Background
Bani was born in 1979 in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, to an Italian father and a Somali mother.
Bani was born in 1979 in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, to an Italian father and a Somali mother.
In 1989, she moved to Torino, Italy with her family and started playing volleyball. She soon thereafter discovered her specialty: javelin. However, since 2005, she has been suffering from health problems, which have significantly hampered her athletic performances.
Bani ranks second on the all-time Italian list behind Claudia Coslovich.