Manuela Di Centa

Manuela Di Centa
Manuela Di Centa
	; Manuela Di Centa (left) in October 2008;
Country	; Italy;
Born	; (1963-01-31) 31 January 1963 (age 56); Paluzza, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Ski club	G.S. Forestale
World Cup career
Seasons	; 1982, 1984, 1987–1998;
Individual wins	15
Team wins	1
Indiv. podiums	35
Team podiums	9
Indiv. starts	106
Team starts	15
Overall titles	2 – (1994, 1996)
Discipline titles	0
	;
Women's cross-country skiing;
Representing Italy ;
; Olympic Games;
; World Championships;
; Junior World Championships;

Manuela Di Centa OLY (born January 31, 1963) is a former Italian cross-country skier and Olympic athlete. She is the sister of former cross-country skier Giorgio Di Centa and cousin of former track and field athlete Venanzio Ortis.

Career[edit]

Di Centa, born in Paluzza, province of Udine, to a family of Nordic skiers, made her debut on the Italian national team in 1980 at the age of 17, skied with the G.S. Forestale. Two years later, she competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo finishing in eighth place. After a quarrel with the president of the Italian Skiing Federation, Di Centa left the national team, not returning until 1986.

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, she finished sixth in the 20 km freestyle. She won her first medals in international competition at the 1991 World Championships in Val di Fiemme: a silver (4 x 5 km) and two bronzes (5 km, 30 km). An Olympic medal followed in 1992, a bronze in the 4 x 5 km. In 1993, at the Falun World Championships, she won two more silvers (30 km, 4 x 5 km). At the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, she won another silver (30 km) and a bronze (5 km).

Di Centa also became Italian national champion in fell running in 1985, 1989 and 1991.^[1]

Di Centa seemed confined to the role of the eternal second, but this changed abruptly at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, where she medaled in all five cross-country events: two gold, two silver and one bronze medal. The same year she also won her first aggregate Cross Country Skiing World Cup, a feat she repeated in 1996.

In 1996 she was the first Italian cross country skier to receive the Holmenkollen Medal. Her last title was a bronze at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the 4 x 5 km.

After retiring, Di Centa worked for Italian television (RAI), and became a member of the Italian and International Olympic Committees.

Di Centa became the first Italian woman to climb Mount Everest (with supplementary oxygen) in 2003.^[2]

Di Centa is the first Italian woman (and the 19th Italian) to compete at five Olympics, which she did from 1984 to 1998.

Her younger brother Giorgio is currently a member of the Italian national cross country ski team and was the winner of two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics di Centa was inducted into the Olympians for Life project.^[2]

2006 Winter Olympics[edit]

As a member of the International Olympic Committee and the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and as one of Italy's most accomplished Winter Olympic athletes, Di Centa played a prominent public role in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She was one of the eight flag bearers during the Opening Ceremonies. At the Closing Ceremonies, she participated in the awarding of medals to the winners of the men's 50 km cross-country race. Coincidentally, the gold medal winner was her younger brother Giorgio Di Centa.

World Cup results[edit]

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[3]

World Cup standings[edit]

Season	Age	Overall	Long Distance	Sprint
1982	19	22	N/A	N/A
1984	21	49	N/A	N/A
1987	24	49	N/A	N/A
1988	25	27	N/A	N/A
1989	26	4	N/A	N/A
1990	27	5	N/A	N/A
1991	28	5	N/A	N/A
1992	29	9	N/A	N/A
1993	30	5	N/A	N/A
1994	31	1	N/A	N/A
1995	32	20	N/A	N/A
1996	33	1	N/A	N/A
1997	34	41	27	DNP
1998	35	20	20	21

Individual podiums[edit]

