Sabina Valbusa

Sabina Valbusa

File:VALBUSA Sabina Tour de Ski 2010.jpg Valbusa in 2010.
Medal record Women's cross-country skiing Olympic Games 2006 Turin 4 x 5 km World Championships 1999 Ramsau 4 x 5 km 2001 Lahti 4 x 5 km 2005 Oberstdorf 4 x 5 km

Sabina Valbusa (born January 21, 1972 in Verona) is an Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2010.

Biography

Competing in five Winter Olympics, she earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Her best individual finish was a ninth in the 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Valbusa earned three medals in the 4 x 5 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (silver: 1999, bronze :2001, 2005). Her best individual finish was a fourth in the individual sprint in 2001. Her only individual victory came at Pragelato, Italy in a 15 km event in 2004.

She is the younger sister of cross-country skier Fulvio Valbusa.

Achievements

• 1993: 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
• 1994:
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
• 1995:
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
• 1997:
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km
• 1998:
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km
• 1999:
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km
• 2000:
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
• 2001:
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, sprint
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
• 2002: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, sprint
• 2003:
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km duathlon
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, sprint
• 2004:
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 7.5 km free & classic
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
  • 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
• 2005:
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 2 x 7.5 km pursuit
• 2006: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km
• 2007:
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
  • 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 2 x 7.5 km pursuit
• 2008:
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 2 x 7.5 km pursuit
  • 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
• 2010: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km

External links

• Sabina Valbusa at the International Ski Federation
• Sports-Reference.com profile