Fabrizia D'Ottavio
Fabrizia D'Ottavio (born 3 February 1985 in Chieti) is an Italian former rhythmic gymnast. She started doing gymnastics when she was five years old. In 2002, she was selected for the national team and the very next year she debuted in an international tournament.
 D'Ottavio at the Youth Olympic Village of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fabrizia D'Ottavio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 February 1985 Chieti, Abruzzo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Emanuela Maccarani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
She was coached by gymnast and world champion Emanuela Maccarani. She won the silver medal in the competition of rhythmic gymnastics group at Athens Olympics in 2004.[1] She won the gold medal of World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Baku (Azerbaijan) in 2005 and silver medal at European Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics of Moscow (Russia) in 2006. In 2008, after Beijing Olympics she announced her retirement from the national team, along with teammate Marinella Falca. In June 2009, Fabrizia was appointed as the mayor of the Village Mediterranean Chieti, for Mediterranean Games.
On 27 September 2004 she was honoured with the title Official Order of Merit of the Italian Republic initiated by the President of the Republic. In 2010 she was appointed as Italy's young ambassador to Singapore for the Inaugural Youth Olympic games.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fabrizia D'Ottavio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
- Fabrizia D'Ottavio at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Fabrizia D'Ottavio at Olympics.com
- Fabrizia D'Ottavio at Olympedia
- Fabrizia D'Ottavio at Gymnastics Italy at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 November 2008) (in Italian)
- Fabrizia D'Ottavio at CONI 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 July 2011) (in Italian)
- Fabrizia D'Ottavio at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
Media related to Fabrizia D'Ottavio at Wikimedia Commons