Martina Valcepina

Martina Valcepina ( born June 4, 1992 Bormio ) is an Italian Shorttrackerin.

In November 2004 Valcepina took at the age of twelve years, first at the Alta Valtellina Trophy, where she won the all-around D- juniors. In the coming seasons, she started very successfully by many unterklassigen, but international races such as the Olympic days in Dresden. After she had again retracted at the Alta Valtellina Trophy 2007 in her home town of Bormio good results, it was used as a B- junior in the 2008 /09 season sixteen year for the first time in the short track speed skating World Cup. Here she succeeded already in its fourth race over 500 meters, a tenth rank and their first Top 10 ranking. In the 3000 - meter relay was not used in the World Cup. She took with the Italian team in 2010 at the home team 's World Cup in Bormio bronze. In 2011 she won in Courmayeur at the short track speed skating World Junior Championships, two gold and one bronze medal. In the same year she became European champion in the 500 meters at the European Championships in Heerenveen. In addition, she won two bronze medals. At the European Championships 2012 in Mladá Boleslav, she won two silver and two bronze medals. She won at the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 with the 3000 - meter relay bronze.

Valcepinas younger sister Arianna is also an internationally successful Shorttrackerin.