Marina Doria
Marina Ricolfi-Doria (born 12 February 1935) is a Swiss former water skier. She is the wife of Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia, the son of the last king and queen of Italy, Umberto II and Marie José, sometimes described as the Prince of Naples. Career. Ricolfi-Doria was born in Geneva on 12 February 1935; her parents were Iris Benvenuti and René Ricolfi-Doria, an industrialist. 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. 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". She continued to compete until 1960. Marriage. Ricolfi-Doria met Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia in 1960  at the Société Nautique de Genève, where both were water-skiing. They were married in a Roman Catholic church in Tehran, Iran in the autumn of 1971; their wedding had been announced during the 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire in Persepolis. They have one son, Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia.