Dario Cirisano

Dario Cirisano
	Khavronina / Cirisano at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Дарио Чиризано
Full name	Dario Cirisano
Other names	Dario Chirizano
Born	12 June 2001 (age 25); Crotone, Italy
Home town	Odintsovo, Russia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Individual Neutral Athlete ; Russia
Partner	Elizaveta Pasechnik
Coach	Angelika Krylova
Skating club	UOR No. 1 Odintsovo
Began skating	2006
Medal record
Representing Russia
Figure skating: Ice dance
Winter Youth Olympics
Russian Championships

Dario Cirisano (Russian: Дарио Чиризано, born 12 June 2001) is a Russian ice dancer who currently competes as an Individual Neutral Athlete. With partner, Elizaveta Pasechnik, he is the 2026 Russian national bronze medalist.

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, the team parted ways.

In May, it was announced that Cirisano teamed up with Denisa Cimlová from Czech Republic, however, the partnership dissolved shortly afterwards due to the Figure Skating Federation of Russia refusing to release him. In late 2023, he returned to Russia and teamed up with Elizaveta Pasechnik.

2026–27 season

On 30 June 2026, the International Skating Union announced that figure skaters from Russia and Belarus would be allowed to compete at international competitions as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs). Each of these skaters are be required to undergo an individual assessment conducted by the ISU Council to determine whether they meet the criteria for neutral status. The team's applications were approved, making them eligible to compete internationally as neutral athletes.

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		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

Skating as an Individual Neutral Athlete

With Pasechnik

Competition placements at senior level
Season	2026–27
CS Trialeti Trophy	2nd

Skating for Russia

National
Event	24–25	25–26
Russian Champ.	5th	3rd

With Khavronina

International: Junior
Event	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
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

Date	Event	RD	FD	Total
2021–2022 season
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

References

1 2 "Irina KHAVRONINA / Dario CIRISANO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020.
1 2 "Чиризано Дарио". fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019.
↑ "Арина Ушакова - Максим Некрасов -- победители первенства России в Красноярске, Елизавета Шанаева - Девид Нарижный завоевали серебро, Ирина Хавронина - Дарио Чиризано - бронзу" [Arina Ushakova - Maxim Nekrasov - winners of the Russian championship in Krasnoyarsk, Elizaveta Shanaeva - David Narizhny won silver, Irina Khavronina - Dario Chirizano - bronze] (in Russian). FS Russia.ru. 5 February 2021.
↑ "Распалась российская пара чемпионов юношеской ОИ по фигурному катанию" [The Russian pair of champions of the Youth Olympic Games in figure skating broke up] (in Russian). 2023-01-14. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
↑ Denisa Cimlova [@denisacimlova]; (May 7, 2023). "❄️✨🤍" – via Instagram.
↑ "🇷🇺🇨🇿 The Russian federation has currently denied Dario Cirisano release to skate with Denisa Cimlová for the Czech Republic". X. Anything GOEs. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
↑ "Dario Cirisano: "I didn't have a burning desire to leave Russia, nor was I chasing international competitions at the time."". FS Gossips. FS Gossips. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
↑ "Adaptation to ISU Communication 2469 - Readmission of Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs)". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 July 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "Inside The Games • ISU clears 13 additional Russian figure skaters". www.insidethegames.biz. 2026-07-17. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
↑ "Competition Results: Irina KHAVRONINA / Dario CIRISANO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020.

External links

Irina KHAVRONINA / Dario CIRISANO at the International Skating Union

[ISU-1920-1] 1 2 "Irina KHAVRONINA / Dario CIRISANO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020.

[fskate-2] 1 2 "Чиризано Дарио". fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019.

[FSR210205-3] "Арина Ушакова - Максим Некрасов -- победители первенства России в Красноярске, Елизавета Шанаева - Девид Нарижный завоевали серебро, Ирина Хавронина - Дарио Чиризано - бронзу" [Arina Ushakova - Maxim Nekrasov - winners of the Russian championship in Krasnoyarsk, Elizaveta Shanaeva - David Narizhny won silver, Irina Khavronina - Dario Chirizano - bronze] (in Russian). FS Russia.ru. 5 February 2021.

[4] "Распалась российская пара чемпионов юношеской ОИ по фигурному катанию" [The Russian pair of champions of the Youth Olympic Games in figure skating broke up] (in Russian). 2023-01-14. Retrieved 2023-05-10.

[cimlová-cirisano-5] Denisa Cimlova [@denisacimlova]; (May 7, 2023). "❄️✨🤍" – via Instagram.

[6] "🇷🇺🇨🇿 The Russian federation has currently denied Dario Cirisano release to skate with Denisa Cimlová for the Czech Republic". X. Anything GOEs. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

[7] "Dario Cirisano: "I didn't have a burning desire to leave Russia, nor was I chasing international competitions at the time."". FS Gossips. FS Gossips. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

[8] "Adaptation to ISU Communication 2469 - Readmission of Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs)". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 July 2026. Retrieved 5 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[9] "Inside The Games • ISU clears 13 additional Russian figure skaters". www.insidethegames.biz. 2026-07-17. Retrieved 2026-10-03.

[ISU-IKDC-10] "Competition Results: Irina KHAVRONINA / Dario CIRISANO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020.