Denise Karbon
Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||
![]() Karbon in December 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Disciplines | Giant Slalom, Slalom | ||||||||||||||||
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Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy | 16 August 1980||||||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 6 January 1998 (age 17) | ||||||||||||||||
Retired | 16 March 2014 (age 33) | ||||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 – (2002–2014) | ||||||||||||||||
Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
World Championships | |||||||||||||||||
Teams | 6 – (2001–2013) | ||||||||||||||||
Medals | 2 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 14 – (2000–2014) | ||||||||||||||||
Wins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (10th in 2008) | ||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 1 – (GS, 2008) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Denise Karbon (born 16 August 1980) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from South Tyrol, Italy. She competed in the technical events and specialized in giant slalom.
Biography[]
Born in Brixen, South Tyrol, Karbon made her World Cup debut in 1998 at age 17, while the following year she was Junior World Champion. She won a total of six World Cup giant slaloms: in December 2003 at Alta Badia and five of the first six races in the 2008 season. She obtained ten other podiums for a total of sixteen.
Karbon won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships in giant slalom, followed by a bronze in 2007 in the same discipline.
In the 2008 season, Karbon won 5 of the 7 giant slalom races (and took third in another) to win the GS season title with 592 points, 113 points ahead of runner-up Elisabeth Görgl. She finished tenth in the overall standings.
At age 33, Karbon retired in March 2014, after the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide.[1]
Personal[]
Karbon is the niece of Norbert Rier, leader of the Kastelruther Spatzen, and the cousin of fellow alpine ski racer Peter Fill.[2]
World Cup results[]
Season titles[]
Season | Discipline |
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2008 | Giant slalom |
Season standings[]
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2000 | 19 | 41 | 27 | 18 | — | — | — |
2001 | 20 | 48 | 27 | 24 | — | — | — |
2002 | 21 | 80 | 42 | 31 | — | — | — |
2003 | 22 | 26 | 50 | 6 | — | — | — |
2004 | 23 | 23 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
2005 | 24 | injured, out for season | |||||
2006 | 25 | 85 | — | 33 | — | — | — |
2007 | 26 | 53 | — | 15 | — | — | — |
2008 | 27 | 10 | 29 | 1 | — | — | — |
2009 | 28 | 18 | 24 | 6 | — | — | — |
2010 | 29 | 32 | 44 | 9 | — | — | — |
2011 | 30 | 57 | — | 15 | — | — | — |
2012 | 31 | 53 | — | 14 | — | — | — |
2013 | 32 | 60 | — | 21 | — | — | — |
2014 | 33 | 63 | — | 21 | — | — | — |
Race podiums[]
- 6 wins – (6 GS)
- 16 podiums – (16 GS)
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Race |
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2003 | 28 Dec 2002 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
6 Mar 2003 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
16 Mar 2003 | Hafjell, Norway | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
2004 | 28 Nov 2003 | Park City, USA | Giant slalom | 3rd |
13 Dec 2003 | Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | 1st | |
14 Mar 2004 | Sestriere, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
2007 | 21 Jan 2007 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Giant slalom | 3rd |
2008 | 27 Oct 2007 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st |
24 Nov 2007 | Panorama, Canada | Giant slalom | 1st | |
28 Dec 2007 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st | |
5 Jan 2008 | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep. | Giant slalom | 1st | |
12 Jan 2008 | Maribor, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
26 Jan 2008 | Ofterschwang, Germany | Giant slalom | 1st | |
2009 | 10 Jan 2009 | Maribor, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd |
2010 | 24 Oct 2009 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
2011 | 11 Mar 2011 | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep. | Giant slalom | 2nd |
World Championship results[]
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2001 | 20 | DNF1 | DSQ2 | — | — | — |
2003 | 22 | 27 | 2 | — | — | — |
2005 | 24 | injured, did not compete | ||||
2007 | 26 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
2009 | 28 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
2011 | 30 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
2013 | 32 | — | DNS2 | — | — | — |
Olympic results[]
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2002 | 21 | DNF1 | 14 | — | — | — |
2006 | 25 | — | DNF2 | — | — | — |
2010 | 29 | 18 | 23 | — | — | — |
2014 | 33 | — | DNF2 | — | — | — |
References[]
- ^ "Denise Karbon announces retirement". Fédération Internationale de Ski. 13 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ^ Bernold, David (24 November 2007). "Denise Karbon sorgt weiter für die Musik". skionline.ch. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
External links[]
- Denise Karbon at FIS (alpine)
- Denise Karbon at FIS (cross-country)
- Denise Karbon at Munzinger Sports Archives (in German)
- Denise Karbon at Olympedia
- Denise Karbon.it – personal website – (in English, Italian, and German)
- Fischer Skis – athletes – Denise Karbon
- 1980 births
- Italian female alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of Italy
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
- Alpine skiers of Fiamme Gialle
- Ladin people
- Sportspeople from Brixen
- Living people