Alpine skier | |
Merighetti in January 2011 | |
Disciplines | Downhill, super-G, combined |
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Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle |
Born | Brescia, Lombardy, Italy | 5 July 1981
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
World Cup debut | 9 December 2000 (age 19) |
Website | danielamerighetti.it |
Olympics | |
Teams | 3 – (2006, 2010, 2014) |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 5 – (2007–15) |
Medals | 0 |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 16 – (2001–16) |
Wins | 1 – (1 DH) |
Podiums | 6 – (4 DH, 1 SG, 1 GS) |
Overall titles | 0 – (15th in 2012) |
Discipline titles | 0 – (7th in DH, 2012, 2013) |
Daniela Merighetti (born 5 July 1981) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in Brescia, Lombardy, she competed in the World Cup, three Winter Olympics, and five World Championships. [1]
In the 2010 Winter Olympics, Merighetti competed in the women's downhill, combined and super-G, but failed to finish. [2] In the 2014 Winter Olympics, she competed in the women's downhill, where she came 4th, and super-G, where she failed to finish. She did not start in the combined.
She won her first World Cup race in 2012 at age 30, in the downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy on 14 January. It was her second World Cup podium, nearly nine years after her first in 2003. [3]
Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2003 | 21 | 59 | 42 | 24 | — | — | — |
2004 | 22 | 91 | — | 33 | — | — | — |
2005 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2006 | 24 | 53 | — | 48 | 43 | 27 | 19 |
2007 | 25 | 48 | 42 | — | 48 | 22 | 32 |
2008 | 26 | 44 | — | — | 45 | 21 | 31 |
2009 | 27 | 32 | — | — | 41 | 14 | 10 |
2010 | 28 | 36 | — | — | 43 | 8 | 34 |
2011 | 29 | 20 | — | — | 29 | 10 | 12 |
2012 | 30 | 15 | — | — | 12 | 7 | 27 |
2013 | 31 | 30 | — | — | 29 | 7 | 29 |
2014 | 32 | 41 | — | — | 29 | 20 | — |
2015 | 33 | 35 | — | — | 23 | 19 | — |
2016 | 34 | 58 | — | — | 31 | 22 | — |
Source: [4]
Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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2003 | 6 Mar 2003 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 2nd |
2012 | 14 Jan 2012 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 1st |
26 Feb 2012 | Bansko, Bulgaria | Super-G | 3rd | |
2013 | 12 Jan 2013 | St. Anton, Austria | Downhill | 2nd |
2015 | 18 Jan 2015 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | 3rd |
2016 | 20 Feb 2016 | La Thuile, Italy | Downhill | 3rd |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2007 | 25 | — | — | — | 17 | 15 |
2009 | 27 | — | — | DNF1 | 16 | DNF2 |
2011 | 29 | — | — | 9 | 7 | DNF1 |
2013 | 31 | — | — | 7 | DNF1 | DNS2 |
2015 | 33 | — | — | DNF1 | 8 | — |
Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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2006 | 24 | DNF1 | — | — | 32 | DSQ |
2010 | 28 | — | — | DNF1 | DNF1 | DNF1 |
2014 | 32 | — | — | DNF1 | 4 | DNS2 |
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