Letizia Paternoster

Letizia Paternoster
Paternoster at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Born (1999-07-22) 22 July 1999 (age 25)
Cles, Italy
Team information
Current teamLiv AlUla Jayco
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
2018Astana
2019–2022Trek–Segafredo[1][2]
2023–presentLiv AlUla Jayco
Major wins
Festival Elsy Jacobs (2018)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 3 3
European Games 1 0 0
European Championships 2 5 2
Total 4 8 5
Women's track cycling
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2020 Berlin Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Apeldoorn Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Berlin Madison
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Minsk Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Berlin Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2021 Grenchen Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit

Letizia Paternoster (born 22 July 1999) is an Italian road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Liv AlUla Jayco.[3]

In October 2017, she won gold in the team pursuit at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in Berlin.[4] In April 2018, she won the Gran Premio della Liberazione in Rome, her first professional road race victory.[5] Two days later, she started in the Festival Elsy Jacobs, a three-day stage event in Luxembourg, and claimed the final stage and the general classification.[6][7] Actor Peter Facinelli is her uncle.[8]

  1. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Trek-Segafredo Women add two to 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's Team Pursuit" (PDF). Union Européenne de Cyclisme. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. ^ "GP Liberazione Pink, prima su strada da élite per Letizia Paternoster". cicloweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Paternoster wins Festival Elsy Jacobs". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Al Festival Elsy Jacobs show di Letizia Paternoster: vince ultima tappa e corsa a soli 18 anni". cicloweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. ^ Un mondo di Letizia: medaglie, pizza e la solitudine della montagna gnewsonline.it