FRANCESCA LOLLOBRIGIDA
Category
“Social values of Sport”
Sport
ICE SKATING (SPEED)
She won her first major medal, a bronze at the Winter Universiade in Trentino. One year later, the crowning moment on the ice with victory in the World Cup mass start. Her first love was roller skating in which she amassed an impressive haul of 16 world titles.
At the European Championships in Kolomna, in Russia, she won gold in the mass start. A few months prior, she had notched up her second victory in the World Cup mass start in Salt Lake City (USA).
Her most successful year. After a third victory in the World Cup, she headed off to the Olympics in Beijing where she won a silver medal in the 3000 metres and a bronze in the mass start.
Just seven months after the birth of her first child, she has returned to the podium with a third place at the European speed skating championships in Heerenveen (Netherlands).