Curling - MARIANI Marco

Date of Birth: 14 Jun 1968

Gender: Male

Function: Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Round Robin Session 1 DEN Denmark 7 CHN People's Republic of China 6	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Women's Round Robin Session 2 CHN People's Republic of China 5 SUI Switzerland 7	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Women's Round Robin Session 3 USA United States of America 8 CHN People's Republic of China 4	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Women's Round Robin Session 5 SWE Sweden 6 CHN People's Republic of China 9	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Women's Round Robin Session 6 KOR Republic of Korea 5 CHN People's Republic of China 6	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Round Robin Session 7 CHN People's Republic of China 2 JPN Japan 10	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Women's Round Robin Session 9 CHN People's Republic of China 5 ROC ROC 11	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Women's Round Robin Session 10 CHN People's Republic of China 8 GBR Great Britain 4	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Women's Round Robin Session 11 CAN Canada 9 CHN People's Republic of China 11	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

83 international appearances for Italy, including competing at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games (seventh), the 2005 World Championship in Victoria (12th), and 10 European Championships (eighth in 2003).14 medals at the Italian national championships, with five gold, six silver, and three bronze.

Coach.:

Coached the Chinese men's and women’s teams to a bronze and gold medal respectively at the 2019 Pacific-Asia Championships in Shenzhen.Seventh-place finish, with the Italian men’s team, at the 2019 World Championships in Lethbridge.

Award:

Collie Campbell Memorial Award. Awarded to the curler who exemplifies gentlemanly skill, fair play and sportsmanship at the world championships (2005).

Appointment:

2019

Previous role:

Italy Men (2019), Italy Universiade Women (2019), Italy Wheelchair (2018)

General Interest

“We have good players, we trust our way for curling, and we pushed them a lot on the physical performance, not just curling skills. Han has both of those elements taken care of. She is a very good player, and will lead our team to be ready for the Olympic challenge.” (Coach, chinadaily.com, 9 Dec 2021)

HOCKEY CAREER
Played ice hockey in Italy’s Serie A and Serie A2 competitions with SG Cortina from 1986-96, excluding a one-year stint with HC Fiemme Cavalese (1989-90). Represented Italy at two World Junior Championships, finishing eighth in Group B in 1987 and second in Group C in 1988. “I am a former hockey player on ice, but my true love is curling.” (eliteprospects.com; ilfoglio.it, 2 Aug 2020)

FOLLOWING FATHER
Father, Lino Mariani Maier, was a member of the first Italian curling team to compete at the World Championships in 1973, finishing ninth. Competed again the following year, but finished tenth. “My father was one of the first four Italian players to participate in a (World Championships) in this discipline and it is a legacy that I carry with me.” (ilfoglio.it, 2 Aug 2020)

HOME OLYMPICS
Member of the first Italian curling team to compete at the Olympic Winter Games at Torino 2006. Being a native of Cortina d’Ampezzo, he is looking forward to coaching at a “home” Olympic Winter Games at Milano Cortina 2026. “My home has no equal, thinking about those Games with the Italian national team or with another national team is very fascinating. I am a professional, at the moment my plan is China until 2022. I want to have fun here, then we'll see.” (ilfoglio.it, 2 Aug 2020)

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