Valentina Margaglio
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Italian skeleton racer
| Margaglio in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1993年11月15日) 15 November 1993 (age 31) Casale Monferrato, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Skeleton | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fiamme Azzurre [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Valentina Margaglio (born 15 November 1993) is an Italian skeleton racer. She won a medal for Italy at the IBSF World Championships 2020, the first ever for Italy in the skeleton.[2]
Biography
[edit ]She was born to an Italian father and mother from the Ivory Coast.[3] She has competed at a national level in both speed and strength disciplines, including the shot put and the javelin throw.
In 2011 she started competing in bobsleigh as a brakeman, participating in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck. Her skeleton debut for the Italian national team was in January 2016 at the European Cup, coming ninth in the overall standings at the end of the 2019/20 season.[4]
Achievements
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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| 2020 | World Championships | Germany Altenberg | 3rd | Mixed team | 1:55.82 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Fiamme Azzurre - Atleti" (in Italian). polizia.penitenziaria.it. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ IBSF World Championships 2020 results
- ^ "Valentina Margaglio profile" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "SKELETON: PER LA CASALESE VALENTINA MARGAGLIO UNO STORICO BRONZO AI MONDIALI DI ALTENBERG NEL MIXED TEAM" (in Italian). fisiaoc.it. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Skeleton, storica medaglia ai Mondiali di Altenberg: Gaspari e la Margaglio di bronzo" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
External links
[edit ]Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Italian female skeleton racers
- Skeleton racers of Fiamme Azzurre
- Italian female javelin throwers
- Italian female shot putters
- Italian female bobsledders
- Bobsledders at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic skeleton racers for Italy
- Italian people of Ivorian descent
- Sportspeople from Casale Monferrato
- 21st-century Italian sportswomen