Cristina Paluselli is an Italian

Italy

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 cross country skier who was competing since 1993 to 2006. She won ten races of the FIS World Marathon Cup, ending up as 1st in the ranking for two consecutive years (2004/5 and 2005/6 seasons).

As member of the Italian National Team, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 took place February 15–25, 2001 in Lahti, Finland for a record sixth time, previous events being held in 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978 and 1989...

 in Lahti

Lahti

Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...

 and had her best individual finish of 16th in the 15 km at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 took place February 18-March 1, 2003 in Val di Fiemme, Italy for a second time . The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned after being cancelled in the previous championships due to...

.

Paluselli's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 39th in the 10 km both in 2002

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

 and 2006

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

. She has eleven individual victories at various distances, mainly at the FIS Marathon Cup, from 2002 to 2006. She was the winner in the most prestigious ski marathons such as Jizerska padesatka (CZE), Bedirchov (CZE), Oberammergau (GER), 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....

 (Val di Fiemme e Fassa ITA), Livigno (ITA), Rena - Lillehammer (NOR) and 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...

(Mora SWE).

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