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Full name | Claudia Carolina Mariani Ambrueso | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | August 11, 1972 52) Buenos Aires | (age||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Claudia Carolina Mariani Ambrueso (born August 11, 1972 in Buenos Aires) is a retired female judoka who represented Argentina in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, was flag bearer in 1996 being her last Olympic Game Sydney 2000.
She claimed the bronze medal in the Women's Half-Lightweight (– 52 kg) division at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba and in 1999. She won silver at the 1995 World Judo Championships.
Marion Lois Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is an American former world champion track-and-field athlete and former professional basketball player. She won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but was later stripped of her medals after admitting to lying to federal investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team. A point guard, she played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and spent eight seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), primarily with the Charlotte Sting. Staley also played on the United States women's national basketball team, winning three gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1996 to 2004, and was the head coach of the team that won an Olympic gold medal in 2021. She is the first person to win the Naismith Award as both a player and a coach.
Carolina Kostner is an Italian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2012 World champion, a five-time European champion, and the 2011 Grand Prix Final champion. She is also a medalist at five other World Championships, six other European Championships, and three other Grand Prix Finals, the 2003 World Junior bronze medalist, and a nine-time Italian national champion. Kostner has won 11 medals at the European championships, most recently in 2018, and is the most decorated singles skater in the history of that competition.
Italy was the host nation for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. It was the second time that Italy had hosted the Winter Games and the third time overall. Italy's flag bearer for the opening ceremony was figure skater Carolina Kostner. Kostner's cousin, Isolde Kostner, was Italy's flag bearer at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Carla Werden Overbeck is an American former soccer player who is currently an assistant coach for the Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team. Captain of the United States national team from 1993 to 2000, she helped lead the team to two FIFA Women's World Cups and an Olympic gold medal. She played collegiately for the North Carolina Tar Heels. She has been an assistant coach for Duke since 1992, overseeing its defensive unit principally. She was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006.
Orazio Mariani was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metre sprint and competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Rachel Dawson is an American field hockey player. A midfielder / back, she earned her first senior career cap vs Australia on June 5, 2005. Dawson was named to the U.S. field hockey team for the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics, with the team finishing in 8th and 12th respectively.
Mariani may refer to:
Carlos Mariani is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 65B, which includes portions of the city of Saint Paul in Ramsey County, a part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Amos Mariani was an Italian professional football player and coach, who played as a forward. As a player, he represented the Italy national football team at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Carolina María Marín Martín is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, and eight-time European Champion. She once held the No. 1 BWF World Ranking in women's singles for a total of 66 weeks. She has won the World Championships in 2014, 2015, and 2018, becoming the second women's singles player after Han Aiping to win the title three times. Marín is the only player in history to win at least seven gold medals in a single discipline of any continental championship, having won every European Championships title since 2014, and a European Games title in 2023. She also won the Olympic gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, thereby becoming the only non-Asian female player to win a badminton gold medal at the Olympics.
Felice Mariani is an Italian politician and former judoka who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Marcia Helen Morey is an American politician, former judge and former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. She competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter breaststroke events, recording times of 1:17.30 and 2:41.85, respectively. Morey has represented the 30th district in the North Carolina House of Representatives since her initial appointment in 2017. She has been re-elected to the seat twice, most recently in 2020.
Débora Cristiane de Oliveira, known as Debinha Miri or simply Debinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Brazil national team.
Marco Mariani is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo, Belluno, Italy.
The Italy women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Italy in FIG international competitions.
A'ja Riyadh Wilson is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Enus Mariani is a retired Italian artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Junior European all-around champion.
Edoardo Mariani was an Italian footballer who played as a left winger.