She left her British coach in December 1992. May originally competed for Great Britain, but became an Italian citizen upon her marriage to her coach
Gianni Iapichino in 1994. She left the British team due to lack of money provided. In the 1996 Summer Olympics she damaged her ankle and knee. She also competed briefly in the
triple jump, and her career best of 14.65 metres from 1998 was good enough to place fifth in the world that season. May missed the whole 2002 season as a result of her pregnancy and childbirth. Her last significant competition was the
2005 World Championships, where she failed to reach the
final. May and Iapichino were married until 2011. In 2006, she retired from competitions and started a new successful career in show business. After some modelling, she became the spokeswoman of the
Kinder snacks and she won the Italian version of
Dancing with the Stars in 2006. Later that year her acting debut was broadcast on
Rai Uno as the protagonist of
Butta la luna, a
miniseries about racism and social integration.
Other ventures In 2019, Fiona May become the
testimonial of the Italian
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