Carlo Fassi (20 December 1929 – 20 March 1997) was an Italian figure skater and international coach whose students included several World and Olympic champions. As a single skater, he was the 1953 World bronze medalist, a two-time European champion (1953, 1954), and a ten-time Italian national champion (1945–54).
Personal life
Fassi was born in Milan, the son of a builder.
1980 Olympics controversy
After Fassi's death, U.S. skater Linda Fratianne and her coach Frank Carroll alleged that Fassi had conspired to "rob" Fratianne of the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics by masterminding a deal with Eastern-bloc judges to swap votes for his own pupil Robin Cousins in the men's event with those for the East German champion Anett Pötzsch in the ladies' event.—while five other judges also gave their first-place votes to Pötzsch. Benjamin Wright, the American referee of the ladies' event, instead blamed the method of tabulating scores that was in effect at that time for Fratianne's defeat.
Fassi had five students of his own competing in the ladies' event in Lake Placid: Emi Watanabe of Japan, Susanna Driano of Italy, Claudia Kristofics-Binder of Austria, Kristiina Wegelius of Finland, and Karena Richardson of Great Britain.
Results
Men's singles
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | International
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! Event
! 1945
! 1946
! 1947
! 1948
! 1949
! 1950
! 1951
! 1952
! 1953
! 1954
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| align=left | Winter Olympics || || || || 15th || || || || 6th || ||
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| align=left | World Champ. || || || || || 8th || || 6th || 6th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd ||
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| align=left | European Champ. || || || || || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd || bgcolor=silver | 2nd || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=11 align=center | National
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| align=left | Italian Champ. || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|}
Pairs with Barcellona
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | International
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! Event
! 1946
! 1947
! 1948
! 1949
! 1950
! 1951
! 1952
! 1953
! 1954
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| align=left | Winter Olympics || || || 13th || || || || || ||
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| align=left | European Champ. || || || || 9th || || || || ||
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! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=10 align=center | National
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| align=left | Italian Champ. || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st || bgcolor=gold | 1st
|}