Federica Brignone
| Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Brignone in 2018 in Aosta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Giant slalom, Super-G, Combined, Downhill, Slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | CS Carabinieri[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 July 1990 Milan, Lombardy, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 28 December 2007 (age 17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | federicabrignone.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 3 – (2010, 2014, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 5 – (2011, 2015– 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 15 – (2008–2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 17 – (7 GS, 5 SG, 5 AC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 – (2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 2 – (GS & AC, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Federica Brignone (born 14 July 1990) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in all alpine disciplines, with a focus on giant slalom and super-G. Brignone won the World Cup overall title in 2020, becoming the first Italian female to achieve this feat. She is also an Olympic and World Championship medalist.[2]
Ski racing[]
Born in Milan, Lombardy, Brignone made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2007, and her first full season on the World Cup circuit was in 2010. At her first World Championships in 2011, Brignone won the silver medal in the giant slalom. In December 2012, Brignone underwent surgery on her right ankle to remove a bothersome cyst,[3] and missed the rest of the 2013 season.
During the World Cup finals at Aspen in March 2017, Brignone won giant slalom to lead an Italian podium sweep, with teammates Sofia Goggia and Marta Bassino. She was part of two other hat tricks by Italy, both in downhill: as runner-up at Bad Kleinkirchheim in 2018, and a third place at Bansko in 2020.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Brignone won the bronze in the giant slalom for her first Olympic medal.
In March 2020, Brignone earned the overall crystal globe with 1378 points – ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin (1225) and Petra Vlhova (1189) – becoming the only woman to win World Cup overall title for Italy. With five wins (and eleven podiums) during the season, she added two more globes for the giant slalom and combined titles.
Through February 2021, Brignone has sixteen World Cup victories and 44 podiums, with 24 in giant slalom, 10 in super-G, 4 in downhill and 6 in combined.
Personal[]
Brignone is the daughter of Maria Rosa Quario (b.1961), an alpine racer in the late 1970s and early 1980s, who had four World Cup wins and fifteen podiums, all in slalom.[4]
She has been engaged to French skier Nicolas Raffort.[5]
World Cup results[]
Season titles[]
- 3 titles – (1 Overall, 1 GS, 1 AC)
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Season |
| Discipline | |
| 2020 | Overall |
|---|---|
| Giant Slalom | |
| Combined |
Season standings[]
| Season | ||||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| 2010 | 19 | 43 | — | 12 | — | — | — | N/A |
| 2011 | 20 | 26 | — | 5 | 44 | — | 36 | |
| 2012 | 21 | 20 | 55 | 6 | 49 | — | 20 | |
| 2013 ^ | 22 | 103 | — | — | — | — | 30 | |
| 2014 | 23 | 31 | 50 | 9 | — | — | — | |
| 2015 | 24 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 17 | — | — | |
| 2016 | 25 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 26 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 27 | 11 | 50 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 28 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 29 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 30 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 19 | — | 7 |
| 2022 | 31 | 5 | 33 | — | 3 | 10 | — | — |
- ^ Season-ending surgery in December 2012
- Standings through 12 December 2021
Race victories[]
| Total | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| Wins | 17 | — | 7 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| Podiums | 45 | — | 24 | 11 | 4 | 6 | — |
| Season | |||
| Date | Location | Discipline | |
| 2016 | 24 October 2015 |  Sölden, Austria |
Giant slalom |
| 27 February 2016 |  Soldeu, Andorra |
Super-G | |
| 2017 | 24 January 2017 |  Kronplatz, Italy |
Giant slalom |
| 24 February 2017 |  Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
Combined | |
| 19 March 2017 |  Aspen, USA |
Giant slalom | |
| 2018 | 29 December 2017 | Lienz, Austria |
Giant slalom |
| 13 January 2018 | Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria |
Super-G | |
| 4 March 2018 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
Combined | |
| 2019 | 24 November 2018 | Killington, USA |
Giant slalom |
| 24 February 2019 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
Combined | |
| 2020 | 17 December 2019 |  Courchevel, France |
Giant slalom |
| 12 January 2020 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria |
Combined | |
| 18 January 2020 | Sestriere, Italy |
Giant slalom | |
| 2 February 2020 |  Rosa Khutor, Russia |
Super-G | |
| 23 February 2020 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
Combined | |
| 2021 | 28 February 2021 | Val di Fassa, Italy |
Super-G |
| 2022 | 12 December 2021 | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Super-G |
World Championship results[]
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2011 | 20 | DNF1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 22 | Injured: did not compete | ||||
| 2015 | 24 | 19 | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 8 | — | 7 |
| 2019 | 28 | — | 5 | 10 | — | 6 |
| 2021 | 30 | DNF1 | DNF1 | 10 | — | DNF2 |
Olympic results[]
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2010 | 19 | — | 18 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 23 | DNF2 | DNF1 | — | — | 11 |
| 2018 | 27 | — | 3 | 6 | DNF | 8 |
See also[]
- Italian female skiers most successful World Cup race winner
- List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's race winners
References[]
- ^ "Olimpiadi Invernali Pyeongchang 2018" (in Italian). carabinieri.it. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "World Trophy (1985-2008)/World Championships (2009 on)". skiracing.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
The cancellation of Are officially marks the end of the women’s season, as they will not be replaced on the World Cup calendar. This means that Federica Brignone has officially earned the overall crystal globe. Mikaela Shiffrin finished second in the overall standings, 153 points behind Brignone. Petra Vlhova finished in third. Brignone also earned the giant slalom overall crystal globe, followed by Vlhova and Shiffrin
- ^ "Federica Brignone puts season on hold for ankle surgery". FIS Alpine. 13 December 2012.
- ^ FIS-ski.com – Maria-Rosa Quario – accessed 28 December 2011
- ^ "Federica Brignone - Il mio sogno azzurro" (PDF) (in Italian). federicabrignone.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
Nata a Milano, la Brignone vive a La Salle, in Val d’Aosta, ed è fidanzata con Nicolas Raffort, sciatore francese.
External links[]
- Federica Brignone at FIS (alpine)
- Federica Brignone at Olympics.com
- Federica Brignone at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Federica Brignone at Olympedia
- Italian Winter Sports Federation – (FISI) – alpine skiing – Federica Brignone – (in Italian)
- Official website – (in Italian and English)
- 1990 births
- Italian female alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of Italy
- Alpine skiers from Milan
- Living people
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Alpine skiers of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri