Women
ITA
Francesca LOLLOBRIGIDA
ITA- Date of birth07 Feb 1991
- Height1680 CM
- ProfessionArmed Forces Athlete
- Home townRome
- Place of birthRome
- Start skating / Club She first tried skating at 14 months old. She took up speed skating in 2008 in Baselga di Pine, Italy. / CS Aeronautica Militare: Italy
- HobbiesCycling. (vanityfair.it, 03 Apr 2022)
- languagesEnglish, Italian
- other nameLollo (Athlete, 09 Dec 2019; livegreen.bio, 14 Jun 2021)
- famliyHusband Matteo Angeletti, son Tomasso [2023]
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
She was flag bearer for Italy at the 2017 World Roller Games in Nanjing, People's Republic of China. (fisr.it, 18 Jul 2017)
"Go hard, never give up." (Athlete, 09 Nov 2017)
US speed skater Chad Hedrick. (Athlete, 04 Dec 2015)
She became the first female speed skater representing Italy to win a medal at the European allround championships by winning a bronze medal in the small combination at the 2019 edition of the tournament in Collalbo, Italy. (SportsDeskOnline, 12 Dec 2019; sportfair.it, 12 Jan 2019)
Her father. (Athlete, 09 Dec 2019)
She underwent three operations on her shoulder between 2011 and 2012 after crashing while training at the 2011 World Inline Championships in Yeosu, Republic of Korea. (isu.org, 07 Jan 2019; Athlete, 04 Dec 2015)
She missed about three years of competition between 2008 and 2011 because of glandular fever. (isu.org, 07 Jan 2019)
She missed about three years of competition between 2008 and 2011 because of glandular fever. (isu.org, 07 Jan 2019)
To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (luce.lanazione.it, 08 Jan 2024)
Her performances during the 2021/22 season, in which she won two medals at the Olympic Winter Games and secured multiple podium finishes at World Cup events. (vanityfair.it, 03 Apr 2022)
BREAK AND RETURN
She took a break from the sport and missed the entire 2022/23 season in order to start a family. She gave birth to her son Tomasso in May 2023 and returned to competition in September 2023 at an event in Inzell, Germany. "After the [2022] Beijing Olympics, I had two options in front of me: becoming a mother or participating in the Olympics [2026 Milan-Cortina] at home. I didn't want to give up either of them." (Instagram profile, 07 Jan 2023; speedskatingresults.com, 01 Oct 2023; fisg.it, 29 Sep 2023)
OTHER ROLES
She has served as an athlete representative of the Italian Roller Sports Federation [FISR]. (worldskate.org, 16 Nov 2020)
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a degree in motor sciences at San Raffaele University of Rome in Italy. (Instagram profile, 02 Nov 2022; Facebook profile, 28 Oct 2021; livegreen.bio, 14 Jun 2021)
She took a break from the sport and missed the entire 2022/23 season in order to start a family. She gave birth to her son Tomasso in May 2023 and returned to competition in September 2023 at an event in Inzell, Germany. "After the [2022] Beijing Olympics, I had two options in front of me: becoming a mother or participating in the Olympics [2026 Milan-Cortina] at home. I didn't want to give up either of them." (Instagram profile, 07 Jan 2023; speedskatingresults.com, 01 Oct 2023; fisg.it, 29 Sep 2023)
OTHER ROLES
She has served as an athlete representative of the Italian Roller Sports Federation [FISR]. (worldskate.org, 16 Nov 2020)
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a degree in motor sciences at San Raffaele University of Rome in Italy. (Instagram profile, 02 Nov 2022; Facebook profile, 28 Oct 2021; livegreen.bio, 14 Jun 2021)
She has competed in roller speed skating internationally, and won 13 gold medals at the world championships between 2012 and 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Jan 2021)
"I used to go out roller speed skating behind cars on the streets in Rome, Italy, with my father, at specific times with little traffic. After the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, my father encouraged me to take up speed skating."
Maurizio Marchetto [national], ITA; Matteo Anesi [national], ITA