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Carolina Gillespie: from Bocconi University to the European skating Championships in Sheffield.

18 years old, getting up at 5 am, standing on ice for 6 to 8 and then rush to school. This is the hard life - but she calls it "passion"- that Carolina Gillespie, a young Italian star of figure skating in tandem with Luca Dematté, must face to become a champion.

Carolina is enrolled to the first year of the Bachelor of International Economics, Management and Finance at Bocconi University. 

Carolina and Luca, in 2011, got the 10th place at the World Junior Championships in South Korea, best finish ever in Italian specialties, and 12th at the European Championships in his senior international debut.

The aim? The Olympics are of the Sochi 2014. 


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