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Allison Manley and Sylvia Fontana in a photo for for the manleywoman skatecast, a figure skating podcast

Episode #74: Silvia Fontana

March 9, 2014 allison Podcast Episodes 0 Comments

March 2014 An interview with Silvia Fontana, 5-time Italian Champion, 2-time Winter Olympian (for the 2002 Salt Lake City games and the 2006 Torino Games), show skater, coach, reality TV star, and founder of Karisma Sportswear with her husband American pair skater John Zimmerman. She talked about working with Carlo Fassi, why her cats didn’t…

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Episode #56: John Zimmerman

May 14, 2012 allison Podcast Episodes 0 Comments

MAY 2012 With his partner Kyoka Ina, John Zimmerman  was three time US National Champion, 2002 World Bronze Medalist, and 5th at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. He’s been a Stars On Ice performer, a model, a coach, and is also (with wife Silvia Fontana) the founder of Karisma Sportswear. He talks about starting…

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