Valentina Margaglio

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

Valentina Margaglio
Margaglio in 2020
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993
Casale Monferrato, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly
SportSkeleton
ClubFiamme Azzurre[1]
Medal record
World Championships
2020 AltenbergMixed skeleton

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]
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2020 World Championships 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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