Arianna Fontana

Arianna Fontana

Personal information
Born	(1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 Sondrio
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 43.429 1000 m: 1:30.396 1500 m: 2:19.467 3000 m: 5:01.187
Medal record Women’s short track speed skating Representing Italy Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 500 m 2006 Turin 3000 m relay 2010 Vancouver 500 m 2014 Sochi 1500 m 2014 Sochi 3000 m relay World Championships 2015 Moscow 1500 m 2007 Milan 500 m 2011 Sheffield 500 m 2011 Sheffield 1000 m 2012 Shanghai 500 m 2012 Shanghai 3000 m 2015 Moscow Overall 2006 Minneapolis 3000 m relay 2011 Sheffield Overall 2012 Shanghai Overall 2014 Montreal 3000 m relay 2015 Moscow 500 m 2015 Moscow 1000 m 2015 Moscow 3000 m relay

Arianna Fontana (born 14 April 1990) is an Italian short track speed skater, who won bronze in the 3000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She placed 11th in the 500m and 6th in the 1000m. Arianna specializes in the 500m event.

Biography

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won a bronze medal in the 500 metre event, was eliminated in the semifinals of the 1500 metre event, and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 1000 metre event.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was upgraded from a bronze to a silver medal in the 500m event after colliding with British skater Elise Christie. Christie was disqualified after causing a crash in the final. She won a bronze medal in the 1500m event and in the Team-event.

External links

• Arianna Fontana at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Media related to Arianna Fontana at Wikimedia Commons