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Flora Tabanelli (born 20 November 2007) [1] is an Italian freestyle skier.
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Flora Tabanelli (born 20 November 2007) [1] is an Italian freestyle skier.
Tabanelli represented Italy at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics and was the flag-bearer during the Opening Ceremony. [2] [3] During the Youth Olympics she won gold medals in the big air and slopestyle events. [4]
During the 2024–25 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, Tabanelli won the overall women's park & pipe crystal globe with 540 points across big air and slopestyle events. [5] On 13 March 2025, she won the big air event, the same day her brother, Miro Tabanelli, won his first career World Cup event. They became the first brother-sister duo to earn a World Cup victory at the same competition. [6]
She made her FIS Snowboard World Championships debut in 2025 and finished in fourth place in the slopestyle event. [7] A week later, she then competed in the big air event and won a gold medal with a score of 176.75 points. [8]
In November 2025, Tabanelli suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee after she landed awkwardly from a jump while training with the national team for the 2026 Winter Olympics. [9] In January 2026, she was selected to represent Italy at the 2026 Winter Olympics, after recently recovering from a serious knee injury. [10] [11] She made her Olympic debut during the big air event and won a bronze medal. During her third and final run she scored 94.25 for her 1620, the highest single-trick score of the day. [12]
Tabanelli's older brother, Miro, is also an Olympic freestyle skier. [13]
