Arianna Fontana

Arianna Fontana

Personal information
Born	(1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 Sondrio
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 43.429 1000 m: 1:30.396 1500 m: 2:19.467 3000 m: 5:01.187
Medal record Women’s short track speed skating Representing  Italy Olympic Games 2014 Sochi 500 m 2006 Turin 3000 m relay 2010 Vancouver 500 m 2014 Sochi 1500 m 2014 Sochi 3000 m relay World Championships 2015 Moscow 1500 m 2007 Milan 500 m 2011 Sheffield 500 m 2011 Sheffield 1000 m 2012 Shanghai 500 m 2012 Shanghai 3000 m 2015 Moscow Overall 2006 Minneapolis 3000 m relay 2011 Sheffield Overall 2012 Shanghai Overall 2014 Montreal 3000 m relay 2015 Moscow 500 m 2015 Moscow 1000 m 2015 Moscow 3000 m relay

Arianna Fontana (born 14 April 1990) is an Italian short track speed skater, who won bronze in the 3000m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She placed 11th in the 500m and 6th in the 1000m. Arianna specializes in the 500m event.

Biography

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she won a bronze medal in the 500 metre event, was eliminated in the semifinals of the 1500 metre event, and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 1000 metre event.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, she was upgraded from a bronze to a silver medal in the 500m event after colliding with British skater Elise Christie. Christie was disqualified after causing a crash in the final. She won a bronze medal in the 1500m event and in the Team-event.

External links

• Arianna Fontana at Sports Reference
• Media related to Arianna Fontana at Wikimedia Commons

ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup
Men's Overall Champions	1997–98: Li Jiajun 1998–99: Li Jiajun 1999–2000: Kim Dong-sung 2000–01: Apolo Ohno 2001–02: Kim Dong-sung 2002–03: Apolo Ohno 2003–04: Ahn Hyun-soo 2004–05: Apolo Ohno 2005–06: Ahn Hyun-soo 2006–07: Tyson Heung 2007–08: Lee Ho-suk 2008–09: Sung Si-bak 2009–10: Lee Jung-su 2010–11: Thibaut Fauconnet 2011–12: Noh Jin-kyu 2012–13: Noh Jin-kyu 2013–14: Charles Hamelin 2014–15: Sin Da-woon 2015–16: Kwak Yoon-Gy
Women's Overall Champions	1997-98: Chun Lee-kyung 1998–99: Yang Yang (A) 1999–2000: Yang Yang (A) 2000–01: Yang Yang (A) 2001–02: Yang Yang (A) 2002–03: Tyan Yu Fu 2003–04: Choi Eun-kyung 2004–05: Wang Meng 2005–06: Jin Sun-yu 2006–07: Byun Chun-sa 2007–08: Jin Sun-yu 2008–09: Wang Meng 2009–10: Wang Meng 2010–11: Katherine Reutter 2011–12: Arianna Fontana 2012–13: Shim Suk-hee 2013–14: Shim Suk-hee 2014–15: Shim Suk-hee 2015–16: Choi Min-jeong
Seasons	1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
See also: ISU World Speed Skating Championships