Antonella Confortola
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1975 Cavalese, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | G.S. Forestale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 19 – (1994–2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 191 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (26th in 2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antonella Confortola Wyatt (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian former cross-country skier and mountain runner.
Biography
[edit]Confortola was born in Cavalese. She is the granddaughter of Italian cross-country skier and Olympian Silvio Confortola.[1]
Cross-country skiing
[edit]Confortola competed at the Olympics four times between 1998 and 2010. She earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Her best individual finish was 16th in the 15 km event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Confortola earned two medals in the 4 × 5 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (silver: 1999, bronze: 2005). Her best individual finish was a 15th in the 30 km in 2003. She won two individual races (5 km, 10 km) at the Continental Cup in 2004 in Italy.
Mountain running
[edit]Confortola has also competed in mountain running. She took fourth place at the 2010 European Mountain Running Championships in Bulgaria[2] and the silver medal at the 2011 European Mountain Running Championships in Turkey.
Personal life
[edit]Confortola is married to New Zealand runner Jonathan Wyatt.[3] They live in northern Italy with their daughter.[4]
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[5]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 22 | — | — | 27 | — | 20 | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 26 | — | 34 | 16 | — | 19 | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 30 | — | 34 | — | 22 | DNF | — | 3rd | — |
| 2010 | 34 | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — |
World Championships
[edit]- 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 23 | — | — | 27 | — | 39 | — | 2nd | — |
| 2003 | 27 | — | — | 22 | — | 15 | — | 7 | — |
| 2005 | 29 | — | 21 | — | 18 | 20 | — | 3rd | — |
| 2007 | 32 | — | 23 | — | 35 | 14 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 34 | — | — | — | 16 | 15 | — | 5 | — |
| 2011 | 36 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 4 | — |
World Cup
[edit]| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
World Cup Final | ||
| 1994 | 18 | NC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 19 | NC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 20 | NC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 21 | NC | — | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 22 | 53 | — | 37 | — | 66 | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 23 | 37 | — | 27 | — | 56 | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 24 | 42 | — | 24 | 44 | NC | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 25 | 74 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 26 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 27 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 28 | 26 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 29 | 78 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 30 | 57 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 31 | 51 | 32 | — | — | NC | — | DNF | — |
| 2008 | 32 | 28 | 24 | — | — | 49 | — | 21 | 16 |
| 2009 | 33 | 43 | 30 | — | — | NC | — | 28 | DNF |
| 2010 | 34 | 58 | 34 | — | — | NC | — | DNF | — |
| 2011 | 35 | 89 | 62 | — | — | NC | 36 | — | — |
| 2012 | 36 | NC | NC | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Team Podiums
[edit]- 9 podiums – (9 RL)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998–99 | 20 December 1998 |  Davos, Switzerland
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4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Paruzzi / Belmondo / Valbusa |
| 2 | 10 January 1999 |  Nové Město, Czech Republic
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4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Paruzzi / Belmondo / Valbusa | |
| 3 | 26 February 1999 |  Ramsau, Austria
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4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Championships[a] | 2nd | Valbusa / Paruzzi / Belmondo | |
| 4 | 14 March 1999 |  Falun, Sweden
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4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Valbusa / Paruzzi / Belmondo | |
| 5 | 1999–00 | 27 February 2000 | Falun, Sweden
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4 × 5 km Relay F | World Cup | 3rd | Paruzzi / Valbusa / Belmondo |
| 6 | 4 March 2000 |  Lahti, Finland
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4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Santer / Paruzzi / Valbusa | |
| 7 | 2002–03 | 23 March 2003 | Falun, Sweden
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4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Valbusa / Paruzzi / Follis |
| 8 | 2003–04 | 7 February 2004 |  La Clusaz, France
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4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Longa / Paruzzi / Valbusa |
| 9 | 2009–10 | 7 March 2010 | Lahti, Finland
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4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Longa / Valbusa / Follis |
- ^ Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
Italian Championships
[edit]- 1998: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km
- 1999:
- 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km
- 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 2002:
- 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
- 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 2003:
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km free & duathlon
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 2004:
- 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km
- 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 2005: 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 2007: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
- 2008:
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 2 x 7.5 km pursuit
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
- 2009:
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 2 x 7.5 km pursuit
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 2010: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
Mountain running
[edit]Team results
[edit]- World Mountain Running Championships
2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 (7)
National titles
[edit]- Italian Mountain Running Championships
- Mountain running: 2003, 2011, 2012 (3)
- Italian Vertical Kilometer Championships
- Vertical kilometer: 2014[6]
Other results
[edit]- 2008, 2009, 2010[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Splendide Marcialonga Baby e arrivo della Story a Predazzo" (in Italian). predazzoblog.it. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
All'emozionante colpo d'occhio hanno partecipato anche la 'coppia di stelle' Antonella Confortola, bronzo olimpico in staffetta a Torino 2006, ed il marito Jonathan Wyatt, campionissimo di corsa in montagna. Antonella è raggiante: "Questa manifestazione mi è sempre piaciuta molto, ho trovato alcuni vestiti di mio nonno (Silvio Confortola, fondista e scialpinista azzurro – ndr) risalenti alle Olimpiadi di Saint Moritz del 1948 (durante le quali Silvio venne affettuosamente soprannominato 'il vecio', come concorrente più anziano) e li ho consegnati a Jonathan:
- ^ Turkey’s Arslan is Europe’s best mountain runner for the fourth time Archived 8 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (4 July 2010). Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
- ^ "Mountain Running: Jonathan Wyatt joins the La Sportiva team". lasportiva.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
Married to cross-country skier and runner Antonella Confortola
- ^ Mock, Justin (26 October 2020). "Catching Up With Jonathan Wyatt". iRunFar.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "CONFORTOLA Antonella". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Confortola e Vaccina campioni italiani Chilometro Verticale". corsainmontagna.it. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Antonella Confortola sette løyperekord" (in Norwegian). kondis.no. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
Antonella Confortola Wyatt frå Italia slo sin eigen rekord frå 2009 og vann føre Kjersti Karoline Danielsen. Den faste gjesten i Nuten opp, motbakkeverdsmeister Jonathan Wyatt, var førstemann til topps som vanleg, med Øystein Sylta på andreplass.
External links
[edit]- Antonella Confortola at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Antonella Confortola at World Athletics
- Antonella Confortola at ARRS
- Antonella Confortola at ITRA
- Antonella Confortola at Olympics.com
- Antonella Confortola at Olympedia
- Antonella Confortola-Wyatt at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
- Antonella Confortola at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Italian female cross-country skiers
- Living people
- Olympic cross-country skiers for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Winter World University Games medalists in cross-country skiing
- Italian female mountain runners
- Italian sky runners
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade
- World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships winners
- People from Cavalese