VOLPI Alice

General
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS
She won her first individual world championship gold medal in 2018 and credited her technical coach Giovanna Trillini, as well as Annalisa Coltorti who she works with on fitness, for helping her make significant improvements. Just two years earlier she had missed out on selection for the 2016 Olympic Games but went to Rio de Janeiro as a training partner for other members of the Italy national team. "Starting to train with Giovanna Trillini and Annalisa Coltorti was a turning point. Before working with Annalisa, it had never been easy for me to do the physical training. But she helped me every day to find the right balance and to find the desire. She is very frank but knows how to be like a mother too. And Giovanna's advice was fundamental to my growth. Since I began training under her my entire approach has changed. She was once my idol, and now she is my coach." (vanityfair.it, 05 Aug 2018; pianetascherma.com, 27 Jul 2018; avvenire.it, 19 Jul 2018)

FENCING COUPLE
She is in a relationship with Italian fencer Daniele Garozzo, and was in Brazil to see him win Olympic gold in 2016. "When he won at the Olympics, it was a great stimulus for me. It was great to see his dream come true and I hope the same will happen for me. We are the same age, we met when we were 14 and became friends immediately. We would run into each other at national team camps, and [in 2015] the relationship changed. At home we try not to talk about fencing, but it's not easy. If we are competing at the same time, or I know things didn't go well for him, then I can sometimes become a little distracted. Daniele, on the other hand, manages to stay focused more." (vanityfair.it, 05 Aug 2018; pianetascherma.com, 27 Jul 2018)

BRAZILIAN HERITAGE
Her mother Valeria is Brazilian. "She is from Brazil and was born in Rio [de Janeiro]. I must admit I did dream about competing in Rio [Olympic Games], maybe because of my mother being Brazilian." (FIE Fencing YouTube channel, 10 Aug 2020)