Antonella Confortola

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Antonella Confortola
CONFORTOLA WYATT Antonella Tour de Ski 2010.jpg
Antonella Confortola in 2010
Personal information
Born (1975-10-16) 16 October 1975 (age 50)
Sport
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
SportSkiing
Club G.S. Forestale
World Cup career
Seasons19 – (19942012)
Indiv. starts191
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts42
Team podiums9
Team wins0
Overall titles0 – (26th in 2004)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Turin 4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Ramsau 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Oberstdorf 4 × 5 km relay
Mountain running
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Innsbruck Individual
World Long Distance Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Szklarska Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Szklarska Individual
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Podbrdo Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Premana Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Manitou Springs Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Podbrdo Individual
Skyrunning
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Canazei Vertical Km
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2009 CanazeiSkyRace
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2009 CanazeiVertical Kilometer
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 CanazeiVertical Kilometer

Antonella Confortola Wyatt (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian former cross-country skier and mountain runner.

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Biography

Confortola was born in Cavalese. She is the granddaughter of Italian cross-country skier and Olympian Silvio Confortola. [1]

Cross-country skiing

Confortola competed at the Olympics four times between 1998 and 2010. She earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Her best individual finish was 16th in the 15 km event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Confortola earned two medals in the 4 × 5 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (silver: 1999, bronze: 2005). Her best individual finish was a 15th in the 30 km in 2003. She won two individual races (5 km, 10 km) at the Continental Cup in 2004 in Italy.

Mountain running

Confortola has also competed in mountain running. She took fourth place at the 2010 European Mountain Running Championships in Bulgaria [2] and the silver medal at the 2011 European Mountain Running Championships in Turkey.

Personal life

Confortola is married to New Zealand runner Jonathan Wyatt. [3] They live in northern Italy with their daughter. [4]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). [5]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  5 km  10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team sprint 
1998 22 27 20
2002 26 34 16 19
2006 30 34 22 DNF 3rd
2010 34 16

World Championships

 Year  Age  5 km  10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team sprint 
1999 2327392nd
2003 2722157
2005 29211820 3rd
2007 32 23 3514
2009 34 16 15 5
2011 36 9 4

World Cup

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
1994 18NC
1995 19NC
1996 20NC
1997 21NCNC
1998 22533766
1999 23372756
2000 24422444NC
2001 2574DNF
2002 2656
2003 2738
2004 282619
2005 297850
2006 305741
2007 315132NCDNF
2008 322824492116
2009 334330NC28DNF
2010 345834NCDNF
2011 358962NC36
2012 36NCNC

Team Podiums

  • 9 podiums – (9 RL)
No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1 1998–99 20 December 1998 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2nd Paruzzi  / Belmondo  / Valbusa
210 January 1999 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Paruzzi  / Belmondo  / Valbusa
326 February 1999 Flag of Austria.svg Ramsau, Austria4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships [a] 2nd Valbusa  / Paruzzi  / Belmondo
414 March 1999 Flag of Sweden.svg Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Valbusa  / Paruzzi  / Belmondo
5 1999–00 27 February 2000 Flag of Sweden.svg Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rd Paruzzi  / Valbusa  / Belmondo
64 March 2000 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Santer  / Paruzzi  / Valbusa
7 2002–03 23 March 2003 Flag of Sweden.svg Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Valbusa  / Paruzzi  / Follis
8 2003–04 7 February 2004 Flag of France.svg La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Longa  / Paruzzi  / Valbusa
9 2009–10 7 March 2010 Flag of Finland.svg Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rd Longa  / Valbusa  / Follis
  1. Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Italian Championships

Mountain running

Team results

National titles

Other results

Nuten Opp

See also

References

  1. "Splendide Marcialonga Baby e arrivo della Story a Predazzo" (in Italian). predazzoblog.it. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2017. All'emozionante colpo d'occhio hanno partecipato anche la 'coppia di stelle' Antonella Confortola, bronzo olimpico in staffetta a Torino 2006, ed il marito Jonathan Wyatt, campionissimo di corsa in montagna. Antonella è raggiante: "Questa manifestazione mi è sempre piaciuta molto, ho trovato alcuni vestiti di mio nonno (Silvio Confortola, fondista e scialpinista azzurro – ndr) risalenti alle Olimpiadi di Saint Moritz del 1948 (durante le quali Silvio venne affettuosamente soprannominato 'il vecio', come concorrente più anziano) e li ho consegnati a Jonathan:
  2. Turkey’s Arslan is Europe’s best mountain runner for the fourth time Archived 8 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine . European Athletics (4 July 2010). Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  3. "Mountain Running: Jonathan Wyatt joins the La Sportiva team". lasportiva.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017. Married to cross-country skier and runner Antonella Confortola
  4. Mock, Justin (26 October 2020). "Catching Up With Jonathan Wyatt". iRunFar.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. "CONFORTOLA Antonella". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  6. "Confortola e Vaccina campioni italiani Chilometro Verticale". corsainmontagna.it. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  7. "Antonella Confortola sette løyperekord" (in Norwegian). kondis.no. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2017. Antonella Confortola Wyatt frå Italia slo sin eigen rekord frå 2009 og vann føre Kjersti Karoline Danielsen. Den faste gjesten i Nuten opp, motbakkeverdsmeister Jonathan Wyatt, var førstemann til topps som vanleg, med Øystein Sylta på andreplass.