Maria Canins
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]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Maria Canins |
Nickname | The "flying mother"[1] |
Born | Badia, Italy | 4 June 1949
Team information | |
Discipline | Road/Track/MTB/Skiing |
Role | Rider |
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
- 1982
- 1st Road Race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Road Race, World Road Championships
- 1983
- 3rd Road Race, World Road Championships
- 1984
- 1st Road Race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Coors Classic
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
- 2nd Overall Tour of Norway
- 5th Road Race, Olympic Games
- 1985
- 1st Road Race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 1st Stages 2, 4, 8, 9 & 11
- 1st Overall Tour of Norway
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
- 2nd Road Race, World Road Championships
- 2nd Super Prestige Pernod
- 1986
- 1st Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 1st Prologue, Stages 5 & 6, 9, 11 & 13
- 1st Overall Tour of Norway
- 1st Overall Coppa dell'Adriatico
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Super Prestige Pernod
- 8th Vertemate con Minoprio
- 1987
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road Race
- 1st Time Trial
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
- 2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 2nd Super Prestige Pernod
- 3rd Vertemate con Minoprio
- 1988
- 1st Team Time Trial, World Road Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road Race
- 1st Time Trial
- 1st Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
- 1989
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road Race
- 1st Time Trial
- 1st GP Conad
- World Road Championships
- 2nd Team Time Trial
- 3rd Road Race
- 2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 1990
- 1st Time Trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour de la Drôme
- 1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 4
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1991
- 1st Sankt Johann in Tirol
- 1994
- 2nd Trofeo Spadaccini Chrono
- 3rd Villafranca di Forlì Chrono
- 1995
- 5th Time Trial, National Road Championships
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 |
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1982 | 32 | — | — | 20 | — |
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
- "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)
Awards | ||
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Preceded by Sara Simeoni |
Italian Sportswoman of the Year 1985-1986 |
Succeeded by Manuela Dalla Valle |