Francesca Rio (born 16 December 1990) is an Italian former competitive
figure skater
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
. She won ten senior international medals and four
Italian national medals (three silver, one bronze). She represented Italy at five
ISU Championships, reaching the free skate at the
2009 Junior Worlds in
Sofia,
2009 Europeans in
Helsinki,
2010 Junior Worlds in
The Hague, and
2012 Europeans in
Sheffield. She also competed at two Winter Universiades –
2011
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(
Erzurum) and
2013
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(
Trento). An injury having disrupted her intended final competitive season, Rio retired in November 2014.
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Programs
Competitive highlights
''JGP: Junior Grand Prix''
References
External links
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Francesca Rio
at Tracings.net
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1990 births
Living people
Italian female single skaters
Sportspeople from Como
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
21st-century Italian women
21st-century Italian people