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Mia Manganello

Qualified | Milano Cortina 2026

Olympian 2018, 2022

Mia Manganello
  • 0

    GOLD

  • 0

    SILVER

  • 1

    BRONZE

Athlete Bio 

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Height

5'8"

Age

36

Hometown

Crestview, FL

Quick Facts
  • Speciality: Mass Start
  • Began inline skating at age 8, switched to speedskating after the Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City 2002
  • Parents owned an Italian restaurant
  • Spent five years as a professional cyclist
  • Hobbies include playing with her dog, game nights with friends, and drinking margaritas
Biographical Information

Mia Manganello grew up in Crestview, Fla. Her parents, Dominic and Karen, owned an Italian restaurant named after her. Manganello started inline skating at age eight, and five years later, after the Salt Lake City Games, she attended a speedskating camp in Utah and decided to switch to the ice. Her family packed an RV and moved to Utah for training.

After competing in two U.S. Olympic trials in speedskating and not making the Olympic team for the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010, Manganello became a professional cyclist for the next five years. She made a return to speedskating in 2016 after a six-year absence and made her first Olympic team for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. At the PyeongChang Games, Manganello won her first Olympic medal, a bronze medal, in the women’s team pursuit. 

With a renewed focus on the mass start, an event which made its Olympic debut at the PyeongChang Games, Manganello finished a career-best fourth at the 2023 ISU World Championships, reduplicating her fourth-place result from the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, while also winning bronze in the team pursuit. In November 2025, Manganello won her first-ever ISU World Cup mass start race on her home ice in Salt Lake City. 

When she is off the ice, she enjoys playing with her dog, game nights with friends and drinking margaritas.

Olympic Experience
  • 2-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
    • Olympic Games Beijing 2022, 4th (Mass Start 16 Laps - Women), 19th (3000m - Women), 20th (1500m - Women)
    • Olympic Games Pyeongchang 2018, bronze (Team Pursuit 6 Laps - Women), 15th (Mass Start 16 Laps - Women), 22th (1500m - Women)
World Championships Experience
  • Most recent: 2025 – 5th (Mass Start 16 Laps - Women, Team Pursuit 6 Laps - Women), 18th (3000m - Women), 22th (1500m - Women)
  • Years of participation: 1500m - Women 2017, 2023, 2024, 2025; 3000m - Women 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025; Mass Start 16 Laps - Women 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025; Team Pursuit 6 Laps - Women 2007, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025; Small Combination - Women 2022; 5000m - Women 2017
  • Medals: 1 (1 bronze)
    • Bronze – 2023 (Team Pursuit 6 Laps - Women)

Career Highlights 

  • 2022-23

    • 2023 World Championships - Team Pursuit Bronze; Mass Start 4th; 3000m 14th; 1500m 17th
    • World Cup 6 - Mass Start 5th; 1500m 12th; 3000m (B) 4th
    • World Cup 5 - Team Pursuit Bronze; Mass Start Bronze; 1500m 15th; 3000m (B) 4th
    • World Cup 4 - Mass Start 9th; 1500m (B) 1st
    • World Cup 3 - Mass Start Silver; 3000m 14th
    • World Cup 2 - Mass Start 6th; 3000m (B) 3rd; 1500m (B) 6th
    • World Cup 1 - Mass Start 5th; Team Pursuit 6th
  • 2021-22

    • Olympic Winter Games - Mass Start 4th; 3000m
    • World Championships - 1500m 12th; 500m 13th; 3000m 15th
    • 2022 Olympic Team Trials - 3000m Gold; 1500m Silver; Mass Start Silver
    • 2021-22 World Cup 4 - Mass Start 5th; 1500m 6th (B); 3000m 13th (B)
    • 2021-22 World Cup 3 - Mass Start 9th; 3000m 6th (B); 1500m 9th (B)
    • 2021-22 World Cup 2 - 1500m 16th (B); 1000m 22nd (B)
    • 2021-22 World Cup 1 - Team Pursuit 8th; Mass Start 9th; 1500m 7th (B); 3000m 9th (B)
  • 2020-21

    • 2021 US Championships - 5000m Gold; 3000m Gold; 1500m Gold; Team Pursuit Gold; 1000m Bronze
  • 2019-20

    • 2019-20 World Cup 4 - Nagano - Mass Start Bronze
  • 2018-19

    • 2018-19 World Cup Finals - Salt Lake City - Mass Start 24th overall; 3000m 46th overall; 1500m 50th overall
    • 2018-19 World Cup 5 - Hamar - 3000m (B) 10th
    • 2018-19 World Cup 4 - Heerenveen - Mass Start 10th; 1500m (B) 14th; 3000m (B) 20th
    • 2018-19 World Cup 3 - Poland - Team Pursuit 7th; 1500m (B) 16th
  • 2017-18

    • 2017-18 World Cup Salt Lake City - 1500m 8th
    • 2017-18 World Cup Calgary - Mass Start 6th; Team Pursuit 8th; B 1500m 16th; B 3000m 19th
    • 2017-18 World Cup Stavanger - 5000m 12th; 1500m 20th
    • 2017-18 World Cup Heerenveen - B 3000m 5th; B 1500m 6th; Team Pursuit 7th
  • 2015-16

    • 2015-16 American Cup Final - 1500m Gold; 3000m Gold
    • 2015-16 Long Track National Championships - 3000m Gold
  • 2006-09

    • 2008-09 American Cup Final - 1500m Silver; 3000m Silver
    • 2008-09 Long Track North American Championships - 1500m Bronze
    • 2008-09 Junior National Championships - 500m Gold; 1000m Gold; 1500m Gold; 3000m Gold
    • 2007-08 Junior National Allround Championships - 1000m Gold; 3000m Gold; 1500m Gold; 500m Silver
    • 2007-08 Junior National Sprint Championships - 1000m Silver
    • 2007-08 American Cup 1 - 1500m Bronze
    • 2006-07 Junior National Championships - 1000m Gold; 1500m Gold; 3000m Gold; 500m Silver

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