Chiara Pierobon

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Chiara Pierobon (born January 21, 1993 in Mirano , Italy ; † August 1, 2015 in Ingolstadt , Germany ) was an Italian cyclist who had been part of the Top Girls Fassa Bortolo team since 2013 .

life and career

Pierobon was born in 1993 in the municipality of Mirano in the Veneto region and grew up in Caselle de 'Ruffi , a district of Santa Maria di Salas , a few kilometers away . In the adult sector, she was used, among other things, for the cycling team of the Società Ciclistica Vecchia Fontana , of which she was a member from 2005 until 2009 when she was 16 years old. Before that, from 2003 to 2004 she worked in the junior classes G3 and G4 of the GS Cicli Bernardi , of which her father is still in office today as president. In the Esordienti class, she became the Italian road champion in 2006, followed by Italian championship titles in sprint and points in this junior class in 2007 . In the following year, numerous more, especially regional, successes followed; including not only in rail sports, but above all on the road. After she was able to record numerous podium placements in 2008, she continued the successes in 2009 and was able to improve a lot.

After joining the Avantec Artuso Breganze junior team from Breganze Ciclo Club 96 in 2010, she moved to the GS Verso L'Iride Maccari Spumanti / SC Cadrezzate Guerciotti community the following year . There she was still employed as a junior in 2011 and made her debut in the all-women team in 2012, which she only belonged to this year until she left the Top Girls Fassa Bortolo . With the team Top Girls Fassa Bortolo further success of the young athlete hired, which among other things, in 2014 to be convened in the national squad in their home country and in participating as a reserve at the World Championships in 2014 in the Spanish Ponferrada led. In July 2015 she finished the Giro d'Italia Femminile in 36th place overall and was tenth in the junior ranking. In the previous two years, she finished 107th (2012) and 41st (2013) in the overall ranking of the Giro d'Italia Femminile.

On August 1, 2015 Pierobon was with her team on the way to a World Cup race in Bochum , the preparation for the UEC Road European Championships for Juniors / U23 2015 in Estonian Tartu was when she suddenly collapsed while driving. After initial measures were taken immediately, Pierobon died on the way to a hospital in Ingolstadt on board a helicopter of the consequences of a pulmonary embolism .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ INFORMAZIONI Vecchia Fontana (Italian), accessed on August 13, 2015
  2. ↑ Tra le compagne, singulti poi il crollo - Chiara passata dal sonno alla morte (Italian), accessed on August 13, 2015
  3. ↑ LUNG EMBOLIA AT THE AGE OF 22 - Italian cyclist Chiara Pierobon died , accessed on August 13, 2015
  4. ↑ Tragedia: Chiara Pierobon muore a 22 anni per un malore (Italian), accessed on August 13, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Pierobon, Chiara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Mirano , Italy
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 2015
Place of death Ingolstadt , Germany