Anna Pezzetta

Anna Pezzetta (born 6 March 2007) is an Italian figure skater. She is the 2022 CS Ice Challenge champion, the 2022 Italian national silver medalist, and a two-time Italian national bronze medalist (2023–24).

On the junior level, Pezzetta is the 2021 Italian junior national champion and placed 13th at the 2022 World Junior Championships.

Personal life
Pezzetta was born on 6 March 2007 in Bolzano, Italy.

Early career
Pezzetta began figure skating in 2012. Her accomplishments as a novice skater include a gold medal at the 2019 Egna Spring Trophy and at the 2019 Eiscup Innsbruck.

2020–21 season
Pezzetta made her debut at the 2021 Italian Junior Championships, winning the gold medal. She would then go on to win a silver medal at the 2021 Egna Spring Trophy as a junior.

2021–22 season
Pezzetta began her season by winning a silver medal at the 2021 NRW Trophy. Debuting as a senior skater at the 2022 Italian Championships, Pezzetta won the silver medal behind Lara Naki Gutmann. She would then go on to win silver at the 2022 Bavarian Open, gold at the 2022 Merano Cup, bronze at the 2022 International Challenge Cup, and gold at the 2022 Egna Spring Trophy.

Competing at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Pezzetta placed twenty-fourth in the short program, qualifying for the free skate segment. She then went on to perform a solid free skate, placing ninth in that segment of the competition and moving up to thirteenth-place overall.

2022–23 season
Pezzetta began her season as a senior at the 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy, finishing twelfth. Debuting on the Junior Grand Prix series, Pezzetta placed fourteenth at the 2022 JGP Poland I and thirteenth at the 2022 JGP Italy. She then went on to win the gold medal at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge.

At the 2023 Italian Championships, Pezzetta won the bronze medal behind Lara Naki Gutmann and Ginevra Negrello. She then participated at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival, where she won the silver medal behind Iida Karhunen of Finland.

At the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Pezzetta placed twenty-seventh in the short program after stepping out of a planned triple lutz and popping a planned triple loop into a single. As a result of this placement, Pezzetta failed to qualify for the free skate segment of the competition. Pezzetta then joined Team Italy at the 2023 World Team Trophy, where she was ninth in the short program and eleventh in the free skate. Team Italy finished fourth overall.

2023–24 season
Pezzetta made one appearance on the Junior Grand Prix, coming eleventh at the 2023 JGP Hungary, before a sixth-place at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.

Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix.