Arianna Fontana

Arianna Fontana
Fontana in Sochi 2014
Personal information
Born (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 (age 34)
Sondrio, Italy
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryItaly
SportShort track speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 42.033 (2021)
1000 m: 1:26.811 (2022)
1500 m: 2:15.753 (2016)
3000 m: 5:01.187
Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 4 5
World Championships 1 6 10
World Team Championships 0 0 1
European Championships 22 13 6
Total 25 23 22
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang 3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing 2000 m mixed relay
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Moscow 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Milan 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sheffield 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Sheffield 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 Shanghai 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Moscow Overall
Silver medal – second place 2021 Dordrecht 500m
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Minneapolis 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Sheffield Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Shanghai Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Montreal 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dordrecht Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Dordrecht 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rotterdam 1000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Krynica-Zdrój 3000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2008 Ventspils 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2008 Ventspils Overall
Gold medal – first place 2009 Turin 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Turin 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2009 Turin Overall
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dresden 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Dresden 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Heerenveen 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Heerenveen 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Heerenveen Overall
Gold medal – first place 2012 Mlada Boleslav 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Mlada Boleslav 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2012 Mlada Boleslav Overall
Gold medal – first place 2013 Malmö 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Malmö Overall
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dresden 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Turin 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2017 Turin Overall
Gold medal – first place 2017 Turin 3000 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dresden 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Dresden Overall
Silver medal – second place 2006 Krynica-Zdrój 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2006 Krynica-Zdrój Overall
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sheffield 3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2008 Ventspils 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Dresden Overall
Silver medal – second place 2012 Mlada Boleslav 3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2013 Malmö 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Malmö 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Dordrecht 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Dresden 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2020 Debrecen 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2020 Debrecen Overall
Silver medal – second place 2020 Debrecen 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Krynica-Zdrój 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Sheffield 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Turin 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Heerenveen 3000 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Dresden Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Debrecen 1000 m
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Sherbrooke 3000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2008 Bolzano 2000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Sherbrooke 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Bolzano 1500 m

Arianna Fontana OMRI (born 14 April 1990) is an Italian short track speed skater, who has won eleven Olympic medals among these two gold medals in the 500m short track, one at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the second one at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Her medal haul following the 2022 Games made her the short track skater with the most Olympic medals.[2] It also made her the Italian sportswoman with the highest number of Winter Olympic medals, one more than Stefania Belmondo.[3] She specializes in the 500 m event.[4]

  1. ^ "Profile. Arianna Fontana". eurosport.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ "How Arianna Fontana quietly skated into short track history". NBC Sports. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  3. ^ Dolfin, Alberto (24 February 2018). "Arianna Fontana, la buonanotte con le medaglie e i dubbi sul futuro" [Arianna Fontana, goodnight with medals and doubts about the future 2019]. La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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