Arianna VALCEPINA
ItalyEvents and Medals
| Discipline | Event | Rank | Medal |
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 Short Track Speed Skating |
Women's 500m | 9 | |
| Women's 3000m Relay | 5 | ||
| Mixed Team Relay | 2 |
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Biographical Information
Highlights
Historical Results
| World Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 3 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2021 | Dordrecht, NED |
| 3 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2015 | Moscow, RUS |
| 5 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2016 | Seoul, KOR |
| 5 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2012 | Shanghai, CHN |
| 12 | Women's 500m | 2016 | Seoul, KOR |
| 24 | Women's 1500m | 2016 | Seoul, KOR |
| 25 | Women's Overall | 2016 | Seoul, KOR |
| 37 | Women's 1000m | 2016 | Seoul, KOR |
| European Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 1 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2017 | Torino, ITA |
| 2 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2012 | Mlada Boleslav, CZE |
| 3 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2016 | Sochi, RUS |
| 4 | Women's 3000m Relay | 2015 | Dordrecht, NED |
| 11 | Women's 1000m | 2016 | Sochi, RUS |
| 11 | Women's Overall | 2016 | Sochi, RUS |
| 12 | Women's 500m | 2016 | Sochi, RUS |
| 15 | Women's 1500m | 2016 | Sochi, RUS |
| World Team Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
| 5 | Women's Team | 2011 | Warsaw, POL |
| World Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Women's 500m | Women's 1000m | Women's 1500m |
| 2021/22 | 23 | ||
| 2019/20 | 60 | 88 | 61 |
| 2018/19 | 69 | 72 | 77 |
| 2017/18 | 83 | ||
| 2016/17 | 35 | 55 | 60 |
| 2015/16 | 22 | 63 | 59 |
| 2014/15 | 18 | 51 | 51 |
| 2012/13 | 65 | 75 | 84 |
| 2011/12 | 25 | 54 | 53 |
| 2010/11 | 74 | 45 | |
Reading, sport, walking in the woods, skiing, travelling and visiting new places.
Athlete, Police officer
Partner, Francois Gadin. Father, Renato (electrician). Mother, Silvana (works with the disabled). Sisters, Alessia (masseuse) and Martina (skater).
Italian, English
Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle
National: Kenan Gouadec (CAN)
Partner Francois Gadin (Snowboard): National-level snowboard cross rider. Finished 16th at the 2005 National Championships.
Sister Martina Valcepina (Short track): Three-time Olympian (2010-18), winning relay medals at Sochi 2014 (bronze) and PyeongChang 2018 (silver). Relay bronze medallist at the 2021 World Championships alongside Arianna. Won 14 medals at the European Championships, including two gold in 2018 (500m, 1500m) and relay gold in 2017 (with Arianna). Three-time World Cup 500m runner-up (2012, 2019, 2020), with six World Cup wins and 32 total podiums.
2010 World Cup in Montreal (1500m - 24th)
Began skating in 2000 in Bormio. (isu.org)
Followed her sisters into the sport. (isu.org)
"My greatest ambition is to win a medal in the relay at the Olympics. Never say never." (Athlete, 21 Jan 2022)
Winning gold in 3000m relay at the World Cup event in Nagoya, JPN in the 2011/12 season. "It was one of my first World Cups and I didn't even want to race the final. It was really unexpected for me." (Athlete, 21 Jan 2022)
Alpine skier Bode Miller (USA), Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games gold medallist and four-time world champion. (isu.org)
Her older sister and short track skater Martina Valcepina (ITA), two-time Olympic relay medallist and 14-time European Championship medallist. (isu.org)
"I have a sort of routine I do before races, but not something that I really need to do. I'm not superstitious." (Athlete, 21 Jan 2022)
"Never give up." (isu.org)
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- Silver
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- Gold Medal Event
