Nadia Fanchini

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Nadia Fanchini
Nadia Fanchini Semmering 2008.jpg
Nadia Fanchini during competitions in Semmering, Austria. December 2008.
Personal information
Born (1986-06-25) 25 June 1986 (age 37)
Lovere, Bergamo,
Lombardy, Italy
Occupation Alpine skier
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, super-G, giant slalom
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
World Cup debut13 December 2003
(age 17)
Website sorellefanchini.it
Olympics
Teams3 – (2006, 2014, 2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 – (2005, 2007, 2009,
        2013, 2015, 2019)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons15 – (20042010,
          20122019)
Wins2 – (1 SG, 1 DH)
Podiums13 – (8 DH, 4 SG, 1 GS)
Overall titles0 – (9th in 2009)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SG, 2009)
Medal record
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Downhill116
Super-G112
Giant010
Total238
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Schladming Downhill
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Val d'Isère Downhill
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Maribor Super-G
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Bardonecchia Downhill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Bardonecchia Giant slalom
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Bardonecchia Super-G

Nadia Fanchini (born 25 June 1986) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in Lovere, [1] she lives in Val Camonica. Her sisters Elena and Sabrina Fanchini were also members of the Italian World Cup team.

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Career

Fanchini represented Italy at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at four World Championships. She won a bronze medal in the downhill at the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isère, France, and a silver medal in the downhill at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. [2]

In the final World Cup race before the 2010 Winter Olympics, Fanchini injured both knees in a Super-G. [3] She missed the Olympics and the remainder of the 2010 season, as well as the 2011 season.

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom
Super-GDownhillCombined
2004 1711251
2005 1837271849
2006 1922183715
2007 2033501523
2008 21383513
2009 229402550
2010 23281323
2011 24Injured, did not compete
2012 257528
2013 2637172830
2014 271811934
2015 28126925
2016 291416136
2017 3037302125
2018 31271716
2019 32362511
Standings through 4 February 2019

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2007 1 Dec 2006 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd
2008 9 Feb 2008 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, ItalyDownhill3rd
8 Mar 2008  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Crans Montana, SwitzerlandDownhill3rd
2009 5 Dec 2008 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
7 Dec 2008 Super-G 1st
20 Dec 2008  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G3rd
27 Feb 2009 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bansko, BulgariaDownhill3rd
10 Mar 2009 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, SwedenSuper-G2nd
2010 10 Jan 2010 Flag of Austria.svg Haus im Ennstal, AustriaSuper-G3rd
2015 13 Mar 2015 Flag of Sweden.svg Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 2nd
2016 19 Feb 2016 Flag of Italy.svg La Thuile, ItalyDownhill3rd
20 Feb 2016Downhill1st
2018 14 Jan 2018 Flag of Austria.svg Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaDownhill3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2005 18DNF14
2007 20 DNF1 13 DSQ
2009 22 9 3
2011 24Injured: did not compete
2013 26 DNF1 21 2
2015 28 16 12 12
2017 30Injured: did not compete
2019 32 5 14

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2006 19 8 38 10 20
2010 23injured the week prior, did not compete [3]
2014 27 4 10 22
2018 31 12 DNF

National titles

Nadia Fanchini has won 13 national titles. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Nadia's official website bio (in Italian)
  2. "France's Rolland picks up first career win at World Champs DH, while Americans fall short". Ski Racing.com. 10 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Fanchini ruled out after super-G crash". ESPN. Associated Press. 31 January 2010.
  4. "Campionati italiani assoluti, l'albo d'oro della discesa" (in Italian). fisi.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. "L'albo d'oro della discesa femminile dei Campionati Italiani" (in Italian). fisi.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.[ dead link ]