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Bigelow Library: Eighth Grade Italian Athletes Project

Italian Athletes Research Project 

 

Baseball  

Joe DiMaggio

Baseball Hall of Fame

joedimaggio.com

 

Sal Maglie

Society for A. B. R.

Baseball: Past & Present

Basketball

Hank Biasatti

WP Library

Canadian Basketball

 

Kobe Bryant

BlackPast

Biography.com

Boxing

Rocky Marciano

The My Hero Project

Rockymarciano.com

 

Cycling

Fausto Coppi

Cycling News

Cycling Weekly

 

Gino Bartali

BBC

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

Dancing

Carlotta Grisi

Encyclopedia Britannica

Tacoma City Ballet Library (scroll to page 8)

 

Marie Taglioni

The Maria Taglioni Pandect

Encylopedia Britannica

 

Fencing

Valentina Vezzali

Olympic. org

CNN

 

Nedo Nadi

Olympic.org

Encyclopedia Britannica

Figure Skating

Carolina Kostner

Carolina Kostner website

Wikipedia

Football

Tedy Bruschi

ESPN

CBSBoston

​Boston Globe

Dan Marino

Football Hall of Fame

Pennsylvania State University

Gymnastics

Vanessa Ferrari

 

InsideGymnasticsMagazine

Wikipedia

Hockey

Mike Eruzione

PRI

WME/IMG Speakers

 

Mike Modano

ESPN

Hockey Hall of Fame

 

Race Car Driving

Mario Andretti

marioandretti.com

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

 

Alex Zanardi

ESPN

Paraolympic.org

Wikipedia

Running

Anna Incerti

World Athletics

Wikiand.com

 

Louis Zamperini

bio.com

history.com

Skiing

Giuliano Razzoli

BBC

Wikipedia

 

Alberto Tomba

Olympic.org

Britannica.com

Federica Brignone

Olympics.com

Frederica Brignone website

Soccer

Mario Balotelli

Bleacher Report

Wikipedia

 

Paolo Maldini
 
 
Francesco Totti
 
 
Barbara Bonasea
 

Swimming

Massimiliano Rosolino

Olympedia

Wikipedia

 

Frederica Pellegrini

SwimSwam.com

Wikipedia

Tennis

Flavia Pennetta

Understanding Italy

Wikipedia

Windsurfing

Alessandra Sencini

Olympic.org

Wikipedia

World Wrestling

John Cena

bio.com

WWE.com

 

Climbing

Laura Rogura

Olympics.com

Vanity Fair