Marina Doria: Difference between revisions

== Career ==

 

In 1955 she became a water-skiing performer at [[Cypress Gardens]], in [[Florida]] in the United States. She competed three times in the [[Water Ski World Championships]]; in 1953, in 1955 and in 1957. In 1955 she took the Tricks gold medal, and in 1957 she took gold in both Slalom and Tricks, thus becoming the overall women's world champion. She won the overall title in the European Championships every year from 1953 to 1956, and took five or more overall Swiss national titles.<ref name=iwsf>[http://www.iwsf.com/halloffame/marinadoria.txt Marina Doria]. iwsf.com.</ref> In 1991 Ricolfi-Doria was included in the Hall of Fame of the [[International Water Ski Federation]], as the "finest female skier from Europe of the first decade of international competition".{{r|iwsf}} She continued to compete until 1960.{{r|iwsf}}