Sunday, February 11, 2018

Arianna Fontana - Valtellinese short track speed skater ready for Olympic gold


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 (Wikipedia)

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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