 | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 6 March 1920 Abetone, Tuscany, Italy | ||||||||
| Died | 27 July 2022 (aged 102) Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy | ||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined | ||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||
| Teams | 2 – (1948, 1952) | ||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||
Celina Seghi (6 March 1920 – 27 July 2022) [a] was an Italian alpine skier. Born in Abetone, Tuscany, [2] she was the youngest child in a family of nine [1] and earned her first Italian championship medal, a bronze in the slalom, in 1934.
In 1937 Seghi earned three national titles, her first victories at that level, by winning the slalom, downhill, and combined events. In total she won a total of 25 gold, 6 silver, and 3 bronze medals at the Italian National Championships: gold seven times, silver thrice, and bronze twice in the downhill, [3] gold and silver once each in the giant slalom, [4] gold ten times, silver twice, and bronze once in the slalom, [5] and gold seven times in the combined. [6]
On the international level Seghi won gold in the slalom and silver in the combined event at the 1941 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, but the results of the tournament were nullified by the International Ski Federation due to the limited participation from only German-friendly nations. [1] She resumed skiing after World War II and next appeared at the 1948 Winter Olympics, where she finished fourth in both the women's downhill and combined, and joint-fourteenth (with Laila Schou Nilsen) in the slalom. [2] In 1950 she captured her only recognized World Championship medal, bronze in the women's slalom, [1] and two years later participated in the 1952 Winter Olympics, finishing fourth in the women's slalom, seventh in the giant slalom, and joint-fifteenth (with Silvia Glatthard) in the downhill. [2] She retired from active competition in 1956, shortly before the 1956 Winter Olympics, married a surgeon in 1970, and moved to Pistoia, [1] where she continued to ski into her 90s. [7] She turned 100 in March 2020 [8] and died on 27 July 2022 at the age of 102 in Pistoia. [9]
Hannelore (Hanni) Wenzel is a retired Liechtensteiner alpine ski racer. Wenzel is a former Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. She won Liechtenstein's first-ever Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, and its first two Olympic gold medals four years later in Lake Placid, New York.
Anja Sofia Tess Pärson is a Swedish former alpine skier. She is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time gold medalist at the World Championships, and two-time overall Alpine Skiing World Cup champion. This included winning three gold medals in the 2007 World Championship in her native Sweden. She has won a total of 42 World Cup races.
Eugenio Monti was an Italian bobsledder and alpine skier. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the bobsleigh, with ten World championship medals and 6 Olympic medals including two golds. He is known also for his acts of sportsmanship during the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, which made him the first athlete ever to receive the Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy.
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held February 5–13 near Sapporo, Japan. The downhills were held at Mount Eniwa, and the four technical events at Teine.
Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Zeno Colò was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in Cutigliano, Tuscany, he was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Luxembourg sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. The nation was making its fifth appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The Luxembourgian delegation to Lillehammer consisted of a single athlete, alpine skier Marc Girardelli. His best performance in any event was fourth in the Super-G; he also finished fifth in the downhill and ninth in the combined. As well, he failed to finish the giant slalom, and was disqualified from the slalom.
Nicole Gius is an Italian alpine skier. She was born in Schlanders, Italy. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Elena Fanchini was an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Val Camonica, she focused on the speed events of downhill and super-G. Her younger sisters Nadia and Sabrina also raced on the Italian team.
Elisabeth Görgl is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Nadia Fanchini is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in Lovere, she lives in Val Camonica. Her sisters Elena and Sabrina Fanchini were also members of the Italian World Cup team.
Vittorio Chierroni was an Italian alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1948 Winter Olympics.
Paula (Paola) Rosa Wiesinger later Steger was a pioneering Italian alpine skier and mountain climber who competed at one edition of Winter Olympics and three editions of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
Severino Menardi was an Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Claudia Giordani is an Italian former alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics and in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Federica Brignone 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. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in the giant slalom and a bronze in the combined.
Matteo Marsaglia is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.
Marta Bassino is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in all disciplines, with a focus in giant slalom, in which she has six World Cup wins.
The Italian Alpine Ski Championships are the national championships in alpine skiing, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali (FISI).
Cristina Tisot married Arrigoni is a former Italian World Cup alpine ski racer who was 6th in downhill at the World Ski Championships 1974.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
