After having won Olympic bronze in the 5000 meter relay in Torino in 2006 at age 15; bronze in the 500 meter event in Vancouver in 2010; silver in the 500 meter event, bronze in the 1500 meter event, and bronze in the Team event in Sochi in 2014; the 27 year old, 121 pound dynamo from Sondrio seems poised to finally win gold in PyeongChang. Arianna was Italy's flagbearer for Friday evenings' opening ceremony.
Arianna Fontana (NBC Olympics)
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Other Lombard Winter Olympians
The majority of current Winter Olympians representing Italy are from the South Tyrol, but with Lombardy well represented.
Maicol Rastelli (cross country skiier; Valtellina)
Yuri Confortola (4th Winter Olympics; short track speed skater; Valtellina)
Lucia Peretti (short track speed skater; Valtellina)
Martina Valcepina (short track speed skater; Valtellina)
Nicole Della Monica (pair skater; Bergamo)
Valentina Marchei (Marchigian/Lombard; figure skater; Milan)
Anna Cappellini (ice dancer; Como)
Luca Lanotte (ice dancer; Milan)
Marco Fabbri (ice dancer; Milan)
Tommaso Dotti (short track speed skater; Milan)
Michela Moioli (snowboarder; Bergamo)
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Nick Baumgartner - Yooper snowboarder in his 3rd Winter games
He's won gold in world championships and winter X Games, but not yet in the Olympics. Iron River is very close to Ironwood (Iron County).
Upper Michigan competitor's hopes for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang
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