Michela Figini

Michela Figini
Personal information
Born	7 April 1966 (age 59); Prato, Ticino, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Speed events
Club	SCO Club Airolo
World Cup debut	21 January 1983 (age 16)
Retired	May 1990 (age 24)
Olympics
Teams	2 – (1984, 1988)
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	3 – (1985, 1987, 1989)
Medals	3 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	7 – (1983–1990)
Wins	26
Podiums	46
Overall titles	2 – (1985, 1988)
Discipline titles	5 – (4 DH, 1 SG)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Switzerland
World Cup race podiums
Olympic Games
World Championships

Last updated September 22, 2025

Michela Figini (born 7 April 1966) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. She is an Olympic, World Cup and world champion.^[2]

Career

Figini made her World Cup debut at age 16 in January 1983 and won the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo at age 17. Through 2014, she remains the youngest Olympic champion in alpine skiing. She won the downhill the following year at the 1985 World Championships.^[3] She also came second in the downhill at the 1987 World Championships, and won a silver medal in the super-G at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

Figini won 26 World Cup races and overall titles in 1985 and 1988, as well as four season titles in downhill, one in Super-G.^[3]

Personal

Figini retired in 1990 and later worked as a television commentator. She has two children from her first marriage with the former Italian alpine ski racer Ivano Camozzi.^[3]

World Cup results

Season titles

7 titles: (2 overall, 4 DH, 1 SG)

Season	Discipline
1985	Overall
1985	Downhill
1987	Downhill
1988	Overall
	Downhill
	Super-G
1989	Downhill

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1983	16	26	—	15	not awarded (w/ GS)	24	16
1984	17	5	—	6		5	5
1985	18	1	28	2		1	2
1986	19	6	—	6	10	6	3
1987	20	5	—	5	11	1	—
1988	21	1	—	10	1	1	14
1989	22	3	—	17	5	1	5
1990	23	8	—	34	13	3	—

Race victories

26 wins – (17 DH, 3 SG, 2 GS, 4 K)

Season	Date	Location	Race
1984	28 January 1984	Megève, France	Downhill
1984	29 January 1984	Saint-Gervais, France	Combined
1985	4 January 1985	Maribor, Yugoslavia	Giant slalom
	9 January 1985	Santa Caterina, Italy	Combined
	9 January 1985	Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria	Downhill
	10 January 1985	Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria	Downhill
	13 January 1985	Pfronten, West Germany	Super-G
	20 January 1985	Saint-Gervais, France	Downhill
	21 January 1985	Saint-Gervais, France	Giant slalom
	8 March 1985	Banff, Canada	Combined
1986	21 December 1985	Maribor, Yugoslavia	Combined
1986	12 January 1986	Val d'Isère, France	Downhill
1987	16 January 1987	Pfronten, West Germany	Downhill
1987	8 March 1987	Calgary, Canada	Downhill
1988	11 December 1987	Leukerbad, Switzerland	Downhill
	12 December 1987	Leukerbad, Switzerland	Super-G
	14 January 1988	Zinal, Switzerland	Downhill
	12 March 1988	Rossland, Canada	Downhill
	13 March 1988	Rossland, Canada	Super-G
1989	2 December 1988	Val-d'Isère, France	Downhill
	12 January 1989	Grindelwald, Switzerland	Downhill
	13 January 1989	Grindelwald, Switzerland	Downhill
	7 February 1989	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill
	18 February 1989	Lake Louise, Canada	Downhill
	25 February 1989	Steamboat Springs, USA	Downhill
1990	27 January 1990	Santa Caterina, Italy	Downhill

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1985	18	—	15	—	1	—
1987	20	—	4	2	2	6
1989	22	—	—	5	8	—

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1984	17	—	12	not run	1	not run
1988	21	—	—	2	9	—

References

↑ "Ex-champion skier quits after dispute". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. 4 May 1990. p. 21.
↑ "Michela Figini profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michela Figini". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

External links

Michela Figini at FIS (alpine)

Michela Figini at Olympedia
Michela Figini at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database

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[exchsk-1] "Ex-champion skier quits after dispute". Toledo Blade. Ohio. Associated Press. 4 May 1990. p. 21.

[FIS-2] "Michela Figini profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

[sr-3] 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michela Figini". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

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