Maria Canins

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Maria Canins
Hautes-Alpes Col De L'Izoard Tour de France Feminin Maria Canins 071986 - panoramio.jpg
Personal information
Full nameMaria Canins
NicknameThe "flying mother"[1]
Born (1949-06-04) 4 June 1949 (age 72)
Badia, Italy
Team information
DisciplineRoad/Track/MTB/Skiing
RoleRider
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Medal record
Representing  Italy
Women’s Cycling
UCI Road World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Road race
Silver medal – second place 1985 Road race
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Road race
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Road race

Maria Canins (born 5 July 1949, in La Villa, Alta Badia[1][2]) is an Italian racing cyclist who twice won and came second three times in the Grande Boucle. She rode for Italy at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]

Biography[]

Canins was a cross-country skier from 1969 to 1988. She was Italian champion 15 times and the first Italian to win the Vasaloppet cross-county competition in Sweden and win from 1979 until 1988 10 times the Marcialonga. She was double world champion and double Italian champion in mountain biking.[1] She was married to the cross-country skier and ski mountaineer Bruno Bonaldi.,[4] who was a member of the civilian world championship team in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama.

Palmarès[]

Road Cycling[]

1982
1st MaillotItalia.svg Road Race, National Road Championships
2nd Road Race, World Road Championships
1983
3rd Road Race, World Road Championships
1984
1st MaillotItalia.svg Road Race, National Road Championships
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Coors Classic
1st Prologue
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
2nd Overall Tour of Norway
5th Road Race, Olympic Games
1985
1st MaillotItalia.svg Road Race, National Road Championships
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
1st Stages 2, 4, 8, 9 & 11
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Norway
1st Stage 5
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
2nd Road Race, World Road Championships
2nd Super Prestige Pernod
1986
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
1st Prologue, Stages 5 & 6, 9, 11 & 13
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Norway
1st Overall
1st Points classification
1st Stage 4
2nd Super Prestige Pernod
8th Vertemate con Minoprio
1987
National Road Championships
1st MaillotItalia.svg Road Race
1st MaillotItalia.svg Time Trial
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
2nd Super Prestige Pernod
3rd Vertemate con Minoprio
1988
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team Time Trial, World Road Championships
National Road Championships
1st MaillotItalia.svg Road Race
1st MaillotItalia.svg Time Trial
1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
1989
National Road Championships
1st MaillotItalia.svg Road Race
1st MaillotItalia.svg Time Trial
1st GP Conad
World Road Championships
2nd Team Time Trial
3rd Road Race
2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
1990
1st MaillotItalia.svg Time Trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall
1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 4
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
1991
1st Sankt Johann in Tirol
1992
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
1993
5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
1994
2nd Trofeo Spadaccini Chrono
3rd Villafranca di Forlì Chrono
1995
5th Time Trial, National Road Championships

Cross-country skiing results[]

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[5]

World Championships[]

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km  20 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1982 32 20

World Cup[]

Season standings[]

 Season   Age  Overall
1982 32 34
1983 33 37

Italian Championships[]

  • 1971: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
  • 1977: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • 1979: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • 1980: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • 1981:
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
  • 1982:
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
    • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
  • 1983:
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • 1984:
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
  • 1985:
    • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
    • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
    • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
  • 1986: 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
  • 1988: 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit

National titles[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Maria Canins: This woman from Alta Badia has got various athletic talents".
  2. ^ "Maria Canins". The Cycling Website. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Maria Canins Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  4. ^ Canins Maria Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "CANINS Maria". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

External links[]

Awards
Preceded by
Sara Simeoni
Italian Sportswoman of the Year
1985-1986
Succeeded by
Manuela Dalla Valle
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