Valentina Margaglio

Valentina Margaglio (born 15 November 1993) is an Italian skeleton racer.

[2] She was born to an Italian father and mother from the Ivory Coast.

[3] She has competed at a national level in both speed and strength disciplines, including the shot put and the javelin throw.

In 2011 she started competing in bobsleigh as a brakeman, participating in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck.

Her skeleton debut for the Italian national team was in January 2016 at the European Cup, coming ninth in the overall standings at the end of the 2019/20 season.

Mattia Gaspari and Valentina Margaglio, winners in 2020 of the historic first all-time medal at the Skeleton World Championships for Italy . [ 5 ]