Andrea Giovannini

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Andrea Giovannini Speed ​​skating
nation ItalyItaly Italy
birthday 27th August 1993 (age 27)
place of birth Trento , Italy
Career
status active
Placements in the speed skating world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 3, 2013
 World Cup victories 5
 Grand toilet 12. ( 2014/15 )
 Total toilet 5000/10000 8. ( 2017/18 )
 Total toilet mass start 2. ( 2016/17 , 2017/18 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Team competition 1 2 2
 Mass start 4th 0 0
last change: February 22nd, 2020

Andrea Giovannini (born August 27, 1993 in Trento ) is an Italian speed skater .

Career

Giovannini had his first international success at the Junior World Championships 2013 in Klobenstein . There he won bronze in four-way competitions, silver over 5000 m and gold in all-round competitions. He made his debut in the Speed ​​Skating World Cup in Erfurt in March 2013 , where he finished 13th in the B World Cup over 1500 m. He achieved his first top ten placements in the A World Cup singles in the 2013/14 season with two eighth places in Inzell and in Heerenveen . In December 2013 he became Italian champion in four-way combat and the following month he came 14th at the 2014 European all- around championship in Hamar . At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , he came in 17th place over 5000 m and at the 2014 World Championships in Heerenveen, 17th place. At the beginning of the 2014/15 season he won his first World Cup victory in the mass start in Seoul . This was followed by further top ten results in the mass start and at the end of the season 12th place in the overall world cup and third place in the mass start world cup. At the European all- around championships in 2015 in Chelyabinsk he achieved 11th place and at the individual distance world championships in 2015 in Heerenveen, 14th place over 5000 m and fifth place in the mass start and in the team pursuit.

At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, Giovannini finished third in the team pursuit in Calgary . In the further course of the season he came in the A-World Cup seven times in the top ten and at the end of the season reached tenth place in the overall World Cup over 5000/10000 m. In December 2015 he became the Italian four-way champion. The following month he finished fifth at the European all- around championship in Minsk in 2016 . At the all- around world championship in 2016 in Berlin , he finished sixth and at the individual distance world championships in 2016 in Kolomna he achieved tenth place over 5000 m and fourth place in the team pursuit. In the 2016/17 season he won the mass start in Astana and took third place in the team pursuit in Heerenveen . At the 2017 World Individual Distance Championships in Gangwon , he finished 20th in the mass start, 12th in the 5000m and sixth in the team pursuit. At the all-around world championship in Hamar in early March 2017 , he finished sixth. He finished the season in tenth place in the overall world cup over 5000/10000 m and in second place in the mass start world cup. In the following season he reached two second places in the team pursuit and a victory in the mass start in Calgary, eighth place in the overall world cup over 5000/10000 m and second place in the mass start world cup. At the European Championships in Kolomna in January 2018, he won the silver medal in the mass start. He also achieved 13th place over 5000 m and fifth place in the team pursuit. His best placings at the highlight of the season, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , were 12th in the mass start and sixth in the team pursuit. At the all- around world championship 2018 in Amsterdam he came in 11th place.

At the beginning of the 2018/19 season Giovannini clinched his fourth World Cup victory in the mass start in Obihiro . At the European all-around championship in January 2019 in Klobenstein , he was sixth in the four-way battle. At the individual distance world championships in Inzell in 2019 he finished 13th over 5000 m, sixth place in the team pursuit and fourth place in the mass start. At the beginning of March 2019, he finished 14th at the 2019 All Around World Championship in Calgary . He finished the season in the overall World Cup 5000/10000 m and in the Mass Start World Cup in tenth place.

Giovannini was five times Italian champion in the four-way competition (2014, 2016-2019) and twice in the mass start (2017, 2019).

Personal bests

  • 500 m 36.57 sec. (installed on March 7, 2015 in Calgary)
  • 1000 m 1: 10.56 min. (installed on October 20, 2017 in Inzell)
  • 1500 m 1: 44.17 min. (installed on December 3, 2017 in Calgary)
  • 3000 m 3: 40.07 min. (installed on October 7, 2017 in Inzell)
  • 5000 m 6: 8.80 min. (installed on December 10, 2017 in Salt Lake City)
  • 10000 m 13: 05.62 min. (installed on November 19, 2017 in Stavanger)

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

  • 2014 Sochi : 17th place 5000 m
  • 2018 Pyeongchang : 6th place team pursuit, 12th place mass start, 20th place 5000 m, 27th place 1500 m

Individual distance world championships

  • 2015 Heerenveen : 5th place team pursuit, 5th place mass start, 14th place 5000 m
  • 2016 Kolomna : 4th place team pursuit, 10th place 5000 m
  • 2017 Gangwon : 6th place team pursuit, 12th place 5000 m, 20th place mass start
  • 2019 Inzell : 4th place mass start, 6th place team pursuit, 13th place 5000 m
  • 2020 Salt Lake City : 6th place team pursuit, 11th place 5000 m, 16th place mass start

All-around world championships

World Cup victories

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
 1. 23rd November 2014 Korea SouthSouth Korea Seoul Mass start
 2. 4th December 2016 KazakhstanKazakhstan Astana Mass start
 3. 3rd December 2017 CanadaCanada Calgary Mass start
 4th 17th November 2018 JapanJapan Obihiro Mass start

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. December 8, 2019 KazakhstanKazakhstan Nur-Sultan Team tracking 1

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personal data
SURNAME Giovannini, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Trent