Samuela Comola

Samuela Comola

Comola in 2024
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1998-04-30) 30 April 1998 (age 27) Aosta, Italy
Sport
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
Club	CS Esercito
World Cup debut	2022
Olympic Games
Teams	1
World Championships
Teams	2 (2023–)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
Medal record Women's biathlon Representing   Italy Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Championships 1 0 0 Total 1 0 0 World Championships 2023 Oberhof 4 × 6 km relay

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

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

Year	Age	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2022 Beijing	23	—	57th	37th	—	5th	—

World Championships

Year	Age	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
2023 Oberhof	24	4th	46th	42nd	10th	Gold	—	—
2024 Nové Město na Moravě	25	21st	37th	23rd	—	11th	—	—

World Cup

Season	Age	Overall		Individual		Sprint		Pursuit		Mass start
		Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position
2021–22	22	18	87th	NC	—N/a	3	87th	15	91st	NC	—N/a
2021–22	23	138	37th	16	49th	47	45th	75	25th	NC	—N/a

Relay podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Level	Placement	Teammate
1	2021–22	3 March 2022	Kontiolahti	World Cup	3rd	Vittozzi, Sanfilippo, Wierer
2	2022–23	11 December 2022	Hochfilzen	World Cup	3rd	Passler, Vittozzi, Wierer
3		14 January 2023	Ruhpolding	World Cup	3rd	Passler, Vittozzi, Wierer
4		18 February 2023	Oberhof	World Championships	Gold	Auchentaller, Wierer, Vittozzi

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. "Samuela Comola profile". International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
4. "Samuela COMOLA". Beijing 2022 Olympics . Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
5. "Samuela Comola Olympic Profile | NBC Olympics". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
6. "Samuela Comola profile". Ukraine biathlon federation. Retrieved 30 March 2023.