Mattia Casse

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Mattia Casse
Mattia Casse 2019.jpg
At Bormio in December 2019
Personal information
Born (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 34)
Moncalieri, Piedmont, Italy [1]
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G,
Combined
Club G.S. Fiamme Oro Moena
World Cup debut
29 December 2009 (age 20)
Olympics
Teams0
World Championships
Teams4 – (20172023)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons14 – (20102023)
Wins0
Podiums3 – (2 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (14th in 2023)
Discipline titles0 – (6th in SG, 2020)

Mattia Casse (born 19 February 1990) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Moncalieri in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy, he specializes in the speed events (Downhill and Super-G) and has competed in four World Championships.

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Career

The son of the ski racer and trainer Alessandro, [2] Casse made his World Cup debut on 29 December 2009 in a downhill at Bormio, just missing out on points in 31st place. [3] He scored his first World cup points later that season on 10 March, finishing 22nd in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen downhill. [4]

Casse attained his first top ten result in December 2015 with a fourth place in the Super-G at Beaver Creek, just missing the podium; [5] his first podium came in December 2022 on the Saslong, taking third in the second downhill of the week at Val Gardena.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2010 2015557
2011 2116457
2012 2292415443
2013 23Injured, did not compete
2014 2412643
2015 25853740
2016 2648173132
2016 26 48 17 31 32
2017 27 109 44 26
2018 28 154 43
2019 29 77 32 30 41
2020 30 26 6 24
2021 31Injured, did not compete
2022 32 55 24 30
2023 33 14 14 6
2024 34 15 13 12
Standings through 21 February 2024

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2023 17 Dec 2022 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 3rd
14 Jan 2023  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandDownhill3rd
28 Jan 2023 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G 3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2017 27 19 22 DNF2
2019 29 8 17 27
2021 31 DNF
2023 33 13 20 DSQ1

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References

  1. Profile at the Italian Winter Sports Federation website
  2. "E' morto a 75 anni Alessandro Casse, eroe dello sci azzurro e commerciante a Vercelli". La Stampa (in Italian). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill, Bormio (ITA), 29.12.2009. International Ski Federation
  4. FIS World Cup - Men's Downhill, Garmisch Partenkirchen (GER), 10.03.2010. International Ski Federation
  5. FIS World Cup - Men's Super G, Beaver Creek (USA), 03.12.2015. International Ski Federation