[2] She won two bronze medals for the 57 and 59 kg classes at the European Taekwondo Championships (2006 in Bonn, and 2010 in St.

[3] She also captured a silver medal in the same division at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, losing out to China's Hou Yuzhuo.

[4][5] Calabrese is a member of the taekwondo team for Centro Sportivo Esercito, and is coached and trained by Yoon Soon-Cheul.

[6] Calabrese qualified for the women's 57 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing second from the World Qualification Tournament in Manchester, England.

[7] She defeated Colombia's Doris Patiño and Senegal's Bineta Diedhiou in the first two rounds, before losing out the semi-final match to South Korean taekwondo jin and world champion Lim Su-Jeong, with a score of 1–5.