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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Aosta, Italy | 30 April 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CS Esercito | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 2 (2023–) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Samuela Comola (born 30 April 1998 in Aosta) is an Italian biathlete.[1]
Comola started her biathlon career in 2009. In 2016, she competed at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. She also participated at the 2017 IBU Youth World Championships.[2] Comola made her debut race in the World Cup during the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup season (on November 27, 2021) in Östersund (64th in the individual).[3] She competed at the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing 2022 in women's sprint, pursuit, and team relay races.[4][5] On March 3, 2022, in Kontiolahti she secured her career first podium in the World Cup (3rd in the relay with Dorothea Wierer, Federica Sanfilippo and Lisa Vittozzi). At the Biathlon World Championships 2023 in Oberhof, she won the gold medal in the relay with Dorothea Wierer, Hannah Auchentaller and Lisa Vittozzi.