Stefania Constantini Is Cortina’s Hometown Olympic Hero

Stefania Constantini, 26, has become the familiar face of the Winter Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, the town where she grew up and learned to curl. A Beijing Olympic champion and winner at the 2025 world championships, she trained for years in the local arena, attended the town elementary school where her mother still teaches and once played flute in the town band.

The town has embraced her: there is a pizza named for her and a pastry shop that made a personalized cake when she qualified for the Olympics. But recent days brought a local controversy when her coach replaced one teammate with his daughter, a move that prompted a petition signed by Ms.

Constantini’s mother and lively coverage in local papers. On the ice, Ms.

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