Martina Valcepina

Martina Valcepina

Valcepina in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1992-06-04) 4 June 1992 (age 32) Sondalo, Italy
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Short track speed skating
Club	CS Fiamme Gialle
World Cup wins	1
Achievements and titles
World finals	1
Highest world ranking	2 (500m)
Medal record Women's short track speed skating Representing   Italy Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang 3000 m relay 2022 Beijing Mixed 2000 m relay 2014 Sochi 3000 m relay World Championships 2021 Dordrecht 3000 m relay World Team Championships 2010 Bormio Team European Championships 2011 Heerenveen 500 m 2017 Turin 3000 m relay 2018 Dresden 500 m 2018 Dresden 1500 m 2012 Mladá Boleslav 3000 m relay 2017 Turin 500 m 2018 Dresden Overall 2019 Dordrecht 500 m 2020 Debrecen 500 m 2020 Debrecen 3000 m relay 2011 Heerenveen Overall 2011 Heerenveen 3000 m relay 2012 Mladá Boleslav Overall 2020 Debrecen Overall 2021 Gdańsk 3000 m relay World Junior Championships 2011 Courmayeur Overall

Martina Valcepina (born 4 June 1992) is an Italian short-track speed-skater. Her sister Arianna is also a short-track speed skater.

Career

Valcepina competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Italy. She placed fourth in her round one race of the 500 metres, failing to advance, finishing 31st overall. She was also a member of the Italian 3000 metre relay team, which finished fourth in the semi-finals and third in the B Final, ending up sixth overall. ^[1]

As of 2013, Valcepina's best performance at the World Championships came in 2012, finishing 4th in the 500 metres. She also won a bronze medal at the 2010 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships for Italy, and two gold medals at the World Junior Championships. ^[2]

As of 2013, Valcepina has one ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup victory, as part of the Italian relay team in 2011–12 at Nagoya. She also has eighteen other podium finishes as a member of the relay team. She finished second in the World Cup rankings in the 500 metres in 2011–12. ^[2]

World Cup Podiums

^[2]

Date	Season	Location	Rank	Event
30 November 2008	2008–09	Beijing		3000m Relay
8 February 2009	2008–09	Sofia		3000m Relay
15 February 2009	2008–09	Dresden		3000m Relay
12 December 2010	2010–11	Shanghai		3000m Relay
13 February 2011	2010–11	Moscow		500m
13 February 2011	2010–11	Moscow		3000m Relay
19 February 2011	2010–11	Dresden		500m
20 February 2011	2010–11	Dresden		500m
23 October 2011	2011–12	Salt Lake City		500m
29 October 2011	2011–12	Saguenay		500m
30 October 2011	2011–12	Saguenay		500m
4 December 2011	2011–12	Nagoya		500m
4 December 2011	2011–12	Nagoya		3000m Relay
12 February 2012	2011–12	Nagoya		500m
9 December 2012	2012–13	Shanghai		3000m Relay
3 February 2013	2012–13	Sochi		3000m Relay
29 September 2013	2013–14	Shanghai		3000m Relay
10 November 2013	2013–14	Torino		3000m Relay
17 November 2013	2013–14	Kolomna		3000m Relay

References

1. "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
2. "ISU Biography". Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.

External links

• Martina Valcepina at the International Skating Union
• Martina Valcepina at ShortTrackOnLine.info
• Martina Valcepina at Olympics.com
• Martina Valcepina at Olympedia
• Martina Valcepina at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)