Jari Kessler

Jari Kessler (born 29 November 1996) is a retired Croatian and Italian figure skater. For Croatia, he is a five-time Croatian national champion (2020, 2023–26) and has won medals at 14 international competitions, including gold at the 2020 NRW Trophy, 2023 Bellu Memorial, and 2025 Tayside Trophy.

He represented Italy until spring 2019, winning three senior international medals.

Personal life Kessler was born in Cles, Italy.

2020–21 season: International debut for Croatia Coached by Lorenzo Magri, Angelina Turenko, Alisa Mikonsaari, and Eva Martinek, Kessler made his international debut for Croatia at the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, where he placed seventh. In November, he would win gold at the NRW Trophy in Germany. He subsequently finished the season with a twelfth-place finish at the 2021 International Challenge Cup.

Going on to compete at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Kessler qualified for the free skate segment after finishing nineteenth in the short program. He would also finish nineteenth in the free skate and nineteenth overall. Clair de Lune To Build a Home 2024–2025