Federica Brignone

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Federica Brignone
Federica Brignone 2018.jpg
Brignone in 2018 in Aosta
Personal information
NicknameLa tigre delle nevi
Born (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34)
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Giant slalom, super-G, combined, downhill, slalom
Club CS Carabinieri [1]
World Cup debut28 December 2007 (age 17)
Website federicabrignone.com
Olympics
Teams4 – (20102022)
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams7 – (2011, 20152025)
Medals5 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons18 – (20082025)
Wins35 – (16 GS, 12 SG, 5 AC, 2 DH)
Podiums80 – (40 GS, 24 SG, 10 DH, 6 AC)
Overall titles1 – (2020)
Discipline titles3 – (GS2020, AC2020,
SG2022)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Italy.svg Italy
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Giant slalom161410
Super-G1266
Downhill253
Combined510
Total352619
International competitions
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 012
World Championships 230
Total242
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Beijing Giant slalom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Giant slalom
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Beijing Combined
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Méribel Combined
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Saalbach Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Méribel Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 Saalbach Super-G
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Combined
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Mont Blanc Giant slalom

Federica Brignone (born 14 July 1990) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer.

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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, [2] [3] as well as three dicpline titles between 2020 and 2022. As of February 2025, she has won 34 World Cup races, three Olympic medals and five World Championships medals. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in giant slalom and a bronze in combined. [4] [5] [6] [7] At the 2025 World Championships, she won a gold medal in giant slalom and a silver medal in super-G. She was nicknamed "Tigre delle Nevi" ("Snow Tiger") [8] [9] and "Freccia di La Salle" [10] by Italian sports journalists.

Ski racing

Brignone made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2007, and her first full season on the World Cup circuit was in 2010. At her first World Championships, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011, Brignone won the silver medal in giant slalom. In December 2012, Brignone underwent surgery on her right ankle to remove a bothersome cyst, [11] and missed the rest of the 2013 season.

During the 2017 World Cup finals at Aspen, Brignone led an Italian podium sweep in giant slalom, with teammates Sofia Goggia and Marta Bassino. She was part of two other hat tricks by Italy, both in downhill: as runner-up at Bad Kleinkirchheim in 2018, and a third place at Bansko in 2020.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Brignone won her first Olympic medal, the bronze in giant slalom.

In the 2020 World Cup, Brignone earned the overall crystal globe with 1378 points, ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin (1225), who had not ran since January due to her father's death, and Petra Vlhová (1189), becoming the first and to date only Italian woman to win World Cup overall title. With five wins and eleven podiums during the season, she added two more globes for the giant slalom and combined titles.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Brignone won the silver medal in giant slalom and the bronze medal in combined. [12]

At the 2023 World Championships in CourchevelMéribel, she won the gold medal in combined and the silver medal in giant slalom, twelve years after Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011. In the following 2024 World Cup, she won 6 races, her best tally so far.

At the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach, Brignone won the gold medal in giant slalom [13] [14] and silver in super-G. [15] During the 2025 World Cup, she has already won seven races, her new best tally, including her two first downhill victories.

Personal life

Brignone, born in Milan, Lombardy and grown up in Aosta Valley, is the daughter of Maria Rosa Quario (b.1961), an alpine racer in the late 1970s and early 1980s, who had four World Cup wins and fifteen podiums, all in slalom. [16] She has been engaged to French skier Nicolas Raffort. [17]

Brignone lives in La Salle, Aosta Valley.

World Cup results

Brignone during Garmisch-Partenkirchen Kandahar downhill in 2017 2017 Audi FIS Ski Weltcup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Damen - Federica Brignone - by 2eight - 8SC8889.jpg
Brignone during Garmisch-Partenkirchen Kandahar downhill in 2017
Brignone the day of her victory in World Cup's Giant slalom of Courchevel in 2019. Federica Brignone (Courchevel 2019).png
Brignone the day of her victory in World Cup's Giant slalom of Courchevel in 2019.

Season titles

Season
Discipline
2020 Overall
Giant slalom
Combined
2022 Super-G

Season standings

Season
AgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombinedParallel
2010 194312
2011 202654436
2012 21205564920
   2013 ^2210330
2014 2331509
2015 242039717
2016 25 8 39 4 6 43 17
2017 26 5 46 4 8 27 2
2018 27 11 50 5 6 24 3
2019 28 6 39 5 8 21 1
2020 29 1 36 1 2 3 1 3
2021 30 7 28 5 2 19 7
2022 31 3 38 6 1 14
2023 32 4 48 5 2 14
2024 33 2 54 2 2 5
2025 34 1 2 2 1
^ Season-ending surgery in December 2012
Standings through 21 February 2025

