Francesca Lollobrigida

Francesca Lollobrigida (born in Frascati on 7 February 1991) is an Italian speed skater. On her 35th birthday, in the 3000 metres speed skating event at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Games, she became the first Italian woman to win the Olympic gold medal at that distance, setting a new Olympic record in the process. She subsequently won the gold medal in the 5000 meters speed skating event.

Career Lollobrigida is a four-time Olympian, having first competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where she placed 23rd in the 3000 meters. She is the current holder of the Italian records in 3000 and 5000 metres. She also won two medals, silver and bronze, in speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She has also won two gold medals in the 3000 and 5000 metre events at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics. She set an Olympic record in the 3000 metre event, which occurred on her 35th birthday.

Lollobrigida has won 9 world championships in inline speed skating.

Personal life Actress Gina Lollobrigida was her great aunt, and the two did meet.

Her father was a rollerskating champion and swim coach; her mother was a physical education teacher.

The lawyer and politician, and current Minister of Agriculture of Italy, Francesco Lollobrigida, is her cousin.

In May 2023, she gave birth to her son Tommaso. Although Tommaso skated before his first birthday, at age two he began to associate skates with his mother's absence, so he refused to skate at times.