Martina DI CENTA

Historical Results

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events

Spending time with her family when she is not travelling. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Athlete

Linguistic high school. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Father, Giorgio. Mother, Rita Flora. Brother, William. Sisters, Laura and Gaia.

Italian, English

C.S. CARABINIERI SEZ. SCI/Auronzo di Cadore - Selva di Val Gardena

National: Renato Pasini (ITA)

Father Giorgio Di Centa (Cross-country skiing): Five-time Olympian (1998-2014), three-time Olympic Winter Games medallist (Torino 2006 50km and relay, Salt Lake 2002 relay silver), four-time World Championship medallist, six World Cup podium titles (one individual in 15km in 2010, five in relays).

Aunt Manuela Di Centa (Cross-country skiing): Seven-time Olympic medallist (two gold, two silver, three bronze) in three Olympic Winter Games (1992-98), seven-time World Championships medallist (four silver, three bronze), twice World Cup champion (1994, 1996).

Brother William Di Centa (Cross-country skiing): Promising up and comer at 14 years of age. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Playing volleyball. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

2021 Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme (50km - 37th)

Summer 2020: Retrocalcaneal bursitis that forced her to stop her normal training program and replace it with road bike sessions only. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

2021

Family influence. Started at age three with her parents and her grandfather Gaetano. At age five, she attended the ski club training sessions with many other kids. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Loved to be surrounded by nature and was happy to share these moments of effort, challenge and fun with her peers. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Would like to achieve the best possible result in the Olympic Winter Games and in the overall World Cup standings. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Plyometrics. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Finishing the 2021 Tour de Ski in the Alpe del Cermis as her first experience in World Cup. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Father, cross-country skier Giorgio Di Centa, five-time Olympian (1998-2014), three-time Olympic Winter Games medallist (50km and relay at Torino 2006 gold, relay silver at Salt Lake 2002), four-time World Championship medallist, six World Cup podium titles (one individual in 15km in 2010, five in relays).

Aunt cross-country skier Manuela Di Centa, seven-time Olympic medallist (two gold, two silver, three bronze) in three Olympic Winter Games (1992-98), seven-time World Championships medallist (four silver, three bronze), twice World Cup champion (1994, 1996).

Cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen (NOR), 15-time Olympic cross-country ski medallist (eight gold, four silver, three bronze) - the most-decorated Winter Olympian in history; 18-time world champion.

Therese Johaug (NOR), three-time Olympic (one gold, one silver, one bronze), and 19-time World Championships medallist (14 gold, two silver, three bronze). (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Her family always motivated her in doing her job, in particular her mother Rita Flora. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

"Somewhere in the world, someone is training and you are not. When you challenge him, he will beat you." (Athlete, Jun 2021)