Maria Canins
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Maria Canins |
| Nickname | The "flying mother" |
| Born |
4 June 1949 Badia, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road/Track/MTB/Skiing |
| Role | Rider |
Maria Canins (born 5 July 1949, in La Villa, Alta Badia) is an Italian racing cyclist who twice won and came second three times in the Grande Boucle. She rode for Italy at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.
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 was double world champion and double Italian champion in mountain biking. She was married to the cross-country skier and ski mountaineer Bruno Bonaldi., who was a member of the civilian world championship team in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama.
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