Sport | Speed Skating | |
NOC | Argentina | |
Born | 01 Apr 1991 | |
Gender | Women |
Residence | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | |
Occupation | Athlete, Real Estate Agent | |
Languages | English, Spanish |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 38.35 | 04 Dec 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
1000m | 1:16.99 | 04 Dec 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
1500m | 2:07.09 | 22 Oct 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT | |||
3000m | 5:00.10 | 02 Mar 2024 | Salt Lake City, UT |
Other sports | She has represented Argentina in roller speed skating. She won bronze in the road 500m sprint at the 2015 World Championships in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Jan 2021) |
Reason for choosing this sport | She took up roller skating at a young age. "I got into the sport [roller skating] because I knew I was going to win. I was taken to figure skating lessons but once I saw it was all about spins I didn't even change [out of my clothes]. I wanted to compete in races." She switched to speed skating on ice in 2016. "It was a dream. When I was asleep, I dreamed I was an ice skater, and a week later I had the same dream, so I started thinking about it. I searched on the internet for ice skating in Argentina. Then I found a federation and contacted them. They told me that they had a programme in Salt Lake City [UT, United States of America], and that's how I started. This was in 2016 and in 2017 I went to Salt Lake City for the first time. I gave up inline skating in 2016. That was the last time I trained professionally for inline." | |
When and where did you begin this sport? | She began roller skating at age eight. In 2016 she took up speed skating on ice. |
www.facebook.com/vicoonn | twitter.com/Vicoonn |
Injuries | A hip injury prevented her from competing in roller speed skating at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Ibague, Colombia. (quedigital.com.ar, 15 Feb 2021, 07 Feb 2021) | |
Memorable sporting achievement | Claiming bronze in the 500m at the 2021 Four Continents Championships in Calgary, AB, Canada. (isu.org, 16 Dec 2021) | |
Milestones | She became the first speed skater representing Argentina to compete at the Olympic Winter Games when she took part in the 2022 Games in Beijing. (SportsDeskOnline, 25 Oct 2022; coarg.org.ar, 13 Feb 2022) She became the first speed skater representing Argentina to win a medal at an international competition by claiming bronze in the 500m at the 2021 Four Continents Championships in Calgary, AB, Canada. (isu.org, 16 Dec 2021) |
Name of coach | Mitch Whitmore [personal], USA | |
Training Regime | She trains in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. |
Other information | TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA In 2017 she moved to the United States of America to join the International Skating Union [ISU] Development Transition Program in Salt Lake City, Utah. The scheme helps athletes from roller speed skating, ice hockey, or figure skating transition to speed skating on ice. (isu.org, 16 Dec 2021) |
Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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2021/2022 | Four Continents Championships | 500m | 3 | |||
2018/2019 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 25 | |||
2022 | Olympic Games | Mass Start | 27 | |||
2022 | Olympic Games | 500m | 30 |
World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 40 | |||
2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 41 | |||
2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 50 | |||
2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 55 | |||
2018/2019 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 55 | |||
2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 57 | |||
2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 57 |