15 victories

35 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1988–89	13 January 1989	Klingenthal, East Germany	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
2	1988–89	11 March 1989	Falun, Sweden	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
3	1989–90	18 February 1990	Pontresina, Switzerland	15 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
4		7 March 1990	Sollefteå, Sweden	30 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
5		10 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
6	1990–91	12 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	5 km Individual C	World Championships	3rd
7		16 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	30 km Individual F	World Championships	3rd
8		10 March 1991	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden	15 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
9		16 March 1991	Oslo, Norway	5 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
10	1992–93	27 February 1993	Falun, Sweden	30 km Individual F	World Championships	2nd
11		6 March 1993	Lahti, Finland	5 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
12		9 March 1993	Lillehammer, Norway	5 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
13		10 March 1993	Lillehammer, Norway	10 km Pursuit F	World Cup	2nd
14		10 March 1993	Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia	10 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
15	1993–94	18 December 1993	Davos, Switzerland	10 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
16		21 December 1993	Toblach, Italy	15 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
17		15 January 1994	Oslo, Norway	15 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
18		13 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	15 km Individual F	Olympic Games	1st
19		15 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	5 km Individual C	Olympic Games	2nd
20		17 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	10 km Pursuit F	Olympic Games	2nd
21		24 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	30 km Individual CF	Olympic Games	1st
22		6 March 1994	Lahti, Finland	30 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
23		12 March 1994	Falun, Sweden	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
24		20 March 1994	Thunder Bay, Canada	10 km Pursuit F	World Cup	1st
25	1994–95	12 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	5 km Individual C	World Championships	3rd
26	1994–95	18 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	30 km Individual F	World Championships	2nd
27	1995–96	9 December 1995	Davos, Switzerland	5 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
28		9 January 1996	Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia	30 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
29		18 March 1995	Nové Město, Czech Republic	10 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
30		2 February 1996	Seefeld, Austria	5 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
31		11 February 1996	Kavgolovo, Russia	10 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
32		24 February 1996	Trondheim, Norway	5 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
33		25 February 1996	Trondheim, Norway	10 km Pursuit F	World Cup	1st
34		2 March 1996	Lahti, Finland	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
35		9 March 1996	Falun, Sweden	15 km Individual F	World Cup	1st

Team podiums[edit]

1 victory – (1 TS)

9 podiums – (8 RL, 1 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	1990–91	15 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	4 x 5 km Relay M	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Vanzetta / Paruzzi / Belmondo
2	1991–92	18 February 1992	Albertville, France	4 x 5 km Relay M	Olympic Games^[1]	3rd	Vanzetta / Paruzzi / Belmondo
3	1992–93	26 February 1993	Falun, Sweden	4 x 5 km Relay M	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Vanzetta / Paruzzi / Belmondo
4	1993–94	22 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	4 x 5 km Relay M	Olympic Games^[1]	3rd	Vanzetta / Paruzzi / Belmondo
5	1995–96	17 December 1995	Santa Caterina, Italy	4 x 5 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Paluselli / Belmondo / Paruzzi
6		14 January 1996	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 x 5 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Paluselli / Belmondo / Paruzzi
7		3 February 1996	Seefeld, Austria	6 x 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Belmondo
8		10 March 1996	Falun, Sweden	4 x 5 km Relay M	World Cup	3rd	Giacomuzzi / Dal Sasso / Belmondo
9	1997–98	14 December 1997	Val di Fiemme, Italy	4 x 5 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Paruzzi / Valbusa / Belmondo

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Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

National titles[edit]

Italian Mountain Running Championships
- Mountain running: 1985, 1989, 1991 (3)

Politics[edit]

Manuela Di Centa, who has been vice-president of the National Council of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) until 2006, is also involved in politics and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia, between 2006 and 2013. She became a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1999 and remained there until 2010.^[4]

Doping allegations[edit]

The Swedish investigative television program Uppdrag granskning claimed that Di Centa had an exceptionally high hemoglobin level prior to a World Cup in Lahti in 1997. Di Centa's hemoglobin value was measured in an official pre-competition test as high as 17.3 g/dL. The allowed limit to start in official FIS competition is 16.5 g/dL.

References[edit]

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^ ^a^b https://olympians.org/news/1064/woa-honours-olympians-for-life-inductees/

^ "Athlete : DI CENTA Manuela". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

^ "Ms Manuela DI CENTA". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

External links[edit]

Manuela Di Centa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

Manuela Di Centa at the International Ski Federation

Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)

Official website (in Italian)

Media related to Manuela Di Centa at Wikimedia Commons

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[Olympian_for_life-2] ttps://olympians.org/news/1064/woa-honours-olympians-for-life-inductees/

[FISprofile-3] "Athlete : DI CENTA Manuela". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

[4] "Ms Manuela DI CENTA". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

v t e Olympic champions in women's 20 km and 30 km cross-country skiing
20 km	1984: Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen (FIN) 1988: Tamara Tikhonova (URS)
30 km	1992: Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 1994: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 1998: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2002: Gabriella Paruzzi (ITA) 2006: Kateřina Neumannová (CZE) 2010: Justyna Kowalczyk (POL) 2014: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2018: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)

v t e Holmenkollen Medal
Until 1900	1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR) 1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR) 1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1900–1950	1901: Aksel Refstad (NOR) 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR) 1904: Harald Smith (NOR) 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR) 1907: Per Bakken 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR) 1909: Thorvald Hansen 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR) 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR) 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR) 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR) 1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR) 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR) 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR) 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR) 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR) 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR) 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR) 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR) 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) 1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951–2000	1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE) 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR) 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR) 1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR) 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR) 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR) 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR) 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR) 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR) 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR) 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG) 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN) 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR) 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI) 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR) 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1984: Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE) 1986: Brit Pettersen (NOR) 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER) 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR) 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
Since 2001	2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL) 2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR) 2017: Marie Dorin-Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)

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