Sabrina Vannucci
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Sabrina Vannucci is a Sanadrianese athlete who competed in the Tyrellian Ylompic Games in Tyrellia, Casari and in the first Summer Olympic Games in Ashford, also in Casari. She was her nation's flag-bearer on both occasions, and one of San Adriano's only two representatives - the other being Benjamin Eash, for table tennis.
Vannucci was born in the tiny nation of San Adriano. She is an amateur athlete, and works as the country's sole hairdresser when not competing in swimming events. The nation's only gymnasium fortunately has a swimming pool, and she occasionally gives swimming lessons to children there on P.E. classes.
In the Ylompics, Vannucci took part in four swimming events. She failed to qualify in the one hundred and two hundred metre freestyle, but reached the semi-finals in the four hundred metres. She made it to the final in the last event, the fifty metre freestyle, then came last with a time of 0:24.32.
Her performance was celebrated as spectacular at home, as she was feted as a national hero. When she and Eash returned from Tyrellia, Sanadrianese children presented them with drawings celebrating their exploits, and, reportedly, a large chocolate medal each.
In the Ashford Olympics, Vannucci stunned her home country by winning gold in the Women's 200m freestyle, after finishing first in the semi-finals. She also reached the final in the 50m event (finishing fifth), but did not advance from the heats of the 100m or 400m races. Her time of 1:56.52 in the 200m event currently stands as the Olympic record.
Having become San Adriano's first ever Olympic Champion, Vannucci was rewarded by having her portrait printed (alongside that of Thomas Peruzzi) on all new banknotes with a value of 500 Sanadrianese lira.
She has chosen not to take part in the Second Summer Olympics.
Sabrina Vannucci's cousin, Felisa Katoren (Princess Felisa), is the wife of Crown Prince Mauro, future ruling monarch of San Adriano.
See also
- San Adriano at the Tyrellian Ylompics
- San Adriano at the First Summer Olympics
- Vannucci qualifies!, a report on Vannucci's performance part-way through the Tyrellian Games.
