Chiara Olivieri (born 9 September 1979 in

Negrar Negrar di Valpolicella is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italy, Italian region Veneto, about west of Venice and about northwest of Verona. Since 8 February 2019, the official name has been changed to "Negrar di Valp ...

) is an Italian curler from

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. She presently is the alternate for the team skipped by

Diana Gaspari Diana Gaspari (born 6 May 1984 in Innichen (San Candido)) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo. She currently coaches the Italian junior men's team. Gaspari started playing curling in 1996. She plays in fourth position as a skip and is ...

Career

Olivieri has represented Italy at 4

European Curling Championships The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December. The tournament also acts as a qualifier for the Worl ...

and two

World Curling Championships The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and Doubles curling, mixed doubles championships, as ...

. Her first event as a member of the Italian women's team was the

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, when she played lead. The team finished 11th at the event. She was demoted to the team's alternate position for the 2002 and 2003 European Championships and the 2004 World Championships. She did not play for them at the 2004 Olympics, and she left the team that season. Olivieri returned to the Italian national team in 2011, at the second position. She played in the

2011 European Curling Championships The 2011 Le Gruyère European Curling Championships were held in Moscow, Russia from December 2 to 10.2012 Ford World Women's Curling Championship The 2012 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2012 for sponsorship reasons) was held at the Enmax Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta from March 17 to 25. It marked the 12th time that Canada has hoste ...

. During the time she was off the team, Olivieri played in three

European Mixed Curling Championship The European Mixed Curling Championship was a mixed curling tournament held annually in the autumn for European nations. The first tournament was held in 2005. The European Mixed Curling Championship was replaced with a World Mixed Curling Cham ...

s (2006, 2010, 2011). She won a silver medal at the 2006 European Mixed, playing third for Italy, skipped by Valter Bombassei.

Personal life

Olivieri is employed as an office clerk and is married.Make the final
Eye Opener. Retrieved 11 December 2022

References

External links

* 1979 births Living people Italian female curlers Curlers from Cortina d'Ampezzo {{Italy-curling-bio-stub