Martina Valcepina
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sondalo, Italy | 4 June 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Short track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CS Fiamme Gialle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup wins | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World finals | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest world ranking | 2 (500m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Martina Valcepina (born 4 June 1992) is an Italian short-track speed-skater. Her sister is also a short-track speed skater.
Career[]
Valcepina competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Italy. She placed fourth in her round one race of the 500 metres, failing to advance, finishing 31st overall. She was also a member of the Italian 3000 metre relay team, which finished fourth in the semi-finals and third in the B Final, ending up sixth overall.[1]
As of 2013, Valcepina's best performance at the World Championships came in 2012, finishing 4th in the 500 metres. She also won a bronze medal at the for Italy, and two gold medals at the World Junior Championships.[2]
As of 2013, Valcepina has one ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup victory, as part of the Italian relay team in 2011–12 at Nagoya. She also has eighteen other podium finishes as a member of the relay team. She finished second in the World Cup rankings in the 500 metres in 2011–12.[2]
World Cup Podiums[]
Date | Season | Location | Rank | Event |
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30 November 2008 | 2008–09 | Beijing | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
8 February 2009 | 2008–09 | Sofia | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
15 February 2009 | 2008–09 | Dresden | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
12 December 2010 | 2010–11 | Shanghai | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
13 February 2011 | 2010–11 | Moscow | ![]() |
500m |
13 February 2011 | 2010–11 | Moscow | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
19 February 2011 | 2010–11 | Dresden | ![]() |
500m |
20 February 2011 | 2010–11 | Dresden | ![]() |
500m |
23 October 2011 | 2011–12 | Salt Lake City | ![]() |
500m |
29 October 2011 | 2011–12 | Saguenay | ![]() |
500m |
30 October 2011 | 2011–12 | Saguenay | ![]() |
500m |
4 December 2011 | 2011–12 | Nagoya | ![]() |
500m |
4 December 2011 | 2011–12 | Nagoya | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
12 February 2012 | 2011–12 | Nagoya | ![]() |
500m |
9 December 2012 | 2012–13 | Shanghai | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
3 February 2013 | 2012–13 | Sochi | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
29 September 2013 | 2013–14 | Shanghai | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
10 November 2013 | 2013–14 | Torino | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
17 November 2013 | 2013–14 | Kolomna | ![]() |
3000m Relay |
References[]
- ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "ISU Biography".
External links[]
- Martina Valcepina at ShortTrackOnLine.info
- Martina Valcepina at Olympics.com
- Martina Valcepina at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Martina Valcepina at Olympedia
- Martina Valcepina at the International Skating Union
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Italian female short track speed skaters
- Olympic short track speed skaters of Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
- Short track speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- People from Sondalo
- World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Italian speed skating biography stubs