As a multi-talented athlete, able to compete in freestyle, butterfly and medley, she will take part in the 4x200m female freestyle competition in Rio. She did very well in the under-18s, gaining good placements and a lot of experience at the European Youth Championships (one silver and two bronze), at the Gymnasiads, Universiade and at the Youth Olympic Games. Forced to skip the Kazan World Championships due to glandular fever, the unsatisfactory results at the end of the London European Games led her to separate from coach Stefano Morini, with whom she had been collaborating for three years