Stefania Belmondo
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Stefania Belmondo |
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nation | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | 13th January 1969 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Vinadio , Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 158 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 45 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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society | GS Forestale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of career | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: February 23, 2014 |
Stefania Belmondo (born January 13, 1969 in Vinadio ) is a former Italian cross-country skier . She is one of the most successful athletes of the 1990s and was one of the first to break the dominance of the Russians and Scandinavians. She won a total of 23 medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships. With 10 Olympic medals, she holds the record at the Winter Games (women) with Raissa Smetanina and Marit Bjørgen .
biography
Belmondo first took part in world championships in 1987 and started in 1988 for the first time at the Olympic Games. At the Junior World Championships in 1988 in Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, Austria, she won bronze over 5 kilometers and with the Italian relay. The following year she was junior world champion over five and 15 kilometers at the 1990 Junior World Championships in Vang, Norway . In 1989 she won her first world cup race . She won her first two medals at the 1991 World Championships. At the 1992 Winter Olympics , she was Olympic champion over 30 km. She celebrated two more victories, in the pursuit race and over 30 kilometers, at the 1993 World Championships. A broken toe that had to be operated on forced her to take a four-month break from competition.
After a second operation, Belmondo took part in the 1994 Olympic Games, but failed to meet expectations with two bronze medals. Contrary to the advice of her doctors, she decided to continue her sports career. At the 1997 World Cup she came second four times, always behind her Russian competitor Jelena Välbe . Belmondo won a silver and a bronze medal at the Olympics. The third place with the relay is remarkable because last runner Belmondo started the track in ninth place and still overtook runners. Also in 1997 Belmondo was honored with the Holmenkollen Medal .
At the 1999 World Championships, Belmondo won two more gold medals, in the pursuit race and over 15 km. In addition, in the 1998/99 season she was the first female runner from an Alpine country to win the overall ranking of the cross-country skiing world cup. In 2002, at her fifth Olympic Games, she won the 15 km race. After the 2001/2002 season, she ended her cross-country skiing career.
On 10 February 2006 ignited Belmondo during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin , the Olympic flame .
successes
winter Olympics
- 1992 in Albertville : Gold over 30 km, silver in the pursuit race, bronze with the relay
- 1994 in Lillehammer : bronze in the pursuit race, bronze with the relay
- 1998 in Nagano : silver over 30 km, bronze with the relay
- 2002 in Salt Lake City : Gold over 15 km, silver over 30 km, bronze over 10 km
World championships
- 1991 in Val di Fiemme : silver with the relay, bronze over 15 km
- 1993 in Falun : Gold in the pursuit race, gold over 30 km, silver with the relay
- 1997 in Trondheim : silver in the pursuit race, silver over 5 km, silver over 15 km, silver over 30 km
- 1999 in Ramsau : Gold in the pursuit race, gold over 15 km, silver with the relay
- 2001 in Lahti : bronze with the relay
Victories in world cup races
World Cup victories in individual
No. | date | place | discipline |
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1. | December 10, 1989 | Salt Lake City | 15 km freestyle |
2. | December 8, 1990 | Tauplitzalm | 10 km classic + 15 km freestyle |
3. | December 8, 1991 | Silver Star | 15 km classic |
4th | January 11, 1992 | Cogne | 30 km freestyle |
5. | February 21, 1992 | Albertville | 30 km freestyle 1 |
6th | February 29, 1992 | Lahti | 30 km classic |
7th | January 16, 1993 | Cogne | 10 km freestyle |
8th. | February 23, 1993 | Falun | 15 km pursuit 2 |
9. | February 27, 1993 | Falun | 30 km freestyle 2 |
10. | November 29, 1995 | Gällivare | 10 km freestyle |
11. | December 7, 1996 | Davos | 10 km classic |
12. | December 14, 1996 | Brusson | 15 km freestyle |
13. | January 11, 1997 | Hakuba | 5 km classic |
14th | January 12, 1997 | Hakuba | 10 km freestyle |
15th | March 15, 1997 | Oslo | 30 km freestyle |
16. | January 11, 1998 | Ramsau am Dachstein | 10 km freestyle |
17th | March 7, 1998 | Lahti | 15 km freestyle |
18th | February 19, 1999 | Ramsau am Dachstein | 15 km freestyle 3 |
19th | February 23, 1999 | Ramsau am Dachstein | 15 km pursuit 3 |
20th | February 2, 2000 | Trondheim | 5 km freestyle |
21st | February 20, 2000 | Lamoura Mouthe | 44 km freestyle Mst. 4 |
22nd | March 9, 2002 | Falun | 10 km skiathlon |
23. | March 16, 2002 | Oslo | 30 km freestyle |
World Cup victories in the team
No. | date | place | discipline |
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1. | January 13, 2001 | Soldier Hollow | 4 × 5 km relay 2 |
2. | March 10, 2002 | Falun | 4 × 5 km relay 2 |
Victories in Continental Cup races
No. | date | place | discipline | series |
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1. | 5th February 1994 | Brusson | 10 km freestyle | Continental Cup |
2. | March 25, 1999 | Oslo | 10 km freestyle | Continental Cup |
Victories in Worldloppet Cup races
Note: Before the 2015/16 season, the Worldloppet Cup was still called the Marathon Cup .
No. | date | place | run | discipline |
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1. | February 20, 2000 | Lamoura | Transjurassienne | 44 km freestyle mass start 3 |
World Cup overall placements
season | total | Long distance | sprint | |||
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Points | space | Points | space | Points | space | |
1988/89 | 37 | 13. | - | - | - | - |
1989/90 | 66 | 8th. | - | - | - | - |
1990/91 | 128 | 2. | - | - | - | - |
1991/92 | 156 | 2. | - | - | - | - |
1992/93 | 596 | 3. | - | - | - | - |
1993/94 | 481 | 4th | - | - | - | - |
1994/95 | 377 | 7th | - | - | - | - |
1995/96 | 675 | 6th | - | - | - | - |
1996/97 | 909 | 2. | 280 | 2. | 489 | 1. |
1997/98 | 544 | 3. | 208 | 3. | 355 | 3. |
1998/99 | 768 | 1. | 345 | 2. | 356 | 5. |
1999/2000 | 820 | 6th | 211 585 |
7. 2. 4 |
24 | 37. |
2000/01 | 785 | 4th | - | - | 164 | 7th |
2001/02 | 760 | 3. | - | - | - | - |
Awards
- Italy's Sportswoman of the Year ( La Gazzetta dello Sport ): 1993, 1999, 2002
Web links
- Official website of Stefania Belmondo
- Stefania Belmondo in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Stefania Belmondo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Belmondo, Stefania |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cross-country skier |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vinadio , Italy |