Elena Dami

Elena Dami (born 4 January 1999) is an Italian curler from Buttigliera, Italy.[1] She is currently the alternate on the Italian National Women's Curling Team skipped by Stefania Constantini.

Elena Dami
Curler
Born (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999
Rivoli, Italy
Team
Curling clubVirtus Piemonte Ghiaccio ASD,
Pinerolo, ITA
SkipStefania Constantini
ThirdMarta Lo Deserto
SecondAngela Romei
LeadGiulia Zardini Lacedelli
AlternateElena Dami
Curling career
Member Association Italy
World Championship
appearances		1 (2021)
European Championship
appearances		3 (2018, 2019, 2021)

Career

Dami joined the Italian National Women's Curling Team, skipped by Veronica Zappone, for the 2018–19 season. The team represented Italy at the 2018 European Curling Championships where they finished in last place with a 2–7 record.[2] Later that season, she played lead on the Italian junior team that represented Italy at the 2019 Winter Universiade. There, the team once again finished in last with a 2–7 record.[3]

The next season, Dami aged out of juniors and was moved to alternate on the Italian National Team. The team competed in the 2019 European Curling Championships B Division after being relegated due to their 2018 performance.[4] After finishing second in the round robin, they defeated Hungary in the semifinals and Turkey in the final to claim the B Division title.[5] This earned them a spot at the 2020 World Qualification Event for the chance to qualify Italy for the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship.[6] At the Qualification Event, they finished second in the round robin with a 6–1 record.[7] They then lost to Korea in the first qualification game before bouncing back to defeat Turkey in the second place game to claim the thirteenth and final spot at the World Women's Championship.[8] The Worlds were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10] The team represented Italy at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.[11] The Italian team was originally not supposed to compete in the 2021 championship, but due to the cancellation of qualification events as well as the change in the Olympic Qualification Process, they were added as the fourteenth team.[12] At the World Championships, the team finished in thirteenth place with a 2–11 record, their wins coming against Estonia and Germany.[13]

Personal life

Dami is currently a student.[1]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2015–16[14] Elena Dami (Fourth)Marta BenedettoChiara BertinettiElisa Marten Perolino (Skip)
2017–18 Elena DamiMarta BenedettoChiara BertinettiElisa Dami
2018–19 Veronica ZapponeStefania ConstantiniAngela RomeiElena DamiFederica Ghedini
Stefania ConstantiniAngela RomeiMarta BenedettoElena DamiElisa Marten Perolino
2019–20 Veronica ZapponeStefania ConstantiniAngela RomeiGiulia Zardini LacedelliElena Dami
2020–21 Stefania ConstantiniMarta Lo DesertoAngela RomeiGiulia Zardini LacedelliElena Dami
2021–22 Stefania ConstantiniMarta Lo DesertoAngela RomeiGiulia Zardini LacedelliElena Dami

References
  1. "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  2. "Le Gruyère AOP European Curling Championships 2018". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  3. "XIX. Winter Universiade 2019". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  4. "ECC 2018 – A Division – Women's Result Book" (PDF). World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  5. Céline Stucki (November 22, 2019). "Play-offs begin at the European B-Division in Helsingborg". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  6. Céline Stucki (November 23, 2019). "Italy women and Czech Republic men win European B-Division gold". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  7. Tom Rowland (January 17, 2020). "Play-off places set as the world qualification event round robin concludes". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  8. Tom Rowland (January 18, 2020). "Italy women and Russia men complete world championship line-up". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  9. The Canadian Press (March 12, 2020). "World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled". The Sports Network. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  10. "World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada". World Curling Federation. March 12, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  11. Richard Gray (April 30, 2021). "Meet the teams competing at the LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2021". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  12. Tom Rowland (October 6, 2020). "World Championships expanded to 14 teams for 2020–2021 season". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  13. Jackie Spiegel (May 9, 2021). "World Women's Curling Championship 2021: Results, standings, schedule and TV channel". Sporting News. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  14. "Elena Dami Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
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