Sabina Valbusa

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

Biography 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.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 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 — 4 —

World Championships 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 4 Bronze 2003 31 — — 5 25 — 2005 33 816 18 — Bronze 5 2007 35 13 33 — — 6 8 2009 37 — 28 19 — 5 —

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1993 21 58 1994 22 57 1995 23 35 1996 24 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 2006 34 24 16 2007 35 31 24 66 18 2008 36 22 18 48 19 14 2009 37 42 27 — 46 2010 38 40 26 17 25

Individual podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 10 podiums – (9 , 1 )

Team podiums

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

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

Italian Championships 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