Sabina Valbusa

Sabina Valbusa
Sabina Valbusa
	Valbusa in 2010
Country	Italy
Born	21 January 1972 (age 52); Verona, Italy
Ski club	G.S. Forestale
World Cup career
Seasons	18 – (1993–2010)
Starts	251
Podiums	10
Wins	1
Overall titles	0 – (8th in 2003)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
World Championships

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

Biography[edit]

Competing in five Winter Olympics, she earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay 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 × 5 km relay 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.^[1]

Cross-country skiing results[edit]

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[2]

Olympic Games[edit]

1 medal – (1 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km relay	Team sprint
1994	22	—	—	26	—	—	—	—	—
1998	26	29	—	—	17	—	—	—	—
2002	30	—	—	10	9	—	17	6	—
2006	34	—	—	—	17	10	—	—	Bronze
2010	38	—	17	—	18	DNS	—	4	—

World Championships[edit]

3 medals – (1 silver, 2 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km relay	Team sprint
1995	23	55	—	—	28	14	—	—	—
1997	25	39	—	16	22	20	—	4	—
1999	27	15	—	15	13	32	—	Silver	—
2001	29	—	—	18	10	CNX^[a]	4	Bronze	—
2003	31	—	—	DNF	—	5	25	—	—
2005	33	—	8	—	16	18	—	Bronze	5
2007	35	—	13	—	33	—	—	6	8
2009	37	—	—	—	28	19	—	5	—

a. ¹ Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup[edit]

Season standings[edit]

Season	Age	Discipline standings					Ski Tour standings
Season	Age	Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint	Tour de Ski	World Cup Final
1993	21	58	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	22	57	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	23	35	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	24	NC	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	25	21	—	13	—	26	—	—
1998	26	22	—	11	—	39	—	—
1999	27	21	—	20	—	29	—	—
2000	28	20	—	16	15	49	—	—
2001	29	13	—	—	—	18	—	—
2002	30	10	—	—	—	8	—	—
2003	31	8	—	—	—	16	—	—
2004	32	10	9	—	—	42	—	—
2005	33	22	16	—	—	NC	—	—
2006	34	24	16	—	—	NC	—	—
2007	35	31	24	—	—	66	18	—
2008	36	22	18	—	—	48	19	14
2009	37	42	27	—	—	NC	—	46
2010	38	40	26	—	—	NC	17	25

Individual podiums[edit]

1 victory – (1 WC)
10 podiums – (9 WC, 1 SWC)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1997–98	16 December 1997	Val di Fiemme, Italy	15 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
2	1999–00	16 February 2000	Ulrichen, Switzerland	5 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
3	2001–02	27 December 2001	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	0.7 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
4	2001–02	6 January 2002	Val di Fiemme, Italy	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
5	2002–03	4 January 2003	Kavgolovo, Russia	5 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
6	2002–03	12 February 2003	Reit im Winkl, Germany	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
7	2003–04	6 February 2004	La Clusaz, France	10 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
8		28 February 2004	Oslo, Norway	30 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
9		13 March 2004	Pragelato, Italy	15 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
10	2007–08	29 December 2007	Nové Město, Czech Republic	10 km Pursuit F	Stage World Cup	2nd

Team podiums[edit]

4 victories – (2 RL, 2 TS)
24 podiums – (20 RL, 4 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	1994–95	7 February 1995	Hamar, Norway	4 × 3 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Dal Sasso / Paluselli / Belmondo
2	1996–97	15 December 1996	Brusson, Italy	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Paruzzi / Dal Sasso / Belmondo
3		19 January 1997	Lahti, Finland	8 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Belmondo
4		16 March 1997	Oslo, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Paruzzi / Peyrot / Belmondo
5	1997–98	23 November 1997	Beitostølen, Norway	4 × 5 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Moroder / Belmondo / Paruzzi
6		7 December 1997	Santa Caterina, Italy	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Paruzzi / Moroder / Belmondo
7		14 December 1997	Val di Fiemme, Italy	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Paruzzi / Di Centa / Belmondo
8	1998–99	29 November 1998	Muonio, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Moroder / Paruzzi / Belmondo
9		20 December 1998	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Paruzzi / Confortola / Belmondo
10		10 January 1999	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Paruzzi / Confortola / Belmondo
11		26 February 1999	Ramsau, Austria	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Paruzzi / Confortola / Belmondo
12		14 March 1999	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Paruzzi / Confortola / Belmondo
13	1999–00	27 February 2000	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Paruzzi / Confortola / Belmondo
14	1999–00	4 March 2000	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Santer / Paruzzi / Confortola
15	2000–01	13 December 2000	Clusone, Italy	6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	Belmondo
16	2000–01	13 January 2001	Soldier Hollow, United States	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Paruzzi / Paluselli / Belmondo
17	2001–02	13 January 2002	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	Paruzzi
18		3 March 2002	Lahti, Finland	4 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Paruzzi
19		10 March 2002	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Paruzzi / Paluselli / Belmondo
20	2002–03	24 November 2002	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Genuin / Paruzzi / Follis
21		1 December 2002	Rukatunturi, Finland	2 × 5 km / 2 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Paruzzi / F. Valbusa / Piller Cottrer
22		23 March 2003	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Paruzzi / Confortola / Follis
23	2003–04	7 February 2004	La Clusaz, France	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Longa / Paruzzi / Confortola
24	2009–10	7 March 2010	Lahti, Finland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Longa / Confortola / Follis

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Italian Championships[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Due Valbusa, una sola favola". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 17 December 1997. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
^ "VALBUSA Sabina". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

External links[edit]

Sabina Valbusa at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Sabina Valbusa at Olympics.com
Sabina Valbusa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[1] "Due Valbusa, una sola favola". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 17 December 1997. Retrieved 4 June 2019.

[FISprofile-2] "VALBUSA Sabina". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

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