Stefania Constantini

Stefania Constantini (born April 15, 1999) is an Italian curler from Cortina d'Ampezzo.

She currently skips the Italian National Women's Curling Team.

Constantini made her international curling debut at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in the mixed team as third for Luca Rizzolli.

The team went 3–4 through the round robin but lost in a tiebreaker to Turkey's Oğuzhan Karakurt.

She also competed in the mixed doubles event with British curler Callum Kinnear.

The pair made it to the final eight, where they lost to China's Zhao Ruiyi and Norway's Andreas Hårstad.

Constantini was added to the Italian National Women's Curling Team for the 2017–18 season as the team's second.

The team also consisted of skip Diana Gaspari, third Veronica Zappone, lead Angela Romei, and alternate Chiara Olivieri.

The team's first international event of the season came at the 2017 European Curling Championships in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

The team played well through the round robin and qualified for the playoffs over higher-ranked teams such as Russia's Anna Sidorova and Germany's Daniela Jentsch.

After losing in the semifinal to Sweden's Anna Hasselborg, the Italian team upset Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni 7–6 to earn the bronze medal, Italy's third-ever medal in the women's event at the European Championships.

Next, the Italian women's rink competed in the 2017 Olympic Qualification Event in attempts to earn a spot in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.

The team once again performed well at the event, finishing the round robin in first place with a 5–1 record.

This gave them two opportunities to secure their spot in the Olympics.

In the first qualification final, the Italian side gave up nine stolen points against China's Wang Bingyu, ultimately losing the game 11–4.

They had a second opportunity to qualify for the Games against Denmark's Madeleine Dupont in the second qualification final.

In a tight game, Denmark's Dupont scored one in the extra end to win 5–4 and earn the final spot in the Olympics, meaning Italy would miss out on the Games.

She has played in five World Championships (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), and six European Championships (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023).

She won a silver medal at the 2023 European Curling Championships, a bronze medal at the 2017 European Curling Championships and a gold medal in mixed doubles at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

The team had one more international event during the season with Constantini competing in her first World Curling Championship at the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship.

Despite their prior success, Team Gaspari finished in last at the World Championship with a 2–10 record, only defeating Scotland's Hannah Fleming and Russia's Victoria Moiseeva.

Still of junior age, Constantini also skipped the Italian Junior Women's Team at the 2018 World Junior B Curling Championships, finishing in fifth place with a 5–2 record.

With Diana Gaspari stepping away from the women's team, Constantini was promoted to third on the Italian rink, with Veronica Zappone taking over as skip for the 2018–19 season.

Romei moved up to play second while Frederica Ghedina and Elena Dami were added at lead and alternate, respectively.

The team remained in the A Division at the 2018 European Curling Championships but finished in last with a 2–7 record.

By finishing last at the 2018 edition, the Zappone rink was relegated to the B Division of the 2019 European Curling Championships, where they would need to finish in the top two to promote themselves back into the A Division and earn a spot in the 2020 World Qualification Event.

Through the round robin, the team suffered two defeats en route to a second-place finish in the group, only behind Turkey's Dilşat Yıldız who handed the Italian's one of their two losses.

Team Zappone faced Hungary's Dorottya Palancsa in the semifinal and won the game 9–4, earning themselves a spot in the final where they would go against the Turkish side.

The Italian's opened up a comfortable lead through the first five ends, which they rode to a 5–2 victory over Turkey and a gold medal in the B Division.

This relegated Italy to the B Division for the 2019 event, meaning they wouldn't qualify for the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship.

Despite their result, Constantini was still of junior age and once again skipped the Italian women's rink at the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships.

Her team finished with a 3–3 record, not enough to advance to the final eight playoff round.

Two months later, in March 2019, Constantini skipped Team Italy at the 2019 Winter Universiade where her team finished in last with a 2–7 record.

In her last year of junior eligibility, Constantini's junior rink finished the 2019 World Junior-B Curling Championships with a 5–1 record.

Due to the pandemic, the European Curling Championships were canceled.

Their win secured their spot in the World Qualification Event in January 2020, where two countries would qualify for the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship.

The team finished 6–1 through the round robin, only losing to the unbeaten South Korean team of Gim Un-chi.

They then faced Gim's rink in the first qualification game, where South Korea made a comeback in the second half of the game to beat the Italians 6–5.

They then faced Yıldız's Turkish rink in the second qualification game for the final spot in the World Championship, which they won 8–4.

Unfortunately, the World Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.