Arianna Fontana

Arianna Fontana
Fontana in Sochi 2014
Personal information
Born (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990
Sondrio, Italy
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportShort track speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 41.521 (2026)
1000 m: 1:26.811 (2022)
1500 m: 2:15.753 (2016)
3000 m: 5:01.187
Medal record
Women's short track speed skating
Representing  Italy
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 6 5
World Championships 1 6 10
World Team Championships 0 0 1
European Championships 25 14 6
Total 29 26 22
Olympic Games
2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
2022 Beijing 500 m
2026 Milano Cortina 2000 m mixed relay
2014 Sochi 500 m
2018 Pyeongchang 3000 m relay
2022 Beijing 1500 m
2022 Beijing 2000 m mixed relay
2026 Milano Cortina 500 m
2026 Milano Cortina 3000 m relay
2006 Turin 3000 m relay
2010 Vancouver 500 m
2014 Sochi 1500 m
2014 Sochi 3000 m relay
2018 Pyeongchang 1000 m
World Championships
2015 Moscow 1500 m
2007 Milan 500 m
2011 Sheffield 500 m
2011 Sheffield 1000 m
2012 Shanghai 500 m
2015 Moscow Overall
2021 Dordrecht 500m
2006 Minneapolis 3000 m relay
2011 Sheffield Overall
2012 Shanghai Overall
2014 Montreal 3000 m relay
2015 Moscow 500 m
2015 Moscow 1000 m
2015 Moscow 3000 m relay
2021 Dordrecht Overall
2021 Dordrecht 3000 m relay
2024 Rotterdam 1000 m
European Championships
2006 Krynica-Zdrój 3000 m relay
2008 Ventspils 1500 m
2008 Ventspils Overall
2009 Turin 500 m
2009 Turin 1000 m
2009 Turin Overall
2010 Dresden 500 m
2010 Dresden 1500 m
2011 Heerenveen 1000 m
2011 Heerenveen 1500 m
2011 Heerenveen Overall
2012 Mlada Boleslav 500 m
2012 Mlada Boleslav 1500 m
2012 Mlada Boleslav Overall
2013 Malmö 500 m
2013 Malmö Overall
2014 Dresden 500 m
2017 Turin 1500 m
2017 Turin Overall
2017 Turin 3000 m relay
2018 Dresden 1000 m
2018 Dresden Overall
2025 Dresden 1000 m
2025 Dresden 3000 m relay
2026 Tilburg 1500 m
2006 Krynica-Zdrój 1000 m
2006 Krynica-Zdrój Overall
2007 Sheffield 3000 m relay
2008 Ventspils 1000 m
2010 Dresden Overall
2012 Mlada Boleslav 3000 m relay
2013 Malmö 1000 m
2013 Malmö 1500 m
2015 Dordrecht 1000 m
2018 Dresden 500 m
2020 Debrecen 1500 m
2020 Debrecen Overall
2020 Debrecen 3000 m relay
2026 Tilburg 3000 m relay
2006 Krynica-Zdrój 1500 m
2007 Sheffield 1500 m
2009 Turin 1500 m
2011 Heerenveen 3000 m relay
2014 Dresden Overall
2020 Debrecen 1000 m
World Junior Championships
2009 Sherbrooke 3000 m relay
2008 Bolzano 2000 m relay
2009 Sherbrooke 500 m
2008 Bolzano 1500 m

Arianna Fontana OMRI (born 14 April 1990) is an Italian short track speed skater and the first woman to win Olympic medals in six straight Winter Olympics. Specializing in the 500 m event, among her fourteen Olympic medals are two gold medals in the 500 m short track, one at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the second one at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, as well as a gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics 2000 m mixed relay in her home country of Italy. She is the short track skater with the most Olympic medals, and the Italian athlete, including both men and women, with the highest number of medals 14, in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and the Italian sportswoman with the highest number of Winter Olympic medals, three more than Stefania Belmondo.