Angela Romei
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| Born | February 20, 1997[1] Monopoli, Italy | |||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | 3S Sys-tek, Pinerolo, ITA | |||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Stefania Constantini | |||||||||||||||||
| Third | Lucrezia Grande | |||||||||||||||||
| Second | Angela Romei | |||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Allegra Grande | |||||||||||||||||
| Curling career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member Association | Italy | |||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 6 (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 9 (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||
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Angela Romei (born February 20, 1997 in Monopoli) is an Italian curler from Pinerolo.[2] She currently plays second on Team Stefania Constantini.
Career
Junior career
Romei joined the Italian junior national team in 2013–14 and competed at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships. She remained active at the junior B level through 2017, serving as skip in her final seasons.[3]
Early national team career (2017–2020)
Romei joined the Italian women’s national team in 2017–18 as lead for skip Diana Gaspari. That season, Italy won the bronze medal at the 2017 European Curling Championships, the nation’s third women’s medal at the event. She made her World Championship debut in 2018.[4] After Gaspari’s departure, Romei moved to second on a restructured national lineup skipped by Veronica Zappone.[5]
Rise of Team Constantini (2021–2024)
With Stefania Constantini taking over as skip in 2021, Romei became part of a new lineup that returned Italy to the World Women's Curling Championship. The team steadily improved, achieving Italy’s first‑ever playoff appearance at the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship and winning the silver medal at the 2023 European Curling Championships. During this period, Italy rose into the world top ten for the first time. At the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship, the team finished 10–2 in the round robin and placed fourth, matching Italy’s best result at the event.[6]
Later career and controversy (2025–2026)
Romei remained with Team Constantini through the 2024–25 season, competing at the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship.[7] She was later left off the roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics in favour of junior skip Rebecca Mariani, a decision that drew scrutiny due to Mariani’s family connection to Italy’s technical director. Romei appealed the selection to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which dismissed her case in February 2026, ruling that team selection rested with the Italian federation and that there was no basis to overturn the decision.[8] Team Constantini disbanded at the end of the season.[9]
Personal life
Romei is a full-time curler.[2]
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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| 2013–14[10] | Veronica Zappone | Elisa Charlotte Patono | Martina Bronsino | Arianna Losano | Angela Romei |
| 2014–15 | Veronica Zappone | Elisa Charlotte Patono | Martina Bronsino | Arianna Losano | Angela Romei |
| 2015–16 | Angela Romei | Barbara Gentile | Alice Gaudenzi | Martina Bronsino | Elisa Charlotte Patono |
| 2016–17 | Angela Romei | Barbara Gentile | Alice Gaudenzi | Giulia Mingozzi | Anna Maria Maurino |
| 2017–18 | Diana Gaspari | Veronica Zappone | Stefania Constantini | Angela Romei | Chiara Olivieri |
| 2018–19 | Veronica Zappone | Stefania Constantini | Angela Romei | Elena Dami | Federica Ghedini |
| 2019–20 | Veronica Zappone | Stefania Constantini | Angela Romei | Giulia Zardini Lacedelli | Elena Dami |
| 2020–21 | Stefania Constantini | Marta Lo Deserto | Angela Romei | Giulia Zardini Lacedelli | Elena Dami |
| 2021–22 | Stefania Constantini | Marta Lo Deserto | Angela Romei | Giulia Zardini Lacedelli | Elena Dami |
| 2022–23 | Stefania Constantini | Marta Lo Deserto | Angela Romei | Giulia Zardini Lacedelli | Camilla Gilberti |
| 2023–24 | Stefania Constantini | Elena Mathis | Angela Romei | Giulia Zardini Lacedelli | Marta Lo Deserto |
| 2024–25 | Stefania Constantini | Giulia Zardini Lacedelli | Elena Mathis | Angela Romei | Marta Lo Deserto |
| 2025–26 | Stefania Constantini | Elena Mathis | Angela Romei | Giulia Zardini Lacedelli | Marta Lo Deserto |
| 2026–27 | Stefania Constantini | Lucrezia Grande | Angela Romei | Allegra Grande |
References
- ^ "Angela Romei – Atleta". Federazione Italiana Sport Del Ghiaccio. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
- ^ a b "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
- ^ "Angela Romei – Atleta". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Angela Romei – Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "2024 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Angela Romei – Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ Nair, Aadi (8 February 2026). "Curling-CAS dismisses Romei's appeal against exclusion from Italy team". Reuters. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- ^ "Team Constantini Announcement". Instagram. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- ^ "Angela Romei Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
External links
- Angela Romei at World Curling
- Angela Romei at the Italian Ice Sports Federation (in Italian)
- Angela Romei at InterSportStats