The Vaulting Review

Since 2018

The Vaulting Review is an international online magazine dedicated to the equestrian vaulting world and community, born from our passion for this sport. The aim, besides press service, is to help the development of the discipline in Italy and abroad.

Founders

Nicoletta Capitanio          Selene Favretto          Margherita Sonego

Editors in chief

Nicoletta Capitanio          Margherita Sonego          Vittoria Sonego

Editorial Board

Massimo Sonego          Ilaria Luna          Selene Favretto          Simone Zanetti          Fabrizio Fiori          Francesca Bocchieri

Vittoria  Sonego

Vittoria Sonego

Vaulter and Photographer

I have always been a vaulter and now also a sports photographer graduated from LABA, in Brescia. I have been practicing vaulting since the age of four and it has become one of the most important parts of my life. As the official photographer for The Vaulting Review, I had the honor of covering major international competitions, delighted to be able to reconcile my passion with my work.
I am also a trainer and mental coach.

Ilaria Luna

Ilaria Luna

Student and vaulter

I am a student at Harvard University and an equestrian vaulter with the “Great Falls Vaulters” team, currently competing in the 2* Young Vaulter category. I have been vaulting since the age of ten and have had the wonderful opportunity to train in the United States, Italy, France and the Netherlands. From these interactions with different countries came my desire to create international connections in the vaulting world. The Vaulting Review is the ideal platform, as it allows me to combine my love for this exciting sport with my interest in languages and writing. As the U.S. correspondent, I share with readers of all ages news about events and people that relate to my vaulting experience. It is a privilege to be able to give global visibility to this fabulous and still little-known equestrian discipline.

Fabrizio Fiori

Fabrizio Fiori

Veterinary

I graduated in veterinary medicine in Parma University with dissertation on “diagnostic imaging of the horse’s spinal disorders”. My areas of interests are sports medicine, dogs and horses’ rehabilitation, ethology and animal reproduction. Ever since I was a kid I loved everything that had to do with animals, and especially with horses and dogs. As soon as I had the chance I started horse riding, a path that fascinated me and led me to compete in the Olympics disciplines. I first came in contact with Vaulting thanks to my first trainer, who had English roots and used the disciple as a way to give her pupils the right set up and confidence on horseback. I took the chance of The Vaulting Review because I think it could either be of great technical help to those who already practice this sport and at the same time give motivations, clarifications and incentives to those who would want to approach Vaulting for the first time.
Margherita Sonego

Margherita Sonego

Vaulter and Social Media Manager

Language graduate, I am the Social Media Manager of The Vaulting Review. I discovered vaulting by chance way back in 2004, and never abandoned it. Now that I am no longer competing, I have become a judge. With The Vaulting Review I can reconcile my passions and help, hopefully, to the spread of this magnificent sport.
Besides vaulting, I’m also interested in cinema and writing.

Massimo Sonego

Massimo Sonego

Lawyer

I’ve always been passionate about all sports, I approached the equestrian world thanks to my family’s passion for it. I immediately loved vaulting, that I think is extremely educational and fundamental in the relationship with the horse. For years, following my daughters competing, I documented through videos the most important competitions, either national and internationals. I enthusiastically took the challenge of The Vaulting Review, making my experience available.

 

 

 

 

 

Selene Favretto

Selene Favretto

Photographer

Professional photographer since 1990 and member of WDPA. At work I curate photographic and graphic designs on the advertising for some major internationally renowned breeders. Official photographer of national and international events, I also collaborate with Italian and foreign magazines. I always loved animals and I approached the equestrian world following my husband agonistic career. Along with him, I became a Border Collie breeder myself, as it is a dog known for its intelligence and sports skills. Looking for a sport to help the education of my children, I approached Equestrian Vaulting, which I think creates a good union of efforts, elegance, sacrifice, perseverance and horse care.

 

 

Nicoletta Capitanio

Nicoletta Capitanio

Teacher

I’m an astronomy graduate and I teach math and physics at High School in Treviso (Italy). I’ve always been sporty, as a kid I practiced a lot of different sports, but I especially liked dancing and gymnastics. I got close to the equestrian world as an adult, but if I had knew vaulting as a child, I’m sure it would have been my sport!
As a teacher my motto is surely “mens sana in corpore sano”.

Simone Zanetti

Simone Zanetti

Web designer

I’m a professional web designer and SEO, former rugby player, sportsman and proud father to a young vaulter. Thanks to her I got to know this beautiful discipline, that was unknown to me until two years ago. I was soon infected by my daughter’s love for Vaulting and became an enthusiast myself, so I joined the group of friends and professionals of The Vaulting Review to give my contribute on the “digital matters” and help the spread of the discipline.

 

 

 

 

 

Francesca Bocchieri

Francesca Bocchieri

Journalist

Francesca Bocchieri, journalist, has a degree in Sociology, specialising in Communication and Mass Media. In 2013 she obtained a Master’s degree in Digital Journalism and did an internship at the online desk of “Repubblica.it”. She has been a professional journalist since 2004, collaborating with the local broadcasting station Telecomisio and I Vittoriesi. In 2007 she signed up in the Journalist Register. She has had many assignments from the provincia di Ragusa and educational institutes regarding the PON projects. Since 2014, she has been collaborating with the online magazine “Italreport.it”.