Matteo Anesi
Matteo Anesi (left) with Enrico Fabris and Ippolito Sanfratello
Personal information
Born (1984-08-16) 16 August 1984
Trento, Italy
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2006 TurinTeam pursuit
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2005 InzellTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2008 NaganoTeam pursuit

Matteo Anesi (born 16 August 1984) is an Italian speed skater who won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He placed 29th in the 1500 m event.[1] After his active career he became one of the coaches of the Italian speed skating team.

Personal records

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m36.3528 November 2009Salt Lake City
1000 m1:08.4313 December 2009Salt Lake City
1500 m1:43.8311 December 2009Salt Lake City
3000 m3:45.975 November 2005Calgary
5000 m6:28.375 December 2009Calgary
10000 m14:01.7817 February 2007Erfurt

Personal life

Anesi is married[2] to Dutch former speed skater Marrit Leenstra who is also an Olympic gold medalist.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Matteo Anesi profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on 2007-03-14.
  2. ↑ (in Italian) Matteo e Marrit: un matrimonio tutto d'oro Corriere delle Alpi, 27 July 2014
  3. ↑ Leenstra, Marrit (22 April 2011). "Mijn triple is goud waard". Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Marrit Leenstra heeft wéér pech rond een WK". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Caldenhoven, Mark (13 February 2014). "Marrit Leenstra heeft 'niets met social media'". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 March 2014.
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