Francesca Canepa (born 14 September 1971) is a former
Italian female
snowboarder, in 2010 she became
sky runner
Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons and ...
and
trail runner
Trail running is a sport-activity which combines running, and, where there are steep gradients, hiking, that is run "on any unpaved surface". It is similar to both mountain and fell running (also known as hill running). Mountain running may, h ...
at the age of 40.
Biography
In
skyrunning she achieved her best results at international level, winning three
Skyrunner World Series
The Skyrunner World Series is an annual international championship of skyrunning (high altitude endurance races) and the official International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) race circuit for mountain running. Each year the Skyrunner World Series pr ...
races and breaking the final rankings of the 2017
Ultra
adopted by British military intelligence in June 1941 for wartime signals intelligence obtained by breaking high-level encrypted enemy radio and teleprinter communications at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park. '' ...
category.
In
snowboarding
Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...
her best international result in
FIS Snowboard World Cup
The FIS Snowboard World Cup is an annual snowboarding competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1994. Since its inauguration, different disciplines have been added and removed, along with categories used to group them.
...
was in the season 1997-98 with 8th place in
parallel slalom of
Sestrieres.
Selected results
Trail running/skyrunning
;2012
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Lavaredo Ultra Trail
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Tor des Géants
Tor des Géants (meaning ''Tour of Giants'' in Valdôtain, the dialect of Arpitan spoken in Aosta Valley) is an endurance trail race which takes place in Aosta Valley, Italy, in September.
Description
The start and the finish are in Courma ...
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Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) is a single-stage mountain ultramarathon, first held in 2003, that follows the route of the Tour du Mont Blanc.
Since UTMB Group's partnership with IRONMAN Group in 2021, UTMB World Series will formally launch ...
;2013
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Ronda dels Cims (
2013 Skyrunner World Series race)
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Eiger Ultra Trail
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Tor des Géants
Tor des Géants (meaning ''Tour of Giants'' in Valdôtain, the dialect of Arpitan spoken in Aosta Valley) is an endurance trail race which takes place in Aosta Valley, Italy, in September.
Description
The start and the finish are in Courma ...
;2014
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Hong Kong 100 Hong may refer to:
Places
*Høng, a town in Denmark
*Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China
*Hong, Nigeria
*Hong River in China and Vietnam
*Lake Hong in China
Surnames
*Hong (Chinese name)
*Hong (Korean name)
Organiz ...
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Eiger Ultra Trail
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Transgrancanaria
Transgrancanaria is a long-distance race that is held annually on Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands. It was the first ultramarathon
An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditio ...
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Lavaredo Ultra Trail
;2015
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100 Miles of Istria
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Cappadocia Ultra Trail
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Eiger Ultra Trail
;2016
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100 Miles of Istria
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Mozart 100
;2017
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100 Miles of Istria
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Scenic Trail A scenic trail is a trail (mostly, if not exclusively, in the United States) that may refer to:
* Appalachian National Scenic Trail
* Arizona National Scenic Trail
* Catskill Scenic Trail
* Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
* Florida Nationa ...
(
2017 Skyrunner World Series
The 2017 Skyrunner World Series was the 16th edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunner World Series, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation from 2002.
In this edition is deleted the Vertical Kilometer title, but retur ...
race)
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Devil’s Ridge Ultra (2017 Skyrunner World Series race)
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Ultra des COURSIERES
;2018
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Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) is a single-stage mountain ultramarathon, first held in 2003, that follows the route of the Tour du Mont Blanc.
Since UTMB Group's partnership with IRONMAN Group in 2021, UTMB World Series will formally launch ...
See also
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List of multi-sport athletes
A multi-sport athlete is an athlete who competes or trains two or more different sports. Most of these athletes played two or more sports from a young age – especially in high school – before deciding to usually concentrate on just one sport p ...
References
External links
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Francesca Canepa at TrailRunning.it
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Canepa, Francesca
1971 births
Living people
Italian sky runners
Italian female snowboarders
Trail runners
Sportspeople from Aosta Valley
Italian ultramarathon runners
Female ultramarathon runners
People from Courmayeur