Role
Former athlete, world champion kickboxer. National Councilor of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), official in charge of the Court of Cassation's Trial Office, and team manager.
Bio
Elena Pantaleo began practicing kickboxing in 2011 and, to date, is a 10-time Italian champion, 5-time European champion, and 3-time world champion in kickboxing. She was elected as a CONI National Councilor for athletes for the 2021-2025 four-year period and, as the reigning champion, has qualified for the next World Combat Games, to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in October 2023.
Alongside her competitive career, she has always worked alongside her studies, earning a law degree from the University of Palermo with honors and a master's degree in geopolitics from the University of Rome La Sapienza. She currently works at the Supreme Court of Cassation as a case officer in the Trial Office, is a student at the School of Politics, and is pursuing a second master's degree in Sports Communication and Marketing at the Alma Mater University of Bologna.
She is the team manager of Team Proper (one of the most successful pointfighting teams in the world), and is responsible for organizing the Proper Summer Camp as well as all communications for the team and its initiatives. For the Italian Kickboxing Federation, she managed social media communications for the 2022 European Championships in Antalya.