Sara Villani
{{Short description|Canadian bobsledder}}
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|birth_place = Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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|country = Canada
|sport = Bobsleigh
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Sara Villani (born 19 September 1996) is a Canadian bobsledder.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/11095/Villani|title=Sara Villani|work=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF)|accessdate=28 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/sara-villani/|title=Sara Villani|website=olympic.ca|accessdate=29 January 2022}}
Career
Villani began her athletic career as a heptathlete, but in 2018 she was identified at the TBC Training Ground as a potential brakewoman in bobsleigh. Villani made her IBSF World Cup debut in January 2021, finishing in a career-best fourth with Christine de Bruin.{{cite news|last=Garbutt|first=Herb|date=8 March 2021|title=Norval athlete's career takes wild ride to verge of Olympic dream|url=https://www.thespec.com/local-halton-hills/news/2021/03/08/norval-athlete-s-career-takes-wild-ride-to-verge-of-olympic-dream.html|work=The Hamilton Spectator|location=Hamilton, Ontario, Canada|access-date=28 January 2022}} At the IBSF World Championships 2021, Villani finished in 16th place with Christine de Bruin in the two-woman event.
In January 2022, Villani was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.{{cite web|url=https://www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.ca/en/news/?id=576|title=21 bobsleigh and skeleton athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in Beijing|date=20 January 2022|website=www.bobsleighcanadaskeleton.c|publisher=Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton|access-date=20 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/20/18-bobsleigh-and-3-skeleton-athletes-to-be-on-team-canada-at-beijing-2022/|title=18 bobsleigh and 3 skeleton athletes to be on Team Canada at Beijing 2022|last=Nichols|first=Paula|date=20 January 2022|website=www.olympic.ca/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=20 January 2022}}{{cite web|last=Smart|first=Zack|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/bobsleigh/canadian-boblsleigh-team-beijing-olympics-1.6320886|title=Kripps, de Bruin, Appiah headline formidable Canadian bobsleigh team at Beijing Games|date=20 January 2022|website=www.cbc.ca/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=20 January 2022}}
References
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Category:Canadian female bobsledders
Category:Sportspeople from Mississauga
Category:Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic bobsledders for Canada
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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