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 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, was double world champion and double Italian champion in mountain biking. She was married to the cross-country skier and ski mountaineer Bruno Bonaldi,Canins Maria who was a member of the civilian world championship team in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama.
Palmarès Road Cycling
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
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 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 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 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
1992 1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
1993 5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
1994 2nd Trofeo Spadaccini Chrono 3rd Villafranca di Forlì Chrono
1995 5th Time Trial, National Road Championships
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
World Championships Year Age 5 km 10 km 20 km 4 × 5 km relay 1982 32 — — 20 —
World Cup Season standings Season Age Overall 1982 32 34 1983 33 37
Italian Championships 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 Italian Mountain Running Championships Mountain running: 1982
See also List of multi-sport athletes
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