Role
Lawyer. Member of the Board of Directors of the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation. President of the Athletes and Coaches Commission of Milano Cortina 2026. Ice hockey champion, former national team player.
Bio
Anna de la Forest is a former Italian ice hockey player. From 2003 to 2019, she played as a forward for the Italian national ice hockey team, with which she participated in the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.
Her list of achievements includes four silver medals and two gold medals at the World Championships. She has participated in thirteen Ice Hockey World Championships and two Inline Hockey World Championships; she has been the Italian Inline Hockey champion nine times. Her career is linked to the Olympic Games , winter sports , and the growth of women's sports.
Combining her competitive career with her academic studies, she graduated in Law from the University of Turin with honors and a degree in journalism. She subsequently pursued a career in law, passing the bar exam in 2015 and continuing her work in her family law firm.
As a legal professional, she received the Optime Award from the Turin Industrial Union in 2013 and the Toga d'Oro from the Turin Bar Association in 2016, an award reserved for the best results in the state bar exam. Specializing in labor law, she combines her legal practice with her commitment to sports governance, having been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation.