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Armed Forces Athlete, Student

Communications - University of Bergamo: Italy

Italian

CS Aeronautica Militare: Italy

Emanuela Maccarani [national], ITA

2014

She took up gymnastics at age eight at the Estense Putinati club in Ferrara, Italy.

Although she began with artistic gymnastics, she was told by a colleague of her father that she was better suited to rhythmic gymnastics and decided to switch disciplines. "I went to an exhibition event and I fell in love with the discipline. I was too slim, flexible and expressive for artistic, so my parents and I decided to try rhythm and it was immediately love at first sight."

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (olympics.com, 15 Sep 2022; federginnastica.it, 22 Jun 2023)

She trains for up to nine hours a day.

Representing Italy at the world championships for the first time in 2014, and competing at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. (olympics.com, 15 Sep 2022)

Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini. (olympics.com, 15 Sep 2022)

"To be ambassadors of such a beautiful, elegant and artful sport gives us a lot of responsibility. At the same time it motivates us, it demands a lot, but we also get back a lot." (olympics.com, 15 Sep 2022)

She was presented with the SmartScoring Shooting Star award at the 2022 European Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel. (europeangymnastics.com, 19 Jun 2022)

BOOK
In July 2022 she released a novel titled 'Vola Come una Farfalla' [Fly Like a Butterfly]. She co-authored the book alongside writer Giovanni Seltralia. (federginnastica.it, 03 Jul 2022)

STUDY
She began studying communications at university with a view to pursuing a career as a sports journalist after retiring from competition. "I will try to reinvent myself, trying to create my future as I did with rhythmic gymnastics. I'm not afraid. After my career as an athlete, who knows, I would like to undertake sports journalism to continue to remain in this world that belongs to me and make my knowledge available." (ilmessaggero.it, 27 Sep 2018; polesine24.it, 27 Dec 2019; donnamoderna.com, 26 Mar 2020; corrieredelveneto.corriere.it, 22 Aug 2021; torinotopnews.it, 02 Jul 2021; tokyo2020.coni.it, 20 May 2021)

CAPTAIN
She has served as captain of the Italian rhythmic gymnastics team, first taking on the role in 2017. "In my sport the role of captain is quite invisible. It's a behind-the-scene job, we need to keep the team together, find a solution or a compromise if there are issues, motivate the other girls and take care of them. Sometimes it's hard to turn my energy into something positive for the team, but I feel I'm very lucky because I'm a captain of a group of girls who have the same goal." (olympics.com, 15 Sep 2022; corriere.it, 01 Nov 2021)