Fabio Francolini
Italy
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSITA11208198601 | |
| NOC | Italy | |
| Born | 12 Aug 1986
in  Cantù | |
| Gender | Men |
| Languages | English, Italian, Spanish | |
| Family | Son Michele | |
| Occupation | Armed Forces Athlete |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 38.34 | 30 Dec 2011 | Collalbo |
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| 1000m | 1:15.14 | 15 Jan 2012 | Collalbo |
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| 1500m | 1:54.81 | 17 Oct 2021 |  Inzell |
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| 5000m | 6:28.81 | 07 Nov 2015 |  Calgary |
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| 10000m | 13:41.32 | 21 Nov 2015 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| World Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
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World Single Distances Championships
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| Mass Start 16 Laps | 1 | |||||
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | He broke his arm in 2001. (skatelog.com, 2004) He once cut his shin with his blade and had to stop training for three weeks. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2017) |
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| Other sports | He has represented Italy in roller speed skating, winning four gold medals at the world championships between 2007 and 2012. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Nov 2016) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | He switched to speed skating because he had an ambition to compete at the Olympic Winter Games. "I took a lot of satisfaction from [inline] skating, but I realised that I wanted something more from my sporting career. I had to take a different road to get there." | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began inline skating at age five in Cantu, Italy. He took up speed skating in 2011 in Baselga di Pine, Italy. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Memorable sporting achievement | Becoming a four-time world champion in inline skating, and winning silver in the mass start at the 2015 World Single Distances Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2017) | |
| Most influential person in career | Coach Maurizio Alessi. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2017) | |
| Hero / Idol | Italian road cyclist Marco Pantani, Italian football player Alessandro Del Piero. (pyeongchang2018.coni.it, 12 Feb 2017; Athlete, 09 Feb 2017) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "The strongest doesn't always win." (Athlete, 09 Feb 2017) | |
| Hobbies | Technology, shopping. (pyeongchang2018.coni.it, 12 Feb 2017) | |
| Other information | ILLNESS In December 2016 he was diagnosed with celiac disease, an inflammation of the small intestine due to gluten intolerance, and colitis, an inflammation of the colon. (Facebook page, 17 Jun 2017) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/fabio.francolini86 | twitter.com/FabioFrancolini |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Aeronautica Militare: Italy | |
| Name of coach | Maurizio Marchetto [national], ITA; Enrico Fabris [national], ITA |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2014/2015 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 4 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 10 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2015/2016 | Heerenveen | Mass Start 16 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2015/2016 | Heerenveen | Mass Start 16 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2015/2016 | Salt Lake City, UT | Mass Start 16 Laps | 2 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start 16 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2014/2015 | Heerenveen | Mass Start 16 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2015/2016 | Inzell | Mass Start 16 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2015/2016 | Calgary, AB | Team Pursuit 8 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2016/2017 | Harbin | Mass Start 16 Laps | 3 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start 16 Laps | 10 | |||
| 2015/2016 | World Cup Classification | Overall | 13 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start 16 Laps | 23 | |||
| 2016/2017 | World Cup Classification | Overall | 31 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | Overall | 38 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | Mass Start | 53 | |||