Women
ITA
Francesca Bettrone
ITA- Date of birth05 Aug 1991
- Height164 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownVenice
- Place of birthVenice
- Start skating / Club She began speed skating in about 2010 or 2011 in Baselga di Pine, Italy. Group Cosmo Noale Ice: Venice, ITA
- HobbiesReading, painting. (pyeongchang2018.coni.it, 26 Feb 2017)
- LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, Spanish
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"Do your best." (Athlete, 18 Nov 2018)
Her family, and roller speed skating coach Ennio Mumeni. (Athlete, 18 Nov 2018)
She has experienced problems with a back injury during her career. The injury caused her to miss out on a place at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (sportface.it, 12 Jan 2018; nuovavenezia.gelocal.it, 28 Dec 2017; Athlete, 09 Nov 2017)
To work with animals after she has retired from competitive sport. (sportface.it, 12 Jan 2018)
Winning silver in the mass start at the 2018 European Single Distances Championships in Kolomna, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 18 Nov 2018)
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied modern languages at the University of Trento in Italy. (pyeongchang2018.coni.it, 26 Feb 2017)
She has studied modern languages at the University of Trento in Italy. (pyeongchang2018.coni.it, 26 Feb 2017)
She switched from inline skating because she wanted to compete at the Olympic Winter Games. "Since I made the switch from roller speed skating to the ice in 2010, I have dreamt of competing at the Olympic Winter Games."
