Francesca Canepa
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1971-09-14) 14 September 1971
Courmayeur
Sport
Country Italy
SportSnowboarding
Skyrunning
Trail running
Medal record
Skyrunning
Skyrunner World Series
Bronze medal – third placeSeason 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
2015
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 100 Miles of Istria
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Cappadocia Ultra Trail
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eiger Ultra Trail
2016
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 100 Miles of Istria
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mozart 100
2017
2018

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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