ALICE SOTERO
Date of Birth: 28/05/1991
Place of Birth: Asti
Weight x Height: 53 x 1,65
Speciality: Individual competition
First Club: Junior Pentathlon Asti
Club: Fiamme Azzurre
First Coach: Fabrizio Marello
Coach: Fabrizio Marello
Other Sports: Alpine Skiing
Hobby: Shopping, travelling
Relationship Status: Single
Olympic Club: Yes
Olympic Appearances:
3 (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, Parigi 2024)
Biography
She came to the sport through swimming, but her coach – to prevent her competitive passion from fading – advised her to exploit her talent by switching to the multi-disciplinary pentathlon. She qualified for Rio thanks to exponential growth and entering the top ten at the European Championships in Bath, where she contributed to the team bronze medal: on her Olympic debut she finished in 7th place, then at Tokyo 2020, with a 4th place, equalled the best result ever by an Italian at the Games (Claudia Corsini, Athens 2004). In 2023 she definitively confirms his presence in the élite of the discipline by triumphing at the European Games in Krakow and winning the first world medal in Bath. The partner of former Italian athlete Nicola Benedetti, her most important prize arrived in 2022 with the birth of Ginevra. In Paris she will have an extra fan to support her.
Palmares
Olympic Games
7ª Rio (BRA) 2016
4ª Tokyo (JPN) 2020
13ª Parigi (FRA) 2024
World Championships
18ª Varsavia (POL) 2014
26ª Berlino (GER) 2015
11ª Mosca (RUS) 2016
16ª Il Cairo (EGY) 2017
12ª Città del Messico (MEX) 2018
18ª Budapest (HUN) 2019
23ª Cairo (EGY) 2021
2ª Bath (GBR) 2023
European Championships
14ª Szekesfehervar (HUN) 2014
9ª Bath (GBR) 2015
16ª Sofia (BUL) 2016
5ª Minsk (BLR) 2017
19ª Szekesfehervar (HUN) 2018
22ª Bath (GBR) 2019
World Cup
Final
35ª Sarasota (USA) 2014
31ª Minsk (BLR) 2015
32ª Sarasota (USA) 2016
19ª Astana (KAZ) 2018
14ª Tokyo (JPN) 2019
7ª Szekesfehervar (HUN) 2021
4ª Ankara (TUR) 2023
5ª Ankara (TUR) 2024
Other Games
Giochi Europei - European Games
1ª Cracovia (POL) 2023