Linda Sanarini

Linda Sanarini

Sanarini in 2024
Personal information
Born	(2005-01-12) 12 January 2005 (age 21) [1] Abano Terme, Italy
Team information
Current team	Tirol Women Cycling
Discipline	Track Road
Amateur team
2024–2025	Bft Burzoni VO2 Team Pink
Professional team
2026–	Tirol Women Cycling
Medal record Representing   Italy Women's track cycling European Championships 2026 Konya Team pursuit

Linda Sanarini (born 18 January 2007) is an Italian track and road cyclist. She was a bronze medalist in the Team Pursuit at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships. Prior to that, she won multiple medals at Junior World and European Track Championships, and won the road race at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival.

Biography

Sanarini was born 18 January, 2007, in Abano Terme and later lived in San Colombo, Padua. In 2021, she became Italian age-group road champion. On the track, she won the Italian age-group title in the Omnium at the Italian Youth Championships in San Giovanni al Natisone. In 2022, she won the Italian age-group time trial title in Friuli, and three titles on the track: in the Team Pursuit, Omnium, and Madison, in Dalmine. ^[2]

She competed for Italy at the 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, winning the girls' road race. ^[3] That year, she signed for Bft Burzoni VO2 Team Pink Junior Women's team. ^[2]

At the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Luoyang, China, she won bronze medals in the Team Pursuit and Madison (alongside Anita Baima), also placing fifth in the Omnium. ^{[4] [5]} At the 2024 UEC European Track Junior Championships in Cottbus, she won the silver medal in the Omnium and a bronze medal in the Team Pursuit. ^[6]

She was a medalist in the Team Pursuit at the 2025 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, and the 2025 UEC European Junior Track Championships in Anadia, Portugal. ^{[7] [8]}

In February 2026, Sanarini won a bronze medal with the Italian team at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships in Konya, Turkey, in the women's team pursuit. ^[9]

References

1. "Linda Sanarini". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
2. "MARKET. LINDA SANARINI WILL MAKE HER JUNIOR DEBUT WITH THE BFT BURZONI VO2 PINK". tuttobiciweb.it. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
3. "EYOF 2023 - Linda Sanarini wins gold and Alessio Magagnotti silver in Maribor". federciclismo.it. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
4. "Junior World Track Championships, Linda Sanarini (Bft Burzoni VO2 Team Pink) fifth in the Omnium". piacenzasera. August 23, 2024. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
5. Vardelli, Carlofilippo (August 27, 2024). "Track Cycling – Anita Baima and Linda Sanarini (VO2 Team Pink) win bronze in the Madison at the Junior World Championships in China". piacenza24. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
6. Carpanini, Simone (21 January 2025). "Sanarini lavora già sodo per il prossimo salto in avanti". Bici.pro. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
7. "Linda Sanarini narrowly misses out on the world championship bronze medal in Apeldoorn". Liberta. 24 August 2025. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
8. "BFT BURZONI – VO2 TEAM PINK: LINDA SANARINI WINS SILVER AT THE EUROPEAN TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". Pedalerosa.it. July 20, 2025. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.
9. "Konya European Elite Track Championships UEC 2 February 2026 Day 2 standings". Ouest France. 2 Feb 2026. Retrieved 2 Feb 2026.