Maria Canins is an Italian racing cyclist who twice won and came second three times in the Grande Boucle

Grande Boucle

The Grande Boucle, formerly known as the Tour Cycliste Féminin, or simply Tour Féminin, is one of the Grand Tours of women's cycle races. Grande Boucle means "great loop" and describes the individual stages which form a circuit around France....

. She rode for Italy

Italy

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 at the 1984

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

 and 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

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Canins was a cross-country skier

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

 from 1969 to 1982. She was Italian champion 15 times and the first Italian to win the Vasaloppet

Vasaloppet

Vasaloppet is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March in northwestern Dalarna, Sweden between the village of Sälen and town of Mora. It is the oldest, one of the longest, and in popular consideration the biggest cross-country ski race in the world...

 cross-county competition in Sweden

Sweden

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 and win from 1979 until 1988 10 times the Marcialonga

Marcialonga

Marcialonga is a cross-country ski race which is arranged for the last Sunday in January in Trentino in Italy. It was first held in 1973. In 2007, it was run for the 34th time....

. She was double world champion and double Italian champion in mountain biking

Mountain biking

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. She is married to the cross-country skier and ski mountaineer Bruno Bonaldi

Bruno Bonaldi

Bruno Bonaldi is an Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skiing amateur of the ASC Ladinia Alta Badia.Together with Angelo Genuin and Luigi Weiss, he placed first in the military team category in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama edition, which was carried out as the first World Championship of...

., who was a member of the civilian corld championship team in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama.

Road Cycling

1982

2nd UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race

1983

3rd UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race

1984

5th Road race, 1984 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's individual road race

These are the official results of the Women's Individual Road Race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, held on Sunday July 29, 1984. There were 45 participants in the inaugural race in Los Angeles. One cyclist who did not finish....

1985

1st Grande Boucle

Grande Boucle

The Grande Boucle, formerly known as the Tour Cycliste Féminin, or simply Tour Féminin, is one of the Grand Tours of women's cycle races. Grande Boucle means "great loop" and describes the individual stages which form a circuit around France....

1st Stage 5 Grande Boucle

1st Stage 9 Grande Boucle

1st Stage 10 Grande Boucle

1st Stage 12 Grande Boucle

2nd Stage 13 Grande Boucle

1st Stage 15 Grande Boucle

2nd UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race

1986

1st Grande Boucle

1987

1st Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin

Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin

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2nd Grande Boucle

1988

1st Giro d'Italia Femminile

Giro d'Italia Femminile

The Giro d'Italia Femminile is one of the Grand Tours in women's cycle road racing. It is currently called the Giro Donne. The Giro Donne is a 10-stage event taking place in Italy in early July each year, which means that it generally competes for attention with the men's Tour de France.With the...

2nd Grande Boucle

2nd Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin

1989

2nd Grande Boucle

3rd UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race

1990

2nd Giro d'Italia Femminile