Laura Peveri

Club / Team

GS Fiamme Oro: Italy

Other sports	She has competed in roller speed skating at international level, including at the 2018 World Championships in Arnhem, Netherlands. (worldskate.org, 11 Jul 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 12 Oct 2023)
Milestones	She became the first female Italian speed skater to win a gold medal at the world junior championships after winning the mass start at the 2019 edition in Baselga di Pine, Italy. (liberta.it, 19 Feb 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 17 Feb 2019)
Sporting philosophy / motto	"The dictionary is the only place where success comes before sweating." (Facebook profile, 27 Nov 2019)
Other information	MEDAL AFTER TRAGEDY While she was competing at the 2019 World Roller Games in Barcelona, Spain, her father passed away in a car accident. She won a bronze medal two days later and dedicated the medal to her father. (repubblica.it, 12 Jul 2019) PHYSICAL GOALS In 2023 she spoke about building her physical conditioning in order to improve her performance in the longer distance races, including the mass start. "In my plans there is certainly the goal of improving in physical terms to be stronger in the mass start. I hope I will become more competitive in order to go for the medals because this sport is technically peculiar as we slide on a one millimetre blade and in order to find the right push and fluency there is a lot of physical and mental work to do." (vita-sportiva.it, 23 Mar 2023)

www.facebook.com/peverilaura/

Hobbies	Music, singing, reading. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
Memorable sporting achievement	Winning her first title at the world junior championships in 2019 in front of friends and family in Baselga di Pine, Italy. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)

Reason for choosing this sport

She wanted to compete at the Olympic Winter Games.

Most influential person in career	Her father. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)
Hero / Idol	Dutch speed skater Irene Schouten. (Athlete, 09 Feb 2023)

Name of coach	Giorgio Baroni [club], ITA; Matteo Anesi [national], ITA; Mirko Giacomo Nenzi [national], ITA
Training Regime	She trains for up to 25 hours per week. During the northern hemisphere summer she does a lot of on-land training, including cycling, strength training and inline skating.
When and where did you begin this sport?	She began inline skating at age five in Cremona, Italy. She took up speed skating on ice at age 10 in Baselga di Pine, Italy.