Federica Brignone
Introduction '''Federica Brignone''' (born 14 July 1990) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. 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. She is also an Olympic and World Championship medalist. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in the giant slalom and a bronze in the combined.
Ski racing Born in Milan, Lombardy, 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 in 2011, Brignone won the silver medal in the giant slalom. In December 2012, Brignone underwent surgery on her right ankle to remove a bothersome cyst, and missed the rest of the 2013 season.During the World Cup finals at Aspen in March 2017, Brignone won giant slalom to lead an Italian podium sweep, 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, South Korea, Brignone won her first Olympic medal, the bronze in the giant slalom.In March 2020, Brignone earned the overall crystal globe with 1378 points – ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin (1225) and Petra Vlhova (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.Brignone won the silver medal in the giant slalom and the bronze medal in the combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.Through December 2023, Brignone has 23 World Cup victories and 60 podiums, with 32 in giant slalom, 16 in super-G, 6 in downhill, and 6 in combined.On 2 and 3 December 2023, Brignone achieved consecutive victories in the Giant slalom in Tremblant, Canada.
Personal Brignone 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.She has been engaged to French skier Nicolas Raffort.
World Cup results Brignone during Garmisch-Partenkirchen Kandahar downhill in 2017Brignone the day of her victory in World Cup's Giant slalom of Courchevel in 2019.===Season titles===* 5 titles – (1 Overall, 1 GS, 2 AC, 1 SG)150px'''Season'''Discipline'''2020''' '''Overall''' Giant slalom Combined '''2022''' Super-G===Season standings==='''Season'''Age'''Overall'''SlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedParallel 2010 ''19'' 43  —  12  —  —  —  2011 ''20'' 26  —  5  44  —  36 2012 ''21'' 20  55  6  49  —  20 2013^ ''22'' 103  —  —  —  —  30 2014 ''23'' 31  50  9  —  —  — 2015 ''24'' 20  39  7  17  —  — 2016 ''25''8394643  17 2017 ''26''5464827 2 2018 ''27''11505624 3 2019 ''28''6395821 1 2020 ''29''136123 1 3 2021 ''30''72852197 2022 ''31''3386114— 2023 ''32''4485214 2024 ''33''''3''—''2''''3''''6'':^ :===Race victories===  TotalSlalomGiant slalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedParallel Wins  '''24'''  — 10  9  —  5  —  Podiums  '''65'''  —  34  18  7  6  — '''Season''' Date Location Discipline '''2016'''24 October 2015  Sölden, Austria Giant slalom27 February 2016  Soldeu, Andorra  Super-G '''2017'''24 January 2017  Kronplatz, Italy  Giant slalom24 February 2017   Crans-Montana, Switzerland  Combined19 March 2017  Aspen, USA  Giant slalom '''2018'''29 December 2017  Lienz, Austria  Giant slalom 13 January 2018 Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria  Super-G4 March 2018   Crans-Montana, Switzerland  Combined '''2019'''24 November 2018  Killington, USA  Giant slalom24 February 2019   Crans-Montana, Switzerland  Combined '''2020'''  '''5''' victories   1 SG)   Courchevel, France  Giant slalom12 January 2020  Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria  Combined18 January 2020  Sestriere, Italy  2 February 2020 Rosa Khutor, Russia  Super-G23 February 2020    Crans-Montana, Switzerland  Combined'''2021'''28 February 2021 Val di Fassa, Italy  Super-G'''2022'''  '''4''' victories   12 December 2021   St. Moritz, Switzerland  Super-G16 January 2022 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria  Super-G30 January 2022  Super-G20 March 2022 Méribel, France  Giant slalom'''2023'''14 January 2023 St. Anton, Austria  Super-G'''2024''' 2 December 2023 Tremblant, Canada  Giant slalom 3 December 2023  Giant slalom 17 December 2023 Val-d'Isère, France  Super-G===Podiums==='''Season''''''Podiums''' Downhill Super G Giant slalom Combined Total Σ2010         1    00 1 12011      1     01 0 12012      3 1    03 1 42013            0 0 0 02014             00 0 02015       1    0 0 1 12016   1   1  4    20 4 62017           1  2 1   1 1   3 2 1 62018    1  1      1     1 1      3  1  1 52019     1  11  1   21 1 42020   2 1 12   21  2   55 1 112021  1  2  2      12 2 52022   3   11     4 10 52023   1  12   2 1    1 5 1 72024   1  1 1  1  2 2 1    3 4 2 9 '''Total '''  0  5  2 9  5  4  10  14 10 5  1  0  24  25  16'''65'''  7 18 346'''65'''
World Championship results '''Year'''AgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombined 2011 ''20''  DNF1 2  —  —  — 2013 ''22''''Injured: did not compete'' 2015 ''24''19  DNF1  —  —  — 2017 ''26''24  4  8  —  7 2019 ''28''—  5  10  —  6 2021 ''30'' DNF1  DNF1  10  —  DNF22023''32''—28—1
Olympic results '''Year'''AgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-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. *Italian Alpine Ski Championships**Super-G: 2017, 2023 (2)**Giant slalom: 2011, 2017, 2018 (3)**Slalom: 2021 (1)**Combined: 2016, 2017, 2023 (3)
See also *Italian female skiers most successful World Cup race winner*List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's race winners
References
External links * * ** Italian Winter Sports Federation – (FISI) – alpine skiing – Federica Brignone – ''''* – ''''