Nicol Delago

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Nicol Delago
Alpine skier
2019 FIS Ski World Cup Crans-Montana - Nicol Delago - by jacopoghi.jpg
Delago in February 2019
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G, Combined
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Born (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 25)
Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
World Cup debut24 January 2015 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams1 – (2019)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons8 – (20152022)
Wins0
Podiums3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (31st in 2019)
Discipline titles0 – (8th in DH, 2019)
Medal record
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 0 2 0
Super-G 0 1 0
Total 0 3 0
World Junior Ski Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Hafjell Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Sochi Downhill
Delago during a jump in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Kandahar downhill in 2017.

Nicol Delago (born 5 January 1996) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events. She represented Italy at the 2018 Winter Olympics,[1] and made her first World Cup podium in Italy in December 2018.

She is the sister of Nadia Delago.[2]

Biography[]

Born in Brixen in South Tyrol, Delago won two bronze medals in downhill at the World Junior Championships, in 2015 and 2016.[3]

Delago, a family of skiers[]

Four Alpine skiers from the Delago family have participated in World Cup and World Championships competitions. Siblings Oskar (born 1963) and Karla Delago (born 1965), specialists in speed events in the 1980s and their two granddaughters, Nicol (born 1996) and Nadia (born 1997), active in the 2010s.[4]

World Cup results[]

Season standings[]

Season Age  Overall   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2016 20 98 53 32
2017 21 81 37 33
2018 22 56 34 28 19
2019 23 31 31 8 18
2020 24 15 5 6 22
2021 25 Injured, out for almost entire season
Standings through 18 January 2020

Race podiums[]

  • 3 podiums – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2019 18 Dec 2018 Italy Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2nd
2020 8 Dec 2019 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd
11 Jan 2020 Austria Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 2nd

World Championship results[]

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2019 23 6 12
2021 25 Injured, did not compete

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg[]

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2018 22 DNF

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nicol Delago" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Le sorelle Delago si allenano sullo Stelvio. Nicol: "Anche col maltempo"" (in Italian). rainews.it. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Alpine Junior Worlds: Grenier and Arvidsson speed to downhill victory". fis-ski.com/. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Chi è Nicol Delago, la stella alpina che è sbocciata in Val Gardena" (in Italian). fis-ski.com. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2021. Nata a Bressanone, nipote d’arte (Oskar e Karla Delago sono stati a loro volta sciatori di buon livello), Nicol ha sempre mangiato pane e montagna.

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