Silvia Fontana (born December 3, 1976) is a former
figure skater who represented
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
twice at the Winter Olympics.
Career
Fontana began skating at age four.
[ She began representing Italy in international competition in the 1993-94 season. During her career, she won five national titles and finished as high as 7th at the European Championships and 8th at Worlds. She finished 10th at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Following the 2002, Fontana left competitive skating. She made a comeback in the 2005-06 season, hoping to skate at the Olympics in her home country of Italy.][ Her 2nd-place finish at the Italian Nationals qualified her for Italy's Olympic team. She placed 22nd in her final competitive event.
Following the Olympics, Fontana performed in ice shows around the world, as well as a skating competition on Italian TV.][ She coaches at Florida Hospital Center Ice in Wesley Chapel Florida with John Zimmerman.][ Their students include Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier.][ and currently ]Vanessa James
Vanessa James (born 27 September 1987) is a Canadian retired pair skater. Representing France with her former skating partner, Morgan Ciprès, she is the 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World bronze medallist, the 2017 European bronze meda ...
/ Morgan Ciprès
Morgan Ciprès (born 24 April 1991) is a French former competitive pair skater. With partner Vanessa James, from the United States, he is the 2019 European Champion, the 2018 World bronze medalist, the 2017 European bronze medalist, the 2018 G ...
.
SafeSport investigation
In December 2019, Fontana and Zimmerman, were named and accused in a United States Center for SafeSport
The United States Center for SafeSport is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2017 under the auspices of the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017. SafeSport is tasked with ad ...
investigation of covering up alleged sexual abuse committed by Ciprès via intimidation tactics.
Personal life
Fontana was born on Staten Island, New York, raised in Rome
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, and trained during her career in Hackensack, New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
.[
Fontana married American pair skater John Zimmerman on August 28, 2003.][ The two coach together, and have served as ambassadors for Right to Play.][ The couple also have a line of sportswear, Karisma, which Fontana founded in 2009.][ They have representatives selling the clothing line in the United States, especially in the Midwest. Their daughter, Sofia Zimmerman, was born on April 2, 2012, at Northwest Medical Center in ]Coconut Creek, Florida
Coconut Creek is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. Situated north of Miami, it had a population of 57,833 in 2020. It is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city seceded from ...
.[ Their second daughter, Eva Zimmerman, was born on June 2, 2013, followed by their son Jack Zimmerman born in September 2016.]
Programs
Results
References
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1976 births
Living people
Olympic figure skaters of Italy
Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Italian female single skaters
Universiade medalists in figure skating
Sportspeople from Staten Island
Sportspeople from Hackensack, New Jersey
American sportswomen
Universiade bronze medalists for Italy
Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade
21st-century American women