Francesca Canepa

Francesca Canepa
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1971-09-14) 14 September 1971
Courmayeur
Sport
Country  Italy
Sport Snowboarding
Skyrunning
Trail running
Medal record
Skyrunning
Skyrunner World Series
Season 2017Sky Ultra

Francesca Canepa (born 14 September 1971) is a former Italian female snowboarder, in 2010 she became sky runner and trail runner at the age of 40.[1]

Biography

In skyrunning she achieved her best results at international level, winning three Skyrunner World Series races and breaking the final rankings of the 2017 Ultra category.[2]

In snowboarding her best international result in FIS Snowboard World Cup was in the season 1997-98 with 8th place in parallel slalom of Sestrieres.[3]

Selected results

Trail running/skyrunning

2012
2013
2014
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Hong Kong 100
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Eiger Ultra Trail
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) Transgrancanaria
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) Lavaredo Ultra Trail
2015
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) 100 Miles of Istria
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Cappadocia Ultra Trail
  • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Eiger Ultra Trail
2016
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) 100 Miles of Istria
  • 1st, gold medalist(s) Mozart 100
2017

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Francesca, quarantenne d'acciaio "Così salgo di corsa le montagne"" (in Italian). repubblica.it. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017 Sky Ultra - Women" (PDF). skyrunnerworldseries.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sestriere (ITA) 06.12.1997 World Cup - Ladies' Snowboardcross". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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