Antonella Confortola

Antonella Confortola
Antonella Confortola in 2010
Country Italy
Born (1975-10-16) 16 October 1975 (age 49)
Cavalese, Italy
Ski clubG.S. Forestale
World Cup career
Seasons19 – (1994–2012)
Indiv. starts191
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts42
Team podiums9
Team wins0
Overall titles0 – (26th in 2004)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin 4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Ramsau 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Oberstdorf 4 × 5 km relay
Mountain running
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Innsbruck Individual
World Long Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Szklarska Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Szklarska Individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Podbrdo Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Premana Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Manitou Springs Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Podbrdo Individual
Skyrunning
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Canazei Vertical Km
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Canazei SkyRace
Gold medal – first place 2009 Canazei Vertical Kilometer
Gold medal – first place 2013 Canazei Vertical Kilometer

Antonella Confortola Wyatt (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian former cross-country skier and mountain runner.

Biography

Confortola was born in Cavalese. She is the granddaughter of Italian cross-country skier and Olympian Silvio Confortola.[1]

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 in Turin. Her best individual finish was 16th in the 15 km event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Confortola earned two medals in the 4 × 5 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (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.

Mountain running

Confortola has also competed in mountain running. She took fourth place at the 2010 European Mountain Running Championships in Bulgaria[2] and the silver medal at the 2011 European Mountain Running Championships in Turkey.

Personal life

Confortola is married to New Zealand runner Jonathan Wyatt.[3] They live in northern Italy with their daughter.[4]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[5]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team sprint 
1998 22 — — 27 — 20 — — —
2002 26 — 34 16 — 19 — — —
2006 30 — 34 — 22 DNF — 3rd —
2010 34 — — — — 16 — — —

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team sprint 
1999 23 — — 27 — 39 — 2nd —
2003 27 — — 22 — 15 — 7 —
2005 29 — 21 — 18 20 — 3rd —
2007 32 — 23 — 35 14 — — —
2009 34 — — — 16 15 — 5 —
2011 36 — — — — 9 — 4 —

World Cup

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening 		Tour de
Ski 		World Cup
Final
1994 18 NC — — — — — — —
1995 19 NC — — — — — — —
1996 20 NC — — — — — — —
1997 21 NC — NC — — — — —
1998 22 53 — 37 — 66 — — —
1999 23 37 — 27 — 56 — — —
2000 24 42 — 24 44 NC — — —
2001 25 74 — — — DNF — — —
2002 26 56 — — — — — — —
2003 27 38 — — — — — — —
2004 28 26 19 — — — — — —
2005 29 78 50 — — — — — —
2006 30 57 41 — — — — — —
2007 31 51 32 — — NC — DNF —
2008 32 28 24 — — 49 — 21 16
2009 33 43 30 — — NC — 28 DNF
2010 34 58 34 — — NC — DNF —
2011 35 89 62 — — NC 36 — —
2012 36 NC NC — — — — — —

Team Podiums

  • 9 podiums – (9 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1998–99 20 December 1998 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Paruzzi / Belmondo / Valbusa
2 10 January 1999 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Paruzzi / Belmondo / Valbusa
3 26 February 1999 Austria Ramsau, Austria 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[a] 2nd Valbusa / Paruzzi / Belmondo
4 14 March 1999 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Valbusa / Paruzzi / Belmondo
5 1999–00 27 February 2000 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Paruzzi / Valbusa / Belmondo
6 4 March 2000 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Santer / Paruzzi / Valbusa
7 2002–03 23 March 2003 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Valbusa / Paruzzi / Follis
8 2003–04 7 February 2004 France La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Longa / Paruzzi / Valbusa
9 2009–10 7 March 2010 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Longa / Valbusa / Follis
  1. ^ Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

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

National titles

Other results

Nuten Opp
  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2008, 2009, 2010[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Splendide Marcialonga Baby e arrivo della Story a Predazzo" (in Italian). predazzoblog.it. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2017. All'emozionante colpo d'occhio hanno partecipato anche la 'coppia di stelle' Antonella Confortola, bronzo olimpico in staffetta a Torino 2006, ed il marito Jonathan Wyatt, campionissimo di corsa in montagna. Antonella è raggiante: "Questa manifestazione mi è sempre piaciuta molto, ho trovato alcuni vestiti di mio nonno (Silvio Confortola, fondista e scialpinista azzurro – ndr) risalenti alle Olimpiadi di Saint Moritz del 1948 (durante le quali Silvio venne affettuosamente soprannominato 'il vecio', come concorrente più anziano) e li ho consegnati a Jonathan:
  2. ^ Turkey’s Arslan is Europe’s best mountain runner for the fourth time Archived 8 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (4 July 2010). Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  3. ^ "Mountain Running: Jonathan Wyatt joins the La Sportiva team". lasportiva.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017. Married to cross-country skier and runner Antonella Confortola
  4. ^ Mock, Justin (26 October 2020). "Catching Up With Jonathan Wyatt". iRunFar.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ^ "CONFORTOLA Antonella". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Confortola e Vaccina campioni italiani Chilometro Verticale". corsainmontagna.it. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Antonella Confortola sette løyperekord" (in Norwegian). kondis.no. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2017. Antonella Confortola Wyatt frå Italia slo sin eigen rekord frå 2009 og vann føre Kjersti Karoline Danielsen. Den faste gjesten i Nuten opp, motbakkeverdsmeister Jonathan Wyatt, var førstemann til topps som vanleg, med Øystein Sylta på andreplass.