Samuela Comola

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Samuela Comola
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Comola in 2024
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1998-04-30) 30 April 1998 (age 26)
Aosta, Italy
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
ClubCS Esercito
World Cup debut2022
Olympic Games
Teams1
World Championships
Teams2 (2023–)
Medals1 (1 gold)
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 000
World Championships 100
Total100
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Oberhof 4 × 6 km relay

Samuela Comola (born 30 April 1998 in Aosta) is an Italian biathlete. [1]

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Comola started her biathlon career in 2009. In 2016, she competed at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. She also participated at the 2017 IBU Youth World Championships. [2] Comola made her debut race in the World Cup during the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup season (on November 27, 2021) in Östersund (64th in the individual). [3] She competed at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing 2022 in women's sprint, pursuit, and team relay races. [4] [5] On March 3, 2022, in Kontiolahti she secured her career first podium in the World Cup (3rd in the relay with Dorothea Wierer, Federica Sanfilippo and Lisa Vittozzi). At the Biathlon World Championships 2023 in Oberhof, she won the gold medal in the relay with Dorothea Wierer, Hannah Auchentaller and Lisa Vittozzi.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. [3] [6] Updated on 30 March 2023

Olympic Games

YearAgeIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 2357th37th5th

World Championships

YearAgeIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relaySingle mixed relay
Flag of Germany.svg 2023 Oberhof 244th46th42nd10thGold
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 2024 Nové Město na Moravě 2521st37th23rd11th

World Cup

SeasonAgeOverallIndividualSprintPursuitMass start
PointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPositionPointsPosition
2021–22 221887thNC387th1591stNC
2021–22 2313837th1649th4745th7525thNC

Relay podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationLevelPlacementTeammate
1 2021–22 3 March 2022 Flag of Finland.svg Kontiolahti World Cup 3rd Vittozzi, Sanfilippo, Wierer
2 2022–23 11 December 2022 Flag of Austria.svg Hochfilzen World Cup 3rd Passler, Vittozzi, Wierer
314 January 2023 Flag of Germany.svg Ruhpolding World Cup 3rdPassler, Vittozzi, Wierer
418 February 2023 Flag of Germany.svg Oberhof World Championships Gold Auchentaller, Wierer, Vittozzi


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References

  1. Bonserio, Orlando (16 February 2022). "Samuela Comola fa sognare, l'Italia del biathlon quinta in staffetta". Aostasera (in Italian). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. "Monday Rundown: IBU Youth Worlds Relays in Osrblie – FasterSkier.com". fasterskier.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Samuela Comola profile". International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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  5. "Samuela Comola Olympic Profile | NBC Olympics". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. "Samuela Comola profile". Ukraine biathlon federation. Retrieved 30 March 2023.