Fabrizia D'Ottavio

Fabrizia D'Ottavio

File:Fabri.jpg D'Ottavio at the Youth Olympic Village of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Personal information
Full name	Fabrizia D'Ottavio
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1985-02-03) 3 February 1985 Chieti, Abruzzo
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Rhythmic gymnastics
Coached by	Emanuela Maccarani
Retired	2008
Medal record Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Group all-around World Championships Gold medal – first place 2005 Baku 3 Hoops / 4 Clubs Silver medal – second place 2007 Patras Group All-around Silver medal – second place 2007 Patras 5 Ropes Silver medal – second place 2007 Patras 3 Hoops / 4 Clubs Silver medal – second place 2005 Baku Group All-around Silver medal – second place 2005 Baku 5 Ribbons Bronze medal – third place 2003 Budapest 5 Ribbons Bronze medal – third place 2003 Budapest 3 Hoops / 2 Balls European Championships Gold medal – first place 2008 Torino 5 Ropes Silver medal – second place 2008 Torino 3 Hoops & 4 Clubs Silver medal – second place 2006 Moscow Group all-around Silver medal – second place 2006 Moscow 3 Hoops & 4 Clubs Bronze medal – third place 2008 Torino Group all-around Bronze medal – third place 2006 Moscow 5 Ribbons

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.

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. 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.

External links

• Fabrizia D'Ottavio at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Fabrizia D'Ottavio at Olympics.com
• 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)
• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Fabrizia D'Ottavio at Wikimedia Commons