Race victories

TotalSlalomGiant slalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedParallel
Wins35161225
Podiums804024106
Season
DateLocationDiscipline
2016 24 October 2015 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, Austria Giant slalom
27 February 2016 Flag of Andorra.svg Soldeu, Andorra Super-G
2017 24 January 2017 Flag of Italy.svg Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom
24 February 2017  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Crans-Montana, Switzerland Combined
19 March 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Aspen, USAGiant slalom
2018 29 December 2017 Flag of Austria.svg Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom
13 January 2018 Flag of Austria.svg Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaSuper-G
4 March 2018  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined
2019 24 November 2018 Flag of the United States.svg Killington, USAGiant slalom
24 February 2019  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined
2020
5 victories
(2 GS, 2 AC, 1 SG)
17 December 2019 Flag of France.svg Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom
12 January 2020 Flag of Austria.svg Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AustriaCombined
18 January 2020 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom
2 February 2020 Flag of Russia.svg Rosa Khutor, RussiaSuper-G
23 February 2020  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined
2021 28 February 2021 Flag of Italy.svg Val di Fassa, ItalySuper-G
2022
4 victories
(3 SG, 1 GS)
12 December 2021  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G
16 January 2022 Flag of Austria.svg Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AustriaSuper-G
30 January 2022 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany [18] Super-G
20 March 2022 Flag of France.svg Méribel, FranceGiant slalom
2023 14 January 2023 Flag of Austria.svg St. Anton, AustriaSuper-G
2024
6 victories
(4 GS, 2 SG)
2 December 2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tremblant, CanadaGiant slalom
3 December 2023Giant slalom
17 December 2023 Flag of France.svg Val-d'Isère, FranceSuper-G
3 March 2024 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G
9 March 2024 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenGiant slalom
17 March 2024 Flag of Austria.svg Saalbach, AustriaGiant slalom
2025
8 victories
(4 GS, 2 DH, 2 SG)
26 October 2024 Flag of Austria.svg Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom
28 December 2024 Flag of Austria.svg Semmering, AustriaGiant slalom
11 January 2025 Flag of Austria.svg St. Anton, Austria Downhill
19 January 2025 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySuper-G
25 January 2025 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill
21 February 2025 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom
22 February 2025Giant slalom
2 March 2025 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper-G

Podiums

SeasonPodiums
DownhillSuper GGiant slalomCombinedTotal
Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgΣ
2010 10011
2011 10101
2012 310314
2013 0000
2014 0000
2015 10011
2016 1142046
2017 121113216
2018 111113115
2019 11112114
2020 211221255111
2021 1221225
2022 3114105
2023 112211517
2024 112242165213
2025 2122480311
Total 253126616141051035261980
102440680

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2011 20 DNF1 2
2013 22Injured: did not compete
2015 24 19 DNF1
2017 26 24 4 8 7
2019 28 5 10 6
2021 30 DNF1 DNF1 10 DNF2
2023 32 2 8 1
2025 34 1 2 10

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2010 19 18
2014 23 DNF2 DNF1 11
2018 27 3 6 DNF 8
2022 31 DNF2 2 7 3

National titles

Brignone has won nine national championships at individual senior level. [19] [20]

See also

References

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  2. "FEDERICA BRIGNONE: CHI È LA PRIMA ITALIANA A VINCERE LA COPPA DEL MONDO DI SCI". mam-e.it (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  3. "World Trophy (1985-2008)/World Championships (2009 on)". skiracing.com. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. "Federica Brignone Olympic Profile | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. "Federica Brignone: Italy's alpine skiing champion enters record books with Beijing 2022 'dream'". olympics.com.
  6. "Federica Brignone shares her mantra: 'You only live once'". olympics.com.
  7. "Italy's Brignone unsure of Milan-Cortina 'dream'". MSN. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  8. "La sciatrice azzurra con record di vittorie, Federica Brignone, e la sua lotta per l'ambiente". elle.com. elle.com. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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  10. https://www.corriere.it/sport/25_febbraio_22/brignone-vittoria-gigante-sestriere-influenza-d57f2a2f-8719-4689-a5bc-78b933188xlk.shtml
  11. "Federica Brignone puts season on hold for ankle surgery". FIS Alpine. 13 December 2012.
  12. "Brignone ARGENTO nel gigante - Rai Sport".
  13. "Italy's Brignone wins women's giant slalom world gold". Reuters. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  14. "Federica Brignone dominates women's giant slalom in both runs to claim gold at 2025 World Alpine Ski Championships". olympics.com. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  15. "Austrian gold at the skiing worlds in Austria finally pumps up the host nation". APNews. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  16. FIS-ski.com – Maria-Rosa Quario – accessed 28 December 2011
  17. "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.
  18. "Sci: Brignone show, vince superG di Garmisch. 'Ora concentrati sui Giochi'". ansa.it. ansa.it. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  19. "ALBO D'ORO CAMPIONATI ITALIANI SCI ALPINO". sportflash24.it (in Italian). 31 March 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  20. "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI: DOPPIETTA DI FEDERICA BRIGNONE A LA THUILE. AL MASCHILE ORI PER ZAZZI E FRANZOSO". eurosport.it. Retrieved 24 March 2023.