Athletes representing the University of Trento are part of Team Italy in the XXIII Winter Olympics at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium.
Five TOPSport student-athletes who have chosen the UniTrento sport and study programme designed for those who wish to combine professional sport activities and university education were called-up by the Italian team.
The student-athletes from UniTrento are Nadya Ochner, Riccardo Tonetti, Davide Ghiotto, Michele Malfatti e Andrea Pilzer.
Nadya Ochner, in her fourth year at the Faculty of Law, is a member of the snowboard team (parallel slalom).
Riccardo Tonetti, a management student working on his Master’s degree, competes in downhill ski.
Two TOPSport athletes are in the speed skating team: Davide Ghiotto, a third year student in Philosophy, and Michele Malfatti, a third year student in Industrial Engineering.
Andrea Pilzer, member of the curling team, is a PhD student and TOPSport graduate in Electronic Engineering with a Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering.
All the details in the press release
Further information can be found on the official website of Coni on the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang 2018.