Women
CRO
Valentina ASCIC
CRO- Date of birth12 Nov 1998
- Height1640 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- Home townZagreb
- Place of birthLivno
- Start skating / Club She took up the sport in 2006 in Zagreb, Croatia. / KBK Meteor: Zagreb, CRO
- languagesCroatian, English, Italian
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"No pain, no gain." (Athlete, 06 Feb 2020)
Croatian alpine skier Janica Kostelic. (olympics.com, 04 Feb 2022)
She became the first short track skater to represent Croatia at the Olympic Winter Games when she competed at the 2022 Games in Beijing. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Feb 2022; olympics.com, 04 Feb 2022)
Her parents. (olympics.com, 04 Feb 2022)
To win a medal at the world championships. (srednja.hr, 20 Aug 2022)
Competing at the 2020 European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. (Athlete, 06 Feb 2020)
She trains six days a week, for up to four hours per day. Her sessions include gym work and cycling.
"I heard about this sport from close friends who were involved in it. Honestly, it wasn't love at first sight. I was small and the rink was big and everything seemed scary. The love for training developed gradually and grew from day to day, from competition to competition."
