Elisa Valensin
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 January 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
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Elisa Valensin (born 2007) is an Italian sprinter. She won two gold medals at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships, winning in the 200 metres and the medley relay.[1]
Career
[edit]She tried many sports as a youngster but focused on athletics from around 2015. She is a member of CUS Pro Patria Milan in Milan, Italy, but also trains regularly in Bergamo. Her training involves hurdles as well as sprints.[2][3]
In February 2024, she won the Italian indoors U20 200 metres title.[4] In May 2024, she set a new Italian U20 200m record time of 23.15 seconds in Rome, aged 17 years-old.[5] In July 2024, she won Italian U18 titles over 100 and 200 metres. She won gold in the 200 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on 20 July 2024.[6] She also won gold as part of the Italian medley relay team at the Championships, in a European youth best time.[7] She set a new national U20 record in qualifying for the final of the 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[8] She placed sixth in the final.[9] She also had a fifth place finish in the final of the women’s 4 x 400 metres relay race with the Italian team at the Championships.[10] The European Athletics Federation nominated her for the European Young Athlete of the Year award for 2024.[11]
In January 2025, she set a new Italian U20 indoor record in the 400 metres, running 53.04 seconds in Ancona.[12] In February 2025, she also set a new Italian U20 record in the 200 metres indoors, running 23.39 seconds in Metz.[13]
Personal life
[edit]In 2025, she appeared in European Athletics documentary series My Fire.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Elisa Valensin". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Junior and Promise Championships. Indoor Absolutes underway. Valensin the most anticipated". Sport.quotidiano.net. 1 Feb 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Elisa Valensin. "Sprinting is fun and I like the adrenaline. I always try to improve". sport.quotidiano.net (in Italain). 11 Feb 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Elisa Valensin vince l'oro nei 200 metri ai Campionati Italiani Indoor Allievi e realizza il nuovo record tricolore". Tertzotemposporagazine. 12 Feb 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Marcell Jacobs Makes Season Debut at Rome Sprint Festival". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ^ "Italian and Polish doubles and four championship bests in the sprints in Banska Bystrica". European Athletics. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Europei Under 18, Elisa Valensin trascina l'Italia all'oro nella staffetta mista e al record europeo". Terzotemposportmagaxine. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Reid and Walaza win world U20 100m titles in Lima". World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 400m Results - World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2024". watch athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Nominees revealed! Vote for 2024 women's Rising Star". European Athletics. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ "Ancona Indoor: Doualla European Record U18 (7.23)". Fidal-Lombardia. January 18, 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Elisa Valensin is in a hurry: new Italian Under 20 record in the 200 meters indoors. And Pagliarini and Orlando arrive". Sport.Virgilio.it. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Double European U18 champion Valensin stars on latest 'My Fire' episode". European Athletics. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
