Listening to music, shopping and going to the cinema. (londra2012.coni.it, 2012)

Athlete, Serves in the Air Force, Student

Linguistics - University of Milan, Italy

English, Italian, Russian

Aeronautica Militare

Emanuela Maccarani [national], ITA (gazzetta.it, 01 Apr 2016)

Gjergj Bodari (gazzetta.it, 01 Apr 2016)

She took up rhythmic gymnastics at age eight. (nove.firenze.it, 06 Mar 2012)

She first took up dance and then one day her mother took her to the local gym, where she was introduced to rhythmic gymnastics. (nove.firenze.it, 06 Mar 2012)

Belarus rhythmic gymnast Liubov Charkashyna. (emanuelamaccarani.it, 2011)

Awards
In 2014 she was named Merit Chevalier of the Italian Republic after winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (iltirreno.gelocal.it, 12 Apr 2014)

She was presented the Golden Necklace, the Italian National Olympic Committee's highest honour for sporting merit in 2012. She received the award from Mario Monti who was Italy's prime minister at the time. (iltirreno.gelocal.it, 25 Apr 2012)

General
SCOLIOSIS
She has a curved back due to scoliosis and needs to use a corset. It was not severe at the beginning, but by the time she was 17 it had gotten worse. "It was not easy to accept the corset, but it allowed me to continue practising my passion. Little by little I realised that I didn't have to feel embarrassed. I suffered but I was able to achieve great things despite the scoliosis. I have always worn the corset. Even at the Olympics when we won bronze!" (ginnasticaritmicaitaliana.it, 15 Oct 2014)

TEAM CAPTAIN
In 2013, after the retirement of Elisa Santoni, she became captain of the Italian rhythmic gymnastics national team who are known as 'Le Farfalle' [The Butterflies] or 'Le Leonesse' [The Lionesses]. (lanazione.it, 02 Apr 2016)

CLUB HISTORY
She developed her gymnastic skills at the Etruria Prato club, where renowned Italian gymnast Yuri Chechi also came from. (dati.federginnastica.it, 01 Sep 2015; sportface.it, 24 Feb 2016)

LANGUAGES SKILLS
"I have a passion for languages and I love to travel. I was fortunate to learn Russian without studying it thanks to a [gymnastics] coach". (sportface.it, 24 Feb 2016; dati.ginnastica.it, 01 Sep 2015)

ARMED FORCES
She serves in the Italian Air Force. She has a rank of Airwoman First Class. (dati.ginnastica.it, 01 Sep 2015)