BALSAMO Elisa

Date of Birth: 27 Feb 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.65/5'4''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Track	Women's Team Pursuit ITA Italy	6
	Women's Omnium	14
	Women's Madison ITA Italy	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Team Pursuit First Round - Heat 4	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Team Pursuit Finals 5-6	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Madison Final	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Omnium Scratch Race 1/4	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Omnium Tempo Race 2/4	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Omnium Elimination Race 3/4	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Omnium Points Race 4/4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

CYCLING TRACK

World Championships

Year	Location	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2020	Berlin, GER	-	7	3
2019	Pruszkow, POL	-	5	-
2018	Apeldoorn, NED	4	3	-
2017	Hong Kong, CHN	7	4	-

European Games

Year	Location	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2019	Minsk, BLR	3	1	4

European Championships

Year	Location	Omnium	4km TP	Madison	Elimination
2020	Plovdiv, BUL	1	2	1	-
2019	Apeldoorn, NED	-	3	-	-
2018	Glasgow, GBR	-	2	-	5
2017	Berlin, GER	3	1	-	-
2016	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA	4	1	-	-

World Cup (Ranking)

Rank	Event	Year
3	3km Individual Pursuit	2017/2018
9	Omnium	2017/2018
37	Omnium	2018/2019

Year	Location	3km IP	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2019/2020	Brisbane, QLD, AUS	-	-	6	5
2019/2020	Minsk, BLR	-	-	3	8
2018/2019	Hong Kong, CHN	-	-	1	3
2018/2019	Cambridge, NZL	-	DNF	3	-
2018/2019	London, GBR	-	-	3	-
2018/2019	Milton, ON, CAN	-	6	2	8
2018/2019	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA	-	-	3	-
2017/2018	Minsk, BLR	-	-	2	-
2017/2018	Santiago, CHI	-	2	-	3
2017/2018	Manchester, GBR	-	5	2	3
2017/2018	Pruszkow, POL	3	-	1	3
2016/2017	Glasgow, GBR	-	-	2	-

Legend
IP - Individual Pursuit, TP - Team Pursuit, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

CYCLING ROAD

UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race	Team Time Trial
2019	Harrogate, GBR	47	-
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	-	8
2017	Bergen, NOR	DNF	-

Ten best performances in major races in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
2	2019	Road Race	RideLondon Classique	London, GBR
3	2018	Road Race	RideLondon Classique	London, GBR
4	2021	Road Race	Gent - Wevelgem	Wevelgem, BEL
5	2021	Road Race	Brugge - De Panne	De Panne, BEL
6	2019	Road Race	Brugge - De Panne	De Panne, BEL
7	2021	Road Race	Trofeo Binda	Cittiglio, ITA
8	2020	Road Race	La Course by Le Tour	Nice, FRA
9	2019	Road Race	Gent - Wevelgem	Wevelgem, BEL
10	2019	Road Race	Amstel Gold Race	Valkenburg, NED
11	2020	Women's Individual	Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta	Madrid, ESP
11	2018	Road Race	Brugge - De Panne	De Panne, BEL
11	2018	Road Race	Trofeo Binda	Cittiglio, ITA

European Games

Year	Location	Road Race
2019	Minsk, BLR	5

UCI Road World Championships (Juniors)

Year	Location	Road Race
2016	Doha, QAT	1

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Reading, playing the piano. (elisabalsamo.com, 04 Mar 2018)

Occupation:

University of Turin, Italy

Languages spoken:

English, Italian

Valcar - Travel & Service [Bottanuco, ITA] since 2017

Dino Salvoldi [national], ITA

Other sports:

She has also competed in road cycling at international level. She won a silver medal at the 2019 RideLondon Classique in England, and gold in the junior road race at the 2016 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (SportsDeskOnline, 28 May 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (elisabalsamo.com, 02 Jan 2020)

Winning bronze in team pursuit at the 2018 World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (elisabalsamo.com, 04 Mar 2018)

General Interest

General
GRADUATING TO PRO
She was still studying at high school when she turned professional in 2017. "The jump to the elite category was very hard for two main reasons, first because I began competing against the best cyclists in the world, but also because I was busy with my high school diploma." (elisabalsamo.com, 04 Mar 2018)

Social Media

Athlete Blog: https://elisabalsamo.com/en
https://instagram.com/elisa.balsamo
https://twitter.com/Elisa_balsamo

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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