Valentina MARGAGLIO

Italy

Skeleton

Date of Birth: 15 Nov 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Place of birth: CASALE MONFERRATO, ALESSANDRIA

Birth Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Skeleton	Women	12

Records

Record	Event	Time	Date	Location
SR	Women Heat 1	4.98	11 February, 2022	Yanqing National Sliding Centre (CHN)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Two	2012	Innsbruck, AUT	00:01:52.410

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
3	Mixed Team	2020	Altenberg, GER	1:55.82
8	Mixed Team	2021	Altenberg, GER	1:57.19
12	Women	2021	Altenberg, GER	3:55.93
17	Women	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:59.52
23	Women	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	2:45.84
28	Women	2017	Koenigssee, GER	1:48.50

World Cup Rankings
Season	Women
2021/22	6
2020/21	8
2019/20	19
2018/19	19

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Women
2021/22	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 2 x 5th
2020/21	1 x 4th, 1 x 5th, 1 x 6th
2019/20	1 x 9th, 1 x 11th, 1 x 14th
2018/19	1 x 10th, 1 x 17th, 2 x 20th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
2	Women	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:59.14
3	Women	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:48.28
5	Women	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI	2:18.48
5	Women	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:47.78
6	Women	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:56.58
8	Women	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:54.28
8	Women	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT	1:45.38

Occupation:

Police Officer

Family:

Father (Italian). Mother (Ivorian).

Languages spoken:

Italian

Coach:

National: Renato Bussola(ITA)
Personal: Milko Campus (ITA), Andrea Gallina (ITA)

Other sports:

Athletics: Competed in throws events (shot, javelin).
Bobsleigh: Competed at the Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Winter Games.

National team:

2014

Memorable:

Winning an historical medal (mixed team bronze) for Italy, the first ever in skeleton, at the 2020 World Championship.

Milestones

Competed in bobsleigh at the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, finishing fifth in the two girls (with Mathilde Parodi).

2020 World Championships mixed team bronze medallist (with Mattia Gaspari). Before this result, Italy’s only global success in the skeleton had been Nino Bible’s gold at the St. Moritz 1948 Olympic Games.

Has 10 top-10 World Cup results, with two podiums, her first in 2021 in Innsbruck (third) and her second on 17 December 2021 (Altenberg). She is the first Italian to get on the podium in the World Cup.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
SR:: Start Record

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