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]

Federica Brignone
Alpine skier
Brignone in 2017.
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Super-G,
Combined, Downhill, Slalom
ClubCS Carabinieri
Born (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup debut28 December 2007 (age 17)
Websitefedericabrignone.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 – (2011, 20152019)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons14 – (2008–2021)
Wins15 – (7 GS, 3 SG, 5 AC)
Podiums43 – (24 GS, 9 SG, 6 AC, 4 DH)
Overall titles1 – (2020)
Discipline titles2 – (GS & AC, 2020)

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

Brignone during Garmisch-Partenkirchen Kandahar downhill in 2017

Season titles

  • 3 titles – (1 Overall, 1 GS, 1 AC)
Season
Discipline
2020 Overall
Giant Slalom
Combined

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Parallel
2010194312N/A
2011202654436
201221205564920
20132210330
20142331509
2015242039717
201625839464317
2017265464827
20182711505624
2019286395821
20202936
20213073233177
Standings through 24 January 2021

Race podiums

Season
Date Location Discipline Place
201028 Nov 2009 Aspen, USAGiant slalom3rd
20116 Feb 2011 Arber-Zwiesel, GermanyGiant slalom2nd
201228 Dec 2011 Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
21 Jan 2012 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia  Giant slalom2nd
9 Mar 2012 Åre, SwedenGiant slalom2nd
18 Mar 2012 Schladming, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
201529 Nov 2014 Aspen, USAGiant slalom3rd
201624 Oct 2015 Sölden, Austria  Giant slalom1st
27 Nov 2015 Aspen, USAGiant slalom3rd
12 Dec 2015 Åre, SwedenGiant slalom3rd
17 Jan 2016 Flachau, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
27 Feb 2016 Soldeu, Andorra  Super-G1st
7 Mar 2016 Jasná, SlovakiaGiant slalom3rd
201724 Jan 2017 Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom1st
24 Feb 2017   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined1st
26 Feb 2017Combined2nd
10 Mar 2017 Squaw Valley, USAGiant slalom2nd
16 Mar 2017 Aspen, USASuper-G3rd
19 Mar 2017Giant slalom1st
201829 Dec 2017 Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom1st
13 Jan 2018 Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaSuper-G1st
14 Jan 2018Downhill2nd
23 Jan 2018 Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom3rd
4 Mar 2018   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined1st
201927 Oct 2018 Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
24 Nov 2018 Killington, USAGiant slalom1st
24 Feb 2019   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined1st
14 Mar 2019 Soldeu, AndorraSuper-G3rd
2020 30 Nov 2019 Killington, USAGiant Slalom2nd
14 Dec 2019   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G2nd
17 Dec 2019 Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom1st
12 Jan 2020 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AustriaCombined1st
18 Jan 2020 Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom1st
24 Jan 2020 Bansko, BulgariaDownhill2nd
25 Jan 2020Downhill3rd
2 Feb 2020 Rosa Khutor, RussiaSuper-G1st
8 Feb 2020 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill2nd
23 Feb 2020   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined1st
29 Feb 2020 La Thuile, ItalySuper-G2nd
202117 Oct 2020 Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
14 Dec 2020 Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom2nd
20 Dec 2020 Val d’Isère, FranceSuper-G3rd
24 Jan 2021   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandSuper-G3rd

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
201120DNF12
201322Injured: did not compete
20152419DNF1
20172624487
2019285106

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
20101918
201423DNF2DNF111
20182736DNF8

See also

References

  1. "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
  2. FIS-ski.com – Maria-Rosa Quario – accessed 28 December 2011
  3. "Federica Brignone puts season on hold for ankle surgery". FIS Alpine. 13 December 2012.
  4. "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.

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Awards
Preceded by
Federica Pellegrini
Italian Sportswoman of the Year
2020
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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