Serena Pergher
Italy
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSITA22602200401 | |
| NOC | Italy | |
| Born | 26 Feb 2004
in  Trento | |
| Gender | Women |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Languages | English, Italian, Spanish | |
| Residence | Trento, ITA |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 37.80 | 16 Feb 2024 |  Calgary |
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| 1000m | 1:17.16 | 28 Jan 2024 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 2:08.99 | 22 Oct 2023 |  Inzell |
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| 3000m | 5:05.10 | 09 Jan 2022 | Collalbo |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships
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| 500m | 1 | |||||
| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | GS Fiamme Oro: Moena, ITA |
General Interest
General Interest
| Other sports | She has competed in short track at national level in Italy. (shorttrackonline.info, 05 Oct 2019) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/serena.pergher |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Drawing. (Athlete, 12 Dec 2023) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning gold in the 500m at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Inzell, Germany. (Athlete, 12 Dec 2023) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "At school we received a brochure that invited us to practise the sport and I liked it, even if I didn't know how it would be. I told my parents to sign me up and they were surprised too as they didn't know what the sport was. They signed me up and I went along with a friend and began skating twice a week. I became very passionate very quickly. I love the speed, especially in the 500m. It's a beautiful feeling to skate so fast on the ice. The adrenaline is special." |
General Interest
General Interest
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (MilanoCortina2026 Facebook page, 14 Nov 2020) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Maurizio Marchetto [national], ITA | |
| Training Regime | She trains for between 20 and 25 hours a week. | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up the sport at age six in Pergine Valsugana, Italy. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs | She visualises her race the night before a competition. (Athlete, 15 Nov 2023) | |
| Most influential person in career | Her family. (Athlete, 12 Dec 2023) | |
| Hero / Idol | Dutch speed skater Femke Kok. (Athlete, 12 Dec 2023) | |
| Nicknames | Sere (Athlete, 15 Nov 2023) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Never give up." (Athlete, 15 Nov 2023) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2024/2025 | ISU European Speed Skating Sprint Championships | Overall | 8 | |||
| 2023/2024 | European Single Distances Championships | 500m | 9 | |||
| 2024/2025 | ISU World Speed Skating Single Distances Champions | 500m | 8 | |||
| 2022/2023 | European Sprint Championships | Overall | 11 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 12 | |||
| 2023/2024 | European Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 17 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Sprint Championships | Overall | 20 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2024/2025 | ISU World Cup Speed Skating Classification | 500m | 14 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 21 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 43 | |||
| 2023/2024 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 45 | |||
| 2022/2023 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 51 | |||
| 2024/2025 | ISU World Cup Speed Skating Classification | 1000m | 60 | |||