Valentina Margaglio

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Valentina Margaglio
2020-03-01 Medal Ceremony Skeleton Mixed Team competition (Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships Altenberg 2020) by Sandro Halank–022.jpg
Margaglio in 2020
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 28)
Casale Monferrato, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportSkeleton
ClubFiamme Azzurre[1]
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Altenberg Mixed skeleton

Valentina Margaglio (born 15 November 1993) is an Italian skeleton racer.

She won an historical medal for Italy, the first of ever in the skeleton at the world championships, at the IBSF World Championships 2020.[2]

Biography[]

She was born to an Italian father and mother from the Ivory Coast.[3] She has practiced athletics at a national level, trying both fast and strength disciplines, in particular in the throwings, in the shot put and in the javelin throw.

In 2011 she started competing in bobsleigh as a brakeman, participating in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck. Her debut in skeleton in 2016 for the Italian national team, making her debut in the European Cup in January 2016 and coming ninth in the overall standings at the end of the 2019/20 season.[4]

Achievements[]

Mattia Gaspari and Valentina Margaglio, winners in 2020 of the historic first all-time medal at the Skeleton World Championships for Italy.[5]
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
2020 World Championships Germany Altenberg 3rd Mixed team 1:55.82

References[]

  1. ^ "Fiamme Azzurre - Atleti" (in Italian). polizia.penitenziaria.it. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ IBSF World Championships 2020 results
  3. ^ "Valentina Margaglio profile" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ "SKELETON: PER LA CASALESE VALENTINA MARGAGLIO UNO STORICO BRONZO AI MONDIALI DI ALTENBERG NEL MIXED TEAM" (in Italian). fisiaoc.it. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Skeleton, storica medaglia ai Mondiali di Altenberg: Gaspari e la Margaglio di bronzo" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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