born 12 June 2001) is an Italian-Born Russian ice dancer. With his former skating partner, Irina Khavronina, he is the 2020 Youth Olympic champion and 2022 Russian junior champion.

## Personal life

Cirisano was born on 12 June 2001 in Crotone, Italy, but moved to St. Petersburg in 2006. His father, Benito, is Italian, and he has an older sister, Valeria.

## Career
### Early years

Cirisano began learning to skate as a five-year-old in 2006. He began competing in ice dance during the 2016–17 season, skating with Marina Tikhonova. Their partnership lasted two seasons.
In 2018, Cirisano teamed up with Irina Khavronina. The two finished 11th at the 2019 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships.

### 2019–20 season: Junior international debut

Khavronina/Cirisano made their international debut in January at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. They ranked first in both segments and outscored fellow Russians Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy by 5.48 points to take the gold medal.

### 2020–21 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the international junior season was cancelled, and Khavronina/Cirisano competed exclusively domestically. They won the bronze medal at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships.

### 2021–22 season

With the resumption of international junior competition, Khavronina/Cirisano received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment to the 2021 JGP Russia in September. The team scored a new personal best to win the rhythm dance and ultimately took the gold medal overall, despite falling slightly behind compatriots Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin in the free dance.
At their next assignment, 2021 JGP Poland, Khavronina/Cirisano again upgraded their personal best in the rhythm dance, scoring 68.05 points to win the segment.

### 2022–23 season

In autumn, Khavronina/Cirisano participated at two stages of Russian Grand prix, in Sochi, finished 3rd, and Moscow finished 2nd. In result, they qualified for 2023 Russian national. At the national championship they took 5th place after the short program, but withdrew from the free program due to Irina's illness.
In January 2023, their pair dissolved.
In May, it was announced that Cirisano teamed up with Denisa Cimlová from Czech Republic.

## Programs
### With Khavronina

| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
| 2022-2023 | Dite ca vous dirait avec moi by Claude Confortès La La La by Shakira and Carlinhos Brown | Cold Song by Klaus Nomi Winter (from The Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi |
| 2021–2022 | OTR by Moka Efti Orchestra Praezision (from Babylon Berlin) by Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer | La cumparsita performed by Klazz Brothers and Cuba Percussion Movimiento continuo by Soledad Por una cabeza performed by Anna Dereszowska and Machina Del Tango Adrenalina by Electrocutango |
| 2020–2021 | Foxtrot: Give Me This Night by Andrey Birin, Valery Syutkin Swing: Boogie Woogie (from Stilyagi) choreo. by Natalia Yanovskaya | Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Canadian Brass Toccata - En Ré Mineur performed by Pierre-Yves Plat |
| 2019–2020 | Foxtrot: Give Me This Night by Andrey Birin, Valery Syutkin Swing: Boogie Woogie (from Stilyagi) choreo. by Natalia Yanovskaya | La strada Suite by Marzio Conti, Nino Rota |
| 2018–2019 | Assassin's Tango (from Mr. & Mrs. Smith) by John Powell | Xotica |

## Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

### With Pasechnik

National :
| Event | 24-25 |
| Russian Champ. | 5th |

### With Khavronina

International: Junior :
| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| Youth Olympics | | 1st | | |
| JGP Poland | | | | 1st |
| JGP Russia | | | | 1st |
| Halloween Cup | 2nd | | | |
| Ice Mall Cup | 2nd | | | |
| NRW Trophy | 3rd | | | |
| Santa Claus Cup | | 1st | | |
| National ||||||
| Russian Jr. Champ. | 11th | WD | 3rd | 1st |
| Russian Cup Final | 1st J | | | |
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew ||||||

## Detailed results
### With Khavronina
#### Junior results

2021–2022 season :
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| 18–22 January 2022 | 2022 Russian Junior Championships | 3 71.46 | TBD | TBD |
| 29 September – 2 October 2021 | 2021 JGP Poland | 1 68.05 | 1 100.91 | 1 168.96 |
| 15–18 September 2021 | 2021 JGP Russia | 1 66.52 | 2 100.79 | 1 167.31 |
| 2020–2021 season |||||
| 1–5 February 2021 | 2021 Russian Junior Championships | 2 74.08 | 3 107.52 | 3 181.60 |
| 2019–2020 season |||||
| 10–15 January 2020 | 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | 1 63.52 | 1 101.11 | 1 164.63 |
| 2–8 December 2019 | 2019 Santa Claus Cup | 2 64.38 | 1 95.80 | 1 160.18 |