Oriol Cardona

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cardona and the second or maternal family name is Coll.
Oriol Cardona
Coll skyrunning in 2017
Personal information
BornOriol Cardona Coll
(1994-10-07) 7 October 1994
Banyoles, Spain
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
CountrySpain
SportSki mountaineering
Skyrunning
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's ski mountaineering
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Boí Taüll Sprint race
Gold medal – first place 2025 Morgins Sprint race
Silver medal – second place 2021 Comapedrosa La Massana Sprint race
Silver medal – second place 2025 Morgins Mixed relay
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tambre Sprint race
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Villars-sur-Ollon Team race
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Boi Taull Sprint race
Gold medal – first place 2024 Flaine / Chamonix Sprint race
Gold medal – first place 2024 Flaine / Chamonix Mixed relay
Men's mountain running
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chiang Mai Team up and downhill race
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chiang Mai Team uphill race
World Long Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Villa La Angostura Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Villa La Angostura Individual

Oriol Cardona Coll (born 7 October 1994) is a Spanish ski mountaineer and skyrunner.

Career

Coll made his European Championships debut in 2022 and won a gold medal in the sprint race with a time of 3:17.988.[1] He then competed at the 2023 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering and won a gold medal in the sprint race with a time of 2:35.218.[2][3] He again competed at the 2024 European Championships and won a gold medal in the mixed relay along with Ana Alonso Rodriguez.[4]

On 26 January 2025, during the first mixed relay of the season, he won a gold medal with a time of 30:23.6.[5] He finished the 2024–25 ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup reaching the podium in all five relay events, including three golds and two silvers, to win the mixed relay World Cup title with 480 points. He also finished first in the men's sprint World Cup standings with 575 points.[6]

He again competed at the 2025 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering and won a gold medal in the sprint race with a time of 2:45.40.[7] With the win, Spain earned a quota spot for the discipline at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[8] He also won a silver medal in the mixed relay, along with Rodriguez, with a time of 32:45.0, losing to France's team of Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet by 0.9 seconds.[9][10] He earned a scholarship for the 2026 Winter Olympics.[11]

References

  1. ^ Burke, Patrick (9 February 2022). "Cardona Coll and Jagerčíková win sprint titles on first day of ISMF European Championships". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  2. ^ Barker, Philip (28 February 2023). "Delight for first time champions in sprint events at Ski Mountaineering World Championships". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Oriol Cardona, campeón del mundo de sprint". mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Oriol Cardona and Ana Alonso soar to victory at the Mixed Relay European Championships". ismf-ski.com. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  5. ^ "The Spanish duo Ana Alonso Rodriguez and Oriol Cardonna Coll win the first Mixed Relay of the season". imsf-ski.com. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Ana Alonso y Oriol Cardona aseguran el título de la Copa del Mundo de Relevos Mixtos con victoria en Villars". fedme.es (in Spanish). 5 April 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  7. ^ Schwager-Patel, Nischal (6 March 2025). "2025 ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Championships: Marianne Fatton and Oriol Cardona Coll claim sprint world titles in Morgins, secure Milano Cortina 2026 quota spots". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  8. ^ Noguera, Jorge (4 January 2026). "El año de Oriol Cardona: aspirante a todo en los Juegos de Invierno". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  9. ^ Merrell, Chloe (3 March 2025). "2025 ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Championships: France and Spain finish 1-2 in mixed relay to secure quota spots Milano Cortina 2026". olympics.com. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  10. ^ McGowan, Elliot (11 March 2025). "First skimo 2026 spots awarded". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  11. ^ Jimenez, Gretelle (2 June 2025). "Celebrating Olympic scholarship success". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
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