Maria Canins
 Canins at the 1986 Tour de France Féminin | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Maria Canins |
| Nickname | Mamma volante (the flying mother)[1] |
| Born | 4 June 1949 Badia, Italy[1][2] |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road/Track/MTB/Skiing |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France Féminin (1985–1986) Giro d'Italia Femminile (1988) | |
Maria Canins (born 4 July 1949, in La Villa, Alta Badia is an Italian former road racing cyclist and cross-country skier. After winning several Italian national titles in cross-country skiing and becoming the first Italian woman to win the Vasaloppet, she switched to road cycling in the early 1980s. She won the Tour de France Féminin in 1985 and 1986, the inaugural Giro d'Italia Femminile in 1988, and was a member of the Italian team that won the UCI Women's Team Time Trial World Championship in 1988. Canins also competed in mountain biking and winter triathlon, winning the World Triathlon Winter Championships in 1997 and 1999.
Biography
[edit]Canins was a cross-country skier from 1969 to 1988. She was Italian champion 15 times and the first Italian to win the Vasaloppet cross-county competition in Sweden and win from 1979 until 1988 10 times the Marcialonga. She began her professional cycling career at age 32,[3] was double world champion[3] and double Italian champion in mountain biking.[1] She was married to the cross-country skier and ski mountaineer Bruno Bonaldi,[4] who was a member of the civilian world championship team in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama.
Palmarès
[edit]Road Cycling
[edit]- 1982
- 1st
Road Race, National Road Championships - 2nd Road Race, World Road Championships
- 1983
- 3rd Road Race, World Road Championships
- 1984
- 1st Road Race, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Coors Classic
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
- 2nd Overall Tour of Norway
- 5th Road Race, Olympic Games[5]
- 1985
- 1st Road Race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 1st Stages 2, 4, 8, 9 & 11
- 1st Overall Tour of Norway
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
- 2nd Road Race, World Road Championships
- 2nd Super Prestige Pernod
- 1986
- 1st Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 1st Prologue, Stages 5 & 6, 9, 11 & 13
- 1st Overall Tour of Norway
- 1st Overall Coppa dell'Adriatico
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Super Prestige Pernod
- 8th Vertemate con Minoprio
- 1987
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road Race
- 1st Time Trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
- 2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 2nd Super Prestige Pernod
- 3rd Vertemate con Minoprio
- 1988
- 1st
Team Time Trial, World Road Championships - National Road Championships
- 1st Road Race
- 1st Time Trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile - 2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
- 1989
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road Race
- 1st Time Trial
- 1st
- 1st GP Conad
- World Road Championships
- 2nd Team Time Trial
- 3rd Road Race
- 2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 1990
- 1st Time Trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour de la Drôme
- 1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 4
- 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 1991
- 1st Sankt Johann in Tirol
- 1994
- 2nd Trofeo Spadaccini Chrono
- 3rd Villafranca di Forlì Chrono
- 1995
- 5th Time Trial, National Road Championships
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[6]
World Championships
[edit]| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 20 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 32 | — | — | 20 | — |
World Cup
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 32 | 34 |
| 1983 | 33 | 37 |
Italian Championships
[edit]- 1971: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 1977: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1979: 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1980: 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1981:
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 1982:
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 1983:
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1984:
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 1985:
- 1st, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
- 2nd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 10 km
- 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1986: 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 20 km
- 1988: 3rd, Italian women's championships of cross-country skiing, 5 km pursuit
National titles
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Maria Canins: This woman from Alta Badia has got various athletic talents".[dead link]
- ↑ "Maria Canins". The Cycling Website. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.
- 1 2 Knaack, Benjamin (31 July 2026). "Die faszinierende Geschichte des «fliegenden Mütterchens»" [The Fascinating Story of the "Flying Mother"]. Der Spiegel (in German). Archived from the original on 31 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ Canins Maria Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Maria Canins Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ "CANINS Maria". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Maria Canins at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Italian female cross-country skiers
- Italian female cyclists
- Italian women mountain runners
- Italian mountain bikers
- Olympic cyclists for Italy
- People from Badia, South Tyrol
- UCI Road World Champions (women)
- Cyclists from South Tyrol
- 20th-century Italian sportswomen
- Giro d'Italia Women winners