Noemi Tali

Noemi Tali
Full name	Noemi Maria Tali
Born	(2005-03-22) 22 March 2005 (age 19) Milan, Italy
Hometown	Milan
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Italy
Discipline	Ice dance
Partner	Noah Lafornara (since 2023) Stefano Frasca
Coach	Valter Rizzo Brunhilde Bianchi Denis Petukhov Melissa Gregory
Skating club	Icelab Bergamo
Began skating	2010
Medal record
Junior Grand Prix Final 2024–25 Grenoble Ice dance

Noemi Maria Tali (born 22 March 2005) is an Italian ice dancer. With her current skating partner, Noah Lafornara, she is the 2024 JGP Latvia champion, the 2024 JGP Thailand champion, and the 2024 Italian junior national champion.

Tali was born on 22 March 2005 in Milan, Italy. Her younger sister, Miriam, competes for Italy in women's singles.^[1]

Tali began learning how to skate as a child by attending public rink sessions for fun with her family. She also pursued classical dance and skiing before deciding to take up figure skating more seriously. Tali trained solely as a single skater until age 10, when her choreographer suggested she try ice dance, paired with her first skating partner, Stefano Frasca. She continued to practice both single skating and ice dance until she was 12, at which point she switched her focus completely to dance.^[2]

Tali/Frasca made the decision to end their eight-year partnership shortly after finishing in seventeenth place at the 2023 Junior Worlds. Two weeks later, Tali was offered a tryout with American ice dancer Noah Lafornara in New York. Tali and Lafornara agreed to team up for Italy in March 2023 after just two days of skating together, and made the decision to split their training between Tali's coaches, Valter Rizzo and Brunhilde Bianchi in Milan during the competitive season, and Lafornara's coaches, Denis Petukhov and Melissa Gregory in Connecticut during the off-season.^[2]

Tali/Lafornara made their international junior debut in October 2023 at the 2023 JGP Armenia. There they won the bronze medal, finishing behind Israeli skaters Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov and U.S. sibling team Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal. While the team did not receive a second JGP assignment, their success continued with podium placements at three international junior B events over the course of October and November. At the 2024 Italian Figure Skating Championships in December, Tali/Lafornara took the junior dance title handily over Beatrice Ventura / Stefano Frasca and Vittoria Petracchi / Daniel Basile.

Due to their success at the national championships, Tali/Lafornara were assigned to compete at the 2024 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in February 2024. At Junior Worlds, the team placed fourth in the rhythm dance, but fell to ninth in the free dance to finish seventh overall.

Tali/Lafornara opened their second season together with a win at the 2024 JGP Latvia over U.S. siblings Caroline Mullen / Brendan Mullen and 2024 Junior World bronze medalists Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy. At their second JGP assignment, the 2024 JGP Thailand, Tali/Lafornara again took the title, this time ahead of two American teams, Hana Maria Aboian / Daniil Veselukhin and Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal. With their two wins in hand, Tali/Lafornara became the first ice dance team to qualify to the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final.

• Noemi Maria TALI / Noah LAFORNARA at the International Skating Union
• Noemi Maria TALI / Stefano FRASCA at the International Skating Union