ANNA Merveldt’s nickname ‘Peetzy’ came from her aunt calling her ‘peachy’ as a child and it has stuck as the name of choice by many for the two-time Olympic dressage from Co Kildare.

Based in Italy since 2007, Anna escaped her home near Milan for Germany when the country became the worst affected European country by the global Covid-19 pandemic during the early weeks. On June 3rd, Italy had recorded 233,515 cases of the coronavirus.