Nickname
Rizz (Facebook profile, 30 Nov 2018)
Hobbies
Listening to music, reading, spending time with friends. (rio2016.coni.it, 2016)
Occupation
Athlete, Student
Spoken languages
English, Italian
Club
CS Esercito [ITA] / Brixia Brescia [ITA]:
Coach
Marco Campodonico [Brixia]; Monica Bergamelli [Brixia]; Laura Rizzoli [Brixia]; Enrico Casella [Brixia, national]
Injuries
She was out of action for the whole of 2017 with injury, which included a problem with her back. She returned to competition in July 2018. (ciaocomo.it, 01 Dec 2018; ginnasticando.it, 02 Jul 2018)
She required surgery after breaking two bones in her right foot and dislocating a finger in 2015. (ciaocomo.it, 01 Dec 2018; oasport.it, 06 Oct 2015)
Start sporting career
She took up the sport at age four.
Reason for taking up the sport
"I started because I was jumping everywhere and my parents decided to take me to the gym."
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ciaocomo.it, 01 Dec 2018)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Competing in the team event at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Sportface news YouTube channel, 09 Apr 2017)
Hero / Idol
US gymnast Shawn Johnson. (brixiagym.it, 01 Jan 2012)
Last update : 2024-07-22