Federica Brignone

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.[2]

Federica Brignone
Alpine skier
Brignone in 2018 in Aosta
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Super-G,
Combined, Downhill, Slalom
ClubCS Carabinieri[1]
Born (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup debut28 December 2007 (age 17)
Websitefedericabrignone.com
Olympics
Teams3 – (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 – (2011, 2015– 2021)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons15 – (2008–2022)
Wins17 – (7 GS, 5 SG, 5 AC)
Podiums45
Overall titles1 – (2020)
Discipline titles2 – (GS & AC, 2020)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Italy
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
World Championships 0 1 0
Total 0 1 1
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Giant slalom 7 9 8
Super-G 5 2 4
Downhill 0 3 1
Combined 5 1 0
Total 17 15 13
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangGiant slalom
World Championships
2011 Garmisch-PartenkirchenGiant slalom
Junior World Championships
2009 Garmisch-PartenkirchenCombined
2010 Mont BlancGiant slalom

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,[3] 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 the bronze in the giant slalom for her first Olympic medal.

In March 2020, Brignone earned the overall crystal globe with 1378 points – ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin (1225) and Petra Vlhova (1189) – becoming the only woman to win World Cup overall title for Italy. With five wins (and eleven podiums) during the season, she added two more globes for the giant slalom and combined titles.

Through February 2021, Brignone has sixteen World Cup victories and 44 podiums, with 24 in giant slalom, 10 in super-G, 4 in downhill and 6 in combined.

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.[4]

She has been engaged to French skier Nicolas Raffort.[5]

World Cup results
Brignone during Garmisch-Partenkirchen Kandahar downhill in 2017

Season titles
  • 3 titles – (1 Overall, 1 GS, 1 AC)
Season
Discipline
2020 Overall
Giant Slalom
Combined

Season standings
Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined Parallel
20101943—12———N/A
20112026—544—36
2012212055649—20
   2013 ^22103————30
20142331509———
2015242039717——
201625839464317
20172654648272
201827115056243
20192863958211
20202913612313
2021307285219—7
202231533—310——
^ Season-ending surgery in December 2012
Standings through 12 December 2021

Race victories
   Total    Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Downhill Combined Parallel
Wins17—75—5—
Podiums45—241146—
Season
Date Location Discipline
201624 October 2015 Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom
27 February 2016 Soldeu, AndorraSuper-G
201724 January 2017 Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom
24 February 2017   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined
19 March 2017 Aspen, USAGiant slalom
201829 December 2017 Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom
13 January 2018 Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaSuper-G
4 March 2018   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined
201924 November 2018 Killington, USAGiant slalom
24 February 2019   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined
202017 December 2019 Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom
12 January 2020 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AustriaCombined
18 January 2020 Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom
2 February 2020 Rosa Khutor, RussiaSuper-G
23 February 2020   Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandCombined
202128 February 2021 Val di Fassa, ItalySuper-G
202212 December 2021   St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G

World Championship results
Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
201120DNF12———
201322Injured: did not compete
20152419DNF1———
2017262448—7
201928—510—6
202130DNF1DNF110—DNF2

Olympic results
Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
201019—18———
201423DNF2DNF1——11
201827—36DNF8

See also

References
  1. "Olimpiadi Invernali Pyeongchang 2018" (in Italian). carabinieri.it. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. "World Trophy (1985-2008)/World Championships (2009 on)". skiracing.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020. The cancellation of Are officially marks the end of the women’s season, as they will not be replaced on the World Cup calendar. This means that Federica Brignone has officially earned the overall crystal globe. Mikaela Shiffrin finished second in the overall standings, 153 points behind Brignone. Petra Vlhova finished in third. Brignone also earned the giant slalom overall crystal globe, followed by Vlhova and Shiffrin
  3. "Federica Brignone puts season on hold for ankle surgery". FIS Alpine. 13 December 2012.
  4. FIS-ski.com – Maria-Rosa Quario – accessed 28 December 2011
  5. "Federica Brignone - Il mio sogno azzurro" (PDF) (in Italian). federicabrignone.com. Retrieved 26 January 2020. Nata a Milano, la Brignone vive a La Salle, in Val d’Aosta, ed è fidanzata con Nicolas Raffort, sciatore francese.
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