Fiona May

Fiona is a retired track and field athlete who competed for both the

United Kingdom and Italy in long jump. Her career kicked off in 1986

after she placed 8th at the World Junior Championships, representing

Great Britain. In 1988 she competed at the Olympics for the first time

and placed 6th. After the 1993 World Championship, Fiona married an

Italian athlete and became an Italian citizen. Therefore, from 1994, Fiona

represented Italy. Fiona won the World Championships twice and holds

two Olympic silver medals.

She retired from competitions in 2006 and started a new, equally

successful career in show business. Fiona starred in multiple campaigns

of Kinder, and in 2006, won the Italian version of "Dancing with the Stars".

Later that year, she starred in the Italian television series "Butta la Luna",

a mini-series about racism and social integration. In 2007, Fiona won the

Special Jury Award at the Golden Globes in Italy for her performance in the

short film "Guinea Pig". She has since featured in multiple TV shows, movies

and toured the theatres all over Italy with the show "Maratona di New York".

Most recently she held a speech at the concert for Peace, conducted by

Federica Panicucci.