Maria Canins
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Maria Canins |
| Nickname | The "flying mother"[1] |
| Born | 4 June 1949 Badia, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road/Track/MTB/Skiing |
| Role | Rider |
Maria Canins (born 5 July 1949, in La Villa, Alta Badia[1][2]) is an Italian racing cyclist who twice won and came second three times in the Grande Boucle. She rode for Italy at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]
Biography
Canins was a cross-country skier from 1969 to 1988. She was Italian champion 15 times and the first Italian to win the Vasaloppet cross-county competition in Sweden and win from 1979 until 1988 10 times the Marcialonga. She was double world champion and double Italian champion in mountain biking.[1] She was married to the cross-country skier and ski mountaineer Bruno Bonaldi.,[4] who was a member of the civilian world championship team in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama.
Palmarès
Road Cycling
- 1983
- 3rd UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race
- 1984
- 5th Road race, 1984 Summer Olympics
- 1985
- 1st Grande Boucle
- 1st Stage 5 Grande Boucle
- 1st Stage 9 Grande Boucle
- 1st Stage 10 Grande Boucle
- 1st Stage 12 Grande Boucle
- 2nd Stage 13 Grande Boucle
- 1st Stage 15 Grande Boucle
- 2nd UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race
- 1986
- 1st Grande Boucle
- 1987
- 1st Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
- 2nd Grande Boucle
- 1988
- 1st Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 2nd Grande Boucle
- 2nd Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
- 1989
- 2nd Grande Boucle
- 3rd UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race
- 1990
- 2nd Giro d'Italia Femminile
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[5]
World Championships
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 20 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 32 | — | — | 20 | — |
World Cup
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 32 | 34 |
| 1983 | 33 | 37 |
Italian Championships
- 1971: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 1977: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1979: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1980: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1981:
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 1982:
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 1983:
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1984:
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 1985:
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1986: 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1988: 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
National titles
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Maria Canins: This woman from Alta Badia has got various athletic talents".
- ^ "Maria Canins". The Cycling Website. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.
- ^ "Maria Canins Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ Canins Maria Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "CANINS Maria". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
External links
- Maria Canins at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Italian female cross-country skiers
- Italian female cyclists
- Italian female mountain runners
- Italian mountain bikers
- Olympic cyclists of Italy
- People from Badia, South Tyrol
- UCI Road World Champions (women)
- Sportspeople from Südtirol