Career
Born in Abetone, Tuscany, she was the youngest child in a family of nine and earned her first Italian championship medal, a bronze in the slalom, in 1934. In 1937 she earned three national titles, her first victories at that level, by winning the slalom, downhill, and combined events. She resumed skiing after World World War II and next appeared at the 1948 Winter Olympics, where she finished fourth in both the women"s downhill and combined, and joint-fourteenth (with Laila Schou Nilsen) in the slalom.
In 1950 she captured her only recognized World Championship medal, bronze in the women"s slalom, and two years later participated in the 1952 Winter Olympics, finishing fourth in the women"s slalom, seventh in the giant slalom, and joint-fifteenth (with Silvia Glatthard) in the downhill.
She retired from active competition in 1956, shortly before the 1956 Winter Olympics, married a surgeon in 1970, and moved to Pistoia, where she continued to ski into her 90s.