Matteo Anesi

Matteo Anesi
Matteo Anesi (left) with Enrico Fabris and Ippolito Sanfratello
Personal information
Born (1984-08-16) 16 August 1984 (age 40)
Trento, Italy
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin Team pursuit
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2005 Inzell Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2008 Nagano Team pursuit

Matteo Anesi (born 16 August 1984) is an Italian speed skater who won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He placed 29th in the 1500 m event.[1] After his active career he became one of the coaches of the Italian speed skating team.

Personal records

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 36.35 28 November 2009 Salt Lake City
1000 m 1:08.43 13 December 2009 Salt Lake City
1500 m 1:43.83 11 December 2009 Salt Lake City
3000 m 3:45.97 5 November 2005 Calgary
5000 m 6:28.37 5 December 2009 Calgary
10000 m 14:01.78 17 February 2007 Erfurt

Personal life

Anesi is married[2] to Dutch former speed skater Marrit Leenstra who is also an Olympic gold medalist.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Matteo Anesi profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 2007-03-14.
  2. ^ (in Italian) Matteo e Marrit: un matrimonio tutto d'oro Corriere delle Alpi, 27 July 2014
  3. ^ Leenstra, Marrit (22 April 2011). "Mijn triple is goud waard". Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Marrit Leenstra heeft wéér pech rond een WK". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  5. ^ Caldenhoven, Mark (13 February 2014). "Marrit Leenstra heeft 'niets met social media'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2014.