Federica Brignone
Federica Brignone (born 14 July 1990) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. Brignone won the 2020 World Cup overall title, becoming the first Italian female skier to achieve this feat. She is also an Olympic and World Championship medalist.[1]
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| Disciplines | Giant slalom, Super-G, Combined, Downhill, Slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | CS Carabinieri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4 – (2011, 2015–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 14 – (2008–2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 15 – (7 GS, 3 SG, 5 AC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 43 – (24 GS, 9 SG, 6 AC, 4 DH) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 – (2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 2 – (GS & AC, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Born in Milan, Lombardy, she is the daughter of Maria Rosa Quario, a former World Cup racer in the early 1980s who had four World Cup wins and fifteen podiums, all in slalom.[2] Brignone made her World Cup debut in December 2007 at age 17, 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.
In 2017 Brignone won the giant slalom race at the World Cup Finals in Aspen, leading an Italian hat-trick and triumphing ahead of teammates Sofia Goggia and Marta Bassino. Brignone was part of the podium in two other times when Italian athletes took the top three places in a women's World Cup race: a second place in Bad Kleinkirchheim in 2018 and a third place in Bansko in 2020, both downhill events.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Brignone won the bronze medal in the giant slalom for her first Olympic medal.
In the 2019–2020 season Brignone earned the overall crystal globe with 1378 points – ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin with 1225 and Petra Vlhova with 1189 – becoming the first and only woman to win World Cup for Italy. With 11 seasonal podiums of which 5 victories Brignone also won the Giant Slalom and the Alpine Combined globes.
Through October 2020, she has 15 World Cup victories and 40 podiums, with 23 in giant slalom.
Personal life
She is engaged with the French skier Nicolas Raffort.[4]
World Cup results
Season titles
- 3 titles – (1 Overall, 1 GS, 1 AC)
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Season |
| Discipline | |
| 2020 | Overall |
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| 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 |  | |
| 2018 | 27 | 11 | 50 | 5 | 6 | 24 |  | |
| 2019 | 28 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 21 |  | |
| 2020 | 29 | | 36 | | | | | |
| 2021 | 30 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 17 | — | 7 |
- Standings through 24 January 2021
Race podiums
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2010 | 28 Nov 2009 |  Aspen, USA | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2011 | 6 Feb 2011 |  Arber-Zwiesel, Germany | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 2012 | 28 Dec 2011 |  Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 21 Jan 2012 |  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 9 Mar 2012 |  Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 18 Mar 2012 | Schladming, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2015 | 29 Nov 2014 | Aspen, USA | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2016 | 24 Oct 2015 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 27 Nov 2015 | Aspen, USA | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 12 Dec 2015 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 17 Jan 2016 | Flachau, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 27 Feb 2016 |  Soldeu, Andorra | Super-G | 1st | |
| 7 Mar 2016 |  Jasná, Slovakia | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 2017 | 24 Jan 2017 |  Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 24 Feb 2017 |  Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Combined | 1st | |
| 26 Feb 2017 | Combined | 2nd | ||
| 10 Mar 2017 | Squaw Valley, USA | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 16 Mar 2017 | Aspen, USA | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 19 Mar 2017 | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| 2018 | 29 Dec 2017 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 13 Jan 2018 | Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria | Super-G | 1st | |
| 14 Jan 2018 | Downhill | 2nd | ||
| 23 Jan 2018 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom | 3rd | |
| 4 Mar 2018 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Combined | 1st | |
| 2019 | 27 Oct 2018 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 24 Nov 2018 | Killington, USA | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 24 Feb 2019 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Combined | 1st | |
| 14 Mar 2019 | Soldeu, Andorra | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 2020 | 30 Nov 2019 | Killington, USA | Giant Slalom | 2nd |
| 14 Dec 2019 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 17 Dec 2019 |  Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 12 Jan 2020 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria | Combined | 1st | |
| 18 Jan 2020 | Sestriere, Italy | Giant slalom | 1st | |
| 24 Jan 2020 |  Bansko, Bulgaria | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 25 Jan 2020 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 2 Feb 2020 |  Rosa Khutor, Russia | Super-G | 1st | |
| 8 Feb 2020 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 23 Feb 2020 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Combined | 1st | |
| 29 Feb 2020 | La Thuile, Italy | Super-G | 2nd | |
| 2021 | 17 Oct 2020 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 14 Dec 2020 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom | 2nd | |
| 20 Dec 2020 | Val d’Isère, France | Super-G | 3rd | |
| 24 Jan 2021 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Super-G | 3rd |
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 |
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 |
References
- "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
- FIS-ski.com – Maria-Rosa Quario – accessed 28 December 2011
- "Federica Brignone puts season on hold for ankle surgery". FIS Alpine. 13 December 2012.
- "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
Media related to Federica Brignone at Wikimedia Commons
- Federica Brignone at the International Ski Federation
- Federica Brignone World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
- Federica Brignone at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Federica Brignone at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Federica Brignone at the International Olympic Committee
- Italian Winter Sports Federation – (FISI) – alpine skiing – Federica Brignone – (in Italian)
- Rossignol.com – Federica Brignone
- Official website – (in Italian and English)
- Federica Brignone on Twitter
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Federica Pellegrini |
Italian Sportswoman of the Year 2020 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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