CROVETTO CHADID Francisca

General
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
She says she is aiming to use her disappointing experience at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to help improve her performance at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. "I did not have a good experience at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. I came from a bad streak, and I was even robbed one week before the Games. I never felt comfortable there and my competition reflected those feelings. The main objective in Japan [Tokyo 2020] is I want to enjoy the city and the process. I hope that will be reflected in being able to qualify for the final." (redgol.cl, 24 Apr 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She serves as president of the National Athletes' Commission of Chile [DAR] and as director of the Chilean Olympic Committee [COCH]. She has also served as the captain of Team Chile, an initiative set up in 2014 to provide support for athletes in Chile. (farodeportivo.cl, 24 Dec 2019; Twitter profile, 11 Aug 2020; latercera.com, 20 May 2019; chile.as.com, 17 May 2016; ellibero.cl, 14 Feb 2016)

OLYMPIC AMBITION
She was inspired to compete at the Olympic Games after watching the opening ceremony of the 2004 Games in Athens. "I was thrilled by the ceremony. And when [Chilean athletes] Nicolas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez won their medals in tennis, it was very exciting. I cried because of it. It's because of this that I am in high performance sport." (Twitter profile, 24 Oct 2019; latercera.com, 16 May 2016; ellibero.cl, 14 Feb 2016)