Silvia STOPAZZINI
Silvia STOPAZZINI, Italian Vaulting athlete.
| Name | Silvia STOPAZZINI |
| FEI ID | 10038448 |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 13/08/1993 |
| Competing for | Italy - ITA |
| Registration | Vaulting 2018 |
| Last update | 13/08/2019 |
FEI Database
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silviastopazzini.jimdo.com/ |
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www.facebook.com/silvia.stopazzini |
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instagram.com/silviaussi |
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| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up vaulting at age nine. |
| Why this sport? | She followed her sister Sara into the sport. "I practised swimming and triathlon. At one point, I got tired and I decided to follow in the footsteps of my sister who had started equestrian vaulting about a year and a half earlier. I really liked the artistic gymnastics, which is the basis of this sport and I took courage, overcoming the fear towards horses which I had at the beginning." |
| Name of coach | Daniele Dall'Ora [national]; Laura Carnabuci [personal] |
| General Interest | |
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| Hobbies | Baking. (gazzettadimodena.gelocal.it, 25 Sep 2017) |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Claiming gold at the 2018 World Equestrian Games [WEG] in Tryon, NC, United States of America. (ridersadvisor.com, 21 Sep 2018) |
| Most influential person in career | Her family, and Italian vaulting rider Lorenzo Lupacchini. (gazzettadimodena.gelocal.it, 25 Sep 2017; fei.org, 21 Sep 2018) |
| Injuries | She suffered a knee injury after sustaining a fall while competing at the 2018 World Cup event in Salzburg, Austria. (fei.org, 09 Dec 2018) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Never give up, open your wings and go." (Facebook profile, 25 Jan 2018) |
| Famous relatives | Her sister Sara has worked as a journalist for Italian equestrian TV channel ClassHorseTV. (gazzettadimodena.gelocal.it, 25 Sep 2017) |
| Other information | NATIONAL FIRST She and Lorenzo Lupacchini became the first Italian riders to win gold in any discipline at the World Equestrian Games [WEG] when they claimed victory in the Pas-de-deux event at the 2018 edition in Tryon, NC, United States of America. (blog.vaultingworld.com, 21 Sep 2018) |
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| Residence | Campogalliano, ITA |
| Occupation | Athlete |
| Languages | English, Italian |
