Federica Pellegrini Joins Board of Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics
Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini’s first post-swimming venture won’t take her far from the Olympics. The five-time Olympian will join the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation Board as a result of her election to the IOC Athletes’ Commission.
Pellegrini was one of four athletes elected to the IOC Athletes Commission in August. She’ll serve a seven-year term, through the close of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Pellegrini will join the board of the next Winter Olympics to be hosted by her home country.
With the position, Pellegrini will be one of three Italian IOC members, along with Milan Cortina 2026 president Giovanni Malago and International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation President Ivo Ferriani. She also becomes a member of the board of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI).
Pellegrini had previously served as an ambassador for the 2026 Winter Games, helping unveil the event’s logo last March.
Federica Pellegrini, 33, has competed at every Olympics since 2004 in a storied career. An Italian athletic icon, she was the first Italian woman to win a gold medal in the pool when the claimed the 200 free in Beijing in 2008, four years after taking silver in the event. She’s won seven world championships (long- and short-course) among 19 total Worlds medals and 14 European titles.
This year, she announced she would retire following the International Swimming League season, in which the Mirano native was a big part of the Aqua Centurions qualifying for the playoffs in sixth place.