Francesca Lollobrigida

Francesca Lollobrigida, born in Frascati on 7 February 1991, is an Italian speed skater and a four-time Olympian. She first competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she placed 23rd in the 3000 metres, and at the 2022 Winter Olympics she won two medals, a silver and a bronze. At the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games she won the 3000 metres on her 35th birthday, becoming the first Italian woman to win the Olympic gold medal at that distance and setting an Olympic record, and she then won the gold medal in the 5000 metres as well. She holds the Italian records in the 3000 and 5000 metres and has won nine world championships in inline speed skating. Her great aunt was the actress Gina Lollobrigida, her father was a rollerskating champion and swim coach, and her cousin Francesco Lollobrigida is the Italian Minister of Agriculture.