ELISA BALSAMO

Cycling

ELISA BALSAMO

SPECIALITY Track Madison

Date of birth: 27/02/1998

Place of birth: Cuneo

Height x weight: 1,67 x 58

First Club: ASD Sport Club Vigor

Club: Fiamme Oro

First Coach: Sergio Balsamo

Coach: Edoardo Salvoldi

Hobby: Piano, reading

Relationship Status: Single

Olympic Club: Yes

Olympic Games Participation:

Esordiente

Biography

Reserved and polite, she may seem like an ordinary girl, but as soon as she gets on her bike, whether it's on the track or on the road, she demonstrates a talent that is anything but ordinary. Three time junior world champion in 2016 (in the omnium, team pursuit and road race events) she competed in the elite categories the following year. During this period, she juggled advanced category races, including the Bergen World Championship, whilst studying for her classic high school diploma. Right from the start she has been a leading figure in road races, a position that makes her incredibly proud. She made it to the World Championships in Apeldoorn where she won a bronze in the team pursuit event and, in 2020, a World silver medal (Madison) and two European gold medals (Omnium and Madison). A student of the faculty of modern and contemporary literature in Turin, she attended the State Music Conservatory and played the piano for 10 years: music, literature and cycling are now part of her DNA.

Palmares

World Championships

Rit. Bergen (NOR) 2017– In linea (strada)
3^a Apeldoorn (NED) 2018 – Inseguimento a squadre (pista)
4^a Apeldoorn (NED) 2018 – Omnium (pista)
47^a Yorkshire (GBR) 2019 – In linea (strada)
5^a Pruszkow (POL) 2019 – Inseguimento a squadre (pista)
7^a Berlino (GER) 2020 – Inseguimento a squadre (pista)
3^a Berlino (GER) 2020 – Madison (pista)

European Championships

1^a Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FRA) 2016 – Inseguimento a squadre (pista)
7^a Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FRA) 2016 – Omnium (pista)
1^a Berlino (GER) 2017 – Inseguimento a squadre (pista)
3^a Berlino (GER) 2017 – Omnium (pista)
2^a Glasgow (GBR) 2018 – Inseguimento a squadre (pista)
3^a Apeldoorn (NED) 2019 – Inseguimento a squadre (pista)
2^a Plovdiv (BGR) 2020 – Inseguimento a squadre (pista)
1^a Plovdiv (BGR) 2020 – Omnium (pista)
1^a Plovdiv (BGR) 2020 – Madison (pista)

Other Games

Giochi Europei - European Games

1^a Minsk (BLR) 2019 – Inseguimento a squadre (pista)
3^a Minsk (BLR) 2019 – Omnium (pista)
4^a Minsk (BLR) 2019 – Madison (pista)
4^a Minsk (BLR) 2019 – In linea (strada)