Marta Capurso

Marta Capurso ( born August 18, 1980 in Turin ) is a former Italian Shorttrackerin. She started in her hometown for the club Velocisti Ghiaccio Helios, from the year 2005, she also belonged to the Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle, a sports promotion group of the Guardia di Finanza. She was admitted at the age of 14 years to the national team. Capurso took part in the 2002 and 2006 Olympics and won a bronze medal. In 2006, she was honored for her achievements in the sport with the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Her debut in international championships contested Capurso at the Junior World Championship in 1996 in Courmayeur, her best result was a fifth place finish in the 1500m. In the following years, she was more successful at the Junior World Championships. 1997 in Marquette, she was in the all around Fifth and missed in fourth over 500m a medal just barely, 1998, she was finally able to reach the finals in St. Louis in all single race and win with bronze over 1000 m their first international medal in 1999 won in Montreal them in the all around bronze and won the race over 500 m. In the adult area Capurso won initial success at the European Championships 1999 in Oberstdorf and the 1999 World Cup in Sofia. At the European Championships she won gold in the relay at the World Cup, she reached over 1500 m as the best individual result the semi-finals, with the season they won the silver medal.

Your next success landed Capurso at the European Championships in 2001 in The Hague. It was in the all around Fourth, over 1000 m and 1500 m Second Third. After they celebrated their previously best World Cup results. In Graz, it was about 500 m and reached third for the first time a podium, above 1000 m and 3000 m, it was also in the finals each fourth. In the 2001 /02 season Capurso first participated in all World Cup races. Your best results were two runners-up. About 500 m it was in the Discipline Ranking seventh. At the European Championships in Grenoble, she was about 500 m and reached third party two more finals in a single race. In the all-around, she was fifth, with the season they won the gold medal again. Capurso qualified for the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. It started about 500 m and reached the quarter-finals, with the season they finished fifth.

In the season 2002/ 03 Capurso participated in four World Cups. She reached six semifinals and over 500 m also once the final, with the season they scored a podium finish. In all World Cup votes, she placed among the top twelve runners. At the European Championships in St Petersburg was Capurso fifth in the all around, above 1000 m, she finished second in the relay and she was able to defend the title from the previous year. At the World Championships in Warsaw, she was with the Fourth Season, at the World Team Championships in Sofia took Capurso With Teammates third. The World Cup season 2003/ 04 was Capursos most successful. With the season they could take the podium four times, in individual races, it was about 500 m and 1000 m respectively once third parties and the 1500m once second. About 500 m she was fifth in the discipline standings. Capurso also managed to win a medal in the all around at the European Championships in Zoetermeer with bronze for the first time, more than 1500 m, it was also third parties, over 3000 m, and with the second season, she won silver this time. In Gothenburg Capurso denied their most successful World Cup. It was in the all around Fifth, won over 500m silver and bronze over 3000 m and reached about 1500 m and with the squadron also the final. In the World Team Championships in St. Petersburg, she finally repeated the win the bronze medal from the previous year. The 2004/05 season ran for Capurso in the World Cup continues to be successful. She reached over 500 m third place twice and finished fourth in the discipline standings. Another podium, she won over 3000 m. On the way home the European Championship in Turin she repeated winning the bronze medal in the all around, about 500 m and 1500 m was they each second. In the Olympic season 2005/ 06 Capurso was especially successful in the team competitions. With the season they won the World Cup third place twice. At the European Championships in Krynica Zdrój they won again the gold in the relay. Over 1000 m, it was also Second and Third 1500 m. She denied in her hometown of Turin their second Olympics and took part in all three individual races. About 500 m it was as the winner of the B- finals Fifth, over 1500 m they moved into the semi-finals and over 1000m she was disqualified early. However, their best result it reached in the season, surprising the quartet won the bronze medal. Even in the subsequent World Cup in Minneapolis she could win the bronze medal in the relay.

The 2006/07 season was initially less successful for Capurso. You could only convince the penultimate World Cup in Heerenveen, but where were not at the start most of the major short-track nations. About 1000 m she won her first World Cup race and was then victorious in the season. At the European Championships in Sheffield she won her eighth and final European Championship medal she won in the relay silver medal. In its last season in 2007/ 08 Capurso could again reach a final in one individual World Cup race over 1500 m. With the season it was three times second. At the World Championships in Gangneung she missed the season in fourth place another medal scarce. Your last title fights, she contested at the World Team Championships in Harbin, where the Italian team finished fifth. After the season Capurso ended her active career.