Antonella Confortola Wyatt (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian former
cross-country skier
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and
mountain runner
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.
Biography
Confortola was born in
Cavalese
Cavalese (''Cavalés'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' of 4,004 inhabitants in Trentino, northern Italy, a ski resort and the main center in the Fiemme Valley. It is part of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme (Magnificent Community of Fiemme) an ...
. She is the granddaughter of Italian cross-country skier and Olympian
Silvio Confortola
Silvio Confortola (13 January 1910 – 29 January 2003) was an Italian cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s.
Biography
He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1937 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He also participated ...
.
Cross-country skiing
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
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in
Turin
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. Her best individual finish was 16th in the 15 km event at the
2002 Winter Olympics
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in
Salt Lake City
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.
Confortola earned two medals in the 4 × 5 km relay at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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(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
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.
Mountain running
Confortola has also competed in
mountain running
Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; also its courses are more ...
. She took fourth place at the
2010 European Mountain Running Championships in Bulgaria and the silver medal at the
2011 European Mountain Running Championships in Turkey.
Personal life
Confortola is married to
New Zealand
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runner
Jonathan Wyatt
Jonathan Craig Wyatt (born 20 December 1972) is a New Zealand runner. He is a six-time world mountain running champion and an eight-time winner of the world mountain running grand prix series.
Running career
Wyatt competed in the men's 5,000 ...
. They live in northern Italy with their daughter.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
World Championships
* 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
World Cup
Team Podiums
* 9 podiums
Italian Championships
* 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
Team results
*
World Mountain Running Championships
The World Mountain Running Championships (''World Mountain Running Trophy'' until 2008), is an international mountain running competition contested by athletes of the members of WMRA, World Mountain Running Association, the sport's global governing ...
** 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 (7)
National titles
*
Italian Mountain Running Championships
**
Mountain running
Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; also its courses are more ...
: 2003, 2011, 2012 (3)
*
Italian Vertical Kilometer Championships
The Italian Vertical Kilometer Championships ( it, Campionati italiani di kilometro verticale) are the national championships in vertical kilometer, organised every year by the FIDAL from 2012 (first edition was held in Chiavenna).
Editions
FI ...
**
Vertical kilometer: 2014
Other results
;
Nuten Opp
* 2008, 2009, 2010
See also
*
List of multi-sport athletes - Skyrunning
References
External links
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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 of 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
Universiade medalists in cross-country skiing
Italian female mountain runners
Italian sky runners
Universiade bronze medalists for Italy
Competitors at the 2001 Winter Universiade
World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships winners