Francesca Canepa
Italian ultramarathon runner

Francesca Canepa

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Italian ultramarathon runner
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Female
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14 September 1971(Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy)
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Morgex, Aosta Valley, Italy
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Introduction

Francesca Canepa (born 14 September 1971) is a former Italian female snowboarder, in 2010 she became sky runner and trail runner at the age of 40.

Biography

In skyrunning she achieved her best results at international level, winning three Skyrunner World Series races and breaking the final rankings of the 2017 Ultra category.

In snowboarding her best international result in FIS Snowboard World Cup was in the season 1997-98 with 8th place in parallel slalom of Sestrieres.

Selected results

Trail running/skyrunning

2012
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Lavaredo Ultra Trail
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tor des Géants
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
2013
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ronda dels Cims (2013 Skyrunner World Series race)
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Eiger Ultra Trail
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Tor des Géants
2014
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Hong Kong 100
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Eiger Ultra Trail
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Transgrancanaria
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lavaredo Ultra Trail
2015
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 100 Miles of Istria
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Cappadocia Ultra Trail
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eiger Ultra Trail
2016
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 100 Miles of Istria
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Mozart 100
2017
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 100 Miles of Istria
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Scenic Trail (2017 Skyrunner World Series race)
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Devil’s Ridge Ultra (2017 Skyrunner World Series race)
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ultra des COURSIERES
2018
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc