ELISA LONGO BORGHINI
Date of Birth: 10/12/1991
Place of Birth: Verbania (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola)
Weight x Height: 59 x 1,70
Speciality: Road Race
First Club: AC Pedale Ossolano
Club: Fiamme Oro / Lidl-Trek
First Coach: Ferdinando Longo Borghini
Coach: Paolo Sangalli
Other Sports: Cross country skiing, running
Hobby: Reading, trekking
Relationship Status: Married
Olympic Appearances:
2 (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020)
Biography
The daughter of former cross-country skier Guidina Dal Sasso and sister of former cyclist Paolo Longo Borghini, she began cycling at the age of nine, following in her brother's footsteps. She is the complete cyclist: she is steady on the climbs, fast in time trials and knows when to join the right breakaway, qualities that have earned her numerous podiums from 2011 to the present (in 2020 she won a world championship bronze and a European silver). The first Italian to win the Tour of Flanders (2015 and 2024), she established herself as one of the foremost stars of Italian cycling by grabbing the bronze medal in the road race at the Rio Olympic Games after coming close to the podium in the time trial. Nicknamed “Wikipedia” by her teammates because of her memory, she believes her real hidden talent is her ability to milk a cow. In Tokyo she managed to retain the Olympic bronze won in Brazil; in Paris she wants to go even further.
Print
Palmares
Olympic Games
3a Rio (BRA) 2016 - Prova in linea
5a Rio (BRA) 2016 - Cronometro
3a Tokyo (JPN) 2020 - Prova in linea
10a Tokyo (JPN) 2020 - Cronometro
World Championships
3a Valkenburg (NED) 2012 - Prova in linea
8a Firenze (ITA) 2013 - Prova in linea
4a Richmond (USA) 2015 - Prova in linea
88a Doha (QAT) 2016 - Prova in linea
DNF Bergen (NOR) 2017 - Prova in linea
18a Bergen (NOR) 2017 - Cronometro
13a Innsbruck (AUT) 2018 - Prova in linea
9a Innsbruck (AUT) 2018 - Cronometro
5a Yorkshire (GBR) 2019 - Prova in linea
17a Yorkshire (GBR) 2019 - Cronometro
3a Imola (ITA) 2020 - Prova in linea
10ª Wollongong (AUS) 2022 - Prova in linea
European Championships
3a Plumelec (FRA) 2016 - Prova in linea
7a Plumelec (FRA) 2016 - Cronometro
20a Herning (DEN) 2017 - Prova in linea
17a Herning (DEN) 2017 - Cronometro
15a Glasgow (GBR) 2018 - Prova in linea
6a Glasgow (GBR) 2018 - Cronometro
17a Alkmaar (NED) 2019 - Prova in linea
2a Plouay (FRA) 2020 - Prova in linea