Sara Pellegrini

Sara Pellegrini
nation	Italy
birthday	5th May 1986 (age 34)
place of birth	Italy
Career
society	GS Fiamme oro di Moena
status	active
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup December 14, 2013  Overall World Cup 83rd ( 2018/19 )  Distance World Cup 78th (2018/19)  Tour de Ski 27. ( 2018/19 )
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup December 8, 2007  Continental Cup victories 7 ( details )  OPA overall rating 2. ( 2013/14 , 2017/18 , 2019/20 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  OPA individual race 7th 6th 6th  OPA team race 1 0 0
last change: March 20, 2020

Sara Pellegrini (born May 5, 1986 ) is an Italian cross-country skier .

Career

Pellegrini started in Formazza in December 2007 for the first time in the cross-country Alpine Cup and came in 21st place over 5 km classic and tenth place in the 10 km mass start race. At the U23 World Championships in 2009 , she came 30th in the skiathlon . In 2011 she achieved her first podium positions in the Alpine Cup with second place in Ramsau am Dachstein and third place in Pokljuka over 5 km freestyle. At the beginning of the 2013/14 season, she made her debut in Davos in the cross-country skiing world cup and finished 50th in the 15 km freestyle. In the further course of the season she finished in the top ten 11 times in the Alpencup. She won her first Alpine Cup victory in the pursuit race on the mini tour in Campra and won the mini tour with it. In addition, she achieved second place in the 10 km freestyle in Campra and second place in the 15 km mass start race in Rogla and came second in the overall ranking of the Alpine Cup at the end of the season. In 2015 she won the Marcialonga Lights over 33 km. In the 2016/17 season she won her third victory in the Alpine Cup in Planica over 10 km freestyle. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , she came 28th in the 30 km mass start race. In the 2017/18 season she came with six podium finishes, including four victories, and came second in the overall ranking of the Alpine Cup. At the season highlight of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , she ran to 38th place over 10 km freestyle and 35th place in both skiathlon and 30 km mass start races.

In the 2018/19 season, Pellegrini finished 27th in the Tour de Ski 2018/19 and thus scored her first World Cup points. In addition, she achieved sixth place in the overall ranking of the Alpine Cup with seven top ten placements, including second place over 10 km classic in Planica . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2019 in Seefeld in Tyrol , she finished 35th in both the skiathlon and the 30 km mass start race. In the following season she was third with four and one second place, second in the overall ranking of the Alpine Cup.

Victories in Continental Cup races

Continental Cup wins in singles

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	February 16, 2014	Campra	10 km classic pursuit	Alpine Cup
2.	14.-16. February 2014	Campra	Overall rating mini tour	Alpine Cup
3.	January 7, 2017	Planica	10 km freestyle	Alpine Cup
4th	January 6, 2018	Campra	10 km freestyle	Alpine Cup
5.	January 7, 2018	Campra	15 km skiathlon	Alpine Cup
6th	17th March 2018	Baqueira beret	10 km classic mass start	Alpine Cup
7th	18th March 2018	Baqueira beret	10 km freestyle pursuit	Alpine Cup

Continental Cup victories in the team

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	February 23, 2014	Oberwiesenthal	3 × 5 km relay freestyle 1	Alpine Cup

¹ With Lucia Scardoni and Giulia Stürz .

Web links

• Sara Pellegrini in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marcialonga Lights winner list