At 34 years of age, she is about to embark on her second Olympic experience, after practically reinventing herself from a sporting point of view. After a career dedicated to the 100 metre hurdle, a speciality that saw her engaged in the London Games, the Pordenone athlete has in fact shifted her attention to longer distance - the 400m hurdle. Her Olympic pass arrived when she had just completed her fifth competition in this speciality, obtaining all in one go, not only qualification but also her personal record and the fifth best European time of the season. At an international level, she boasts a gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in Mersin in 2013, obtained in the 100m hurdle. She has worked as communication assistant in schools for deaf children: she is in fact a sign language interpreter.