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{{short description|Swiss alpine skier}} |
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{{Infobox alpine ski racer |
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| name = Michela Figini |
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| disciplines = Speed events |
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|7 April 1966}} |
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| birth_place = [[Prato Leventina|Prato]], Switzerland |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|4|7|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Prato (Leventina)|Prato]], [[Ticino]], Switzerland |
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| club = SCO Club Airolo |
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| height = 168 cm |
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| wcdebut = 21 January 1983 (age 16) |
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| retired = May 1990 (age 24)<ref name=exchsk>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p1pPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6799%2C925034 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |location=Ohio |agency=Associated Press |title=Ex-champion skier quits after dispute |date=May 4, 1990 |page=21 }}</ref> |
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| olympicteams = 2 – ([[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]], [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]]) |
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| olympicmedals = 2 |
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| olympicgolds = 1 |
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| worldsteams = 3 – ([[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985|1985]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987|1987]], [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989|1989]]) |
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| worldsmedals = 3 |
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| worldsgolds = 1 |
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| wcseasons = 7 – ([[1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1983]]–[[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]]) |
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| wcwins = 26 <!-- – (17 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 3 [[Super-G|SG]], 2 [[Giant slalom|GS]], 4 [[Alpine skiing combined|K]])--> |
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| wcpodiums = 46 |
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| wcoveralls = 2 – ([[1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1985]], [[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]]) |
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| wctitles = 5 – (4 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 1 [[Super-G|SG]]) |
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| show-medals = yes |
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[alpine skiing]]}} |
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| Giant slalom | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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{{MedalGold| [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]] |Downhill}} |
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| Downhill | 17 | 5 | 3 |
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{{MedalSilver| [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]] |Super-G}} |
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| Super-G | 3 | 2 | 3 |
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| Combined | 4 | 0 | 1 |
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{{MedalGold| [[Alpine World Ski Championships 1985|1985 Bormio]] |Downhill}} |
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{{MedalSilver| [[Alpine World Ski Championships 1987|1987 Crans-Montana]] |Downhill}} |
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{{MedalSilver| [[Alpine World Ski Championships 1987|1987 Crans-Montana]] |Super-G}} |
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }} |
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{{MedalGold| [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]] |[[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|Downhill]]}} |
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{{MedalSilver| [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]] |[[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G|Super-G]]}} |
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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} |
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{{MedalGold| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985|1985 Bormio]] |Downhill}} |
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{{MedalSilver| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987|1987 Crans-Montana]] |Downhill}} |
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{{MedalSilver| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987|1987 Crans-Montana]] |Super-G}} |
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'''Michela Figini''' (born 7 April 1966) is a former [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]] from Switzerland. She is an Olympic, World Cup and world champion.<ref name=FIS>{{cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&listid=&competitorid=17087|title=Michela Figini profile|website=fis-ski.com|access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Figini made her World Cup debut at age 16 in January 1983 and won the [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|downhill]] at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|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 [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985|1985 World Championships]].<ref name=sr/> She also came second in the downhill at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987|1987 World Championships]], and won a silver medal in the super-G at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Winter Olympics]] in [[Calgary]]. |
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Figini won 26 World Cup races and overall titles in [[1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1985]] and [[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]], as well as four season titles in downhill, one in Super-G.<ref name=sr/> |
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'''Michela Figini''' (born 7 April 1966 in [[Prato Leventina|Prato]]) is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] former alpine [[skier]]. From her first marriage with the former Italian alpine ski racer [[Ivano Camozzi]] she has two children. |
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==Personal== |
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Figini won the gold medal in downhill at the 1984 [[Olympic Games]] in [[Sarajevo]] when she was only 18. She subsequently won numerous World Cup races and the overal [[Alpine Skiing World Cup]] twice, in 1985 and 1988. |
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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]].<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/michela-figini-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417120518/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/michela-figini-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Michela Figini}}</ref> |
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==World |
==World Cup results== |
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===Season titles=== |
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===Overall and single discipline results=== |
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7 titles: (2 overall, 4 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 1 [[Super-G|SG]]) |
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| [[1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Downhill|1985]] ||Downhill |
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| [[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987]] || Downhill |
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| rowspan=3|[[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]] || '''Overall''' |
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| [[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]] || '''Overall Cup''' |
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===Season standings=== |
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!Season !! Age !! Overall !! Slalom !! Giant<br> slalom !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined |
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| [[1983 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1983]] || ''16'' || 26 || — || 15 || rowspan=3|<small>''not<br>awarded<br>(w/ GS)''</small> || 24 || 16 |
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| [[1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1984]] || ''17'' || 5 || — || 6 || 5 || 5 |
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| [[1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1985]] || ''18'' || style="background:gold;"|1 || 28 || style="background:silver;"|2 || style="background:gold;"|1 || style="background:silver;"|2 |
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| [[1986 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1986]] || ''19'' || 6 || — || 6 || 10 || 6 || style="background:#c96;"|3 |
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| [[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987]] || ''20'' || 5 || — || 5 || 11 || style="background:gold;"| 1 || — |
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| [[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]] || ''21'' || style="background:gold;"|1 || — || 10 || style="background:gold;"| 1 || style="background:gold;"| 1 || 14 |
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| [[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]] || ''22'' || style="background:#c96;"|3 || — || 17 || 5 || style="background:gold;"| 1 || 5 |
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| [[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] || ''23'' || 8 || — || 34 || 13 || style="background:#c96;"|3 || — |
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===Race victories=== |
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*26 wins – (17 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 3 [[Super-G|SG]], 2 [[Giant slalom|GS]], 4 [[Alpine skiing combined|K]]) |
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| rowspan=2|[[1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1984]]||align=right|28 January 1984 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Megève]], France || [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]] |
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| align=right|29 January 1984 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Saint-Gervais-les-Bains|Saint-Gervais]], France || [[Alpine skiing combined|Combined]] |
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| rowspan=8|[[1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1985]]|| align=right|4 January 1985 ||align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Maribor Pohorje Ski Resort|Maribor]], Yugoslavia|| [[Giant slalom]] |
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;"|9 January 1985 || align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Santa Caterina di Valfurva|Santa Caterina]], Italy || Combined |
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Bad Kleinkirchheim]], Austria || Downhill |
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| align=right|10 January 1985 || Downhill |
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| align=right|13 January 1985 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Pfronten]], West Germany|| [[Super-G]] |
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| align=right|20 January 1985 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Saint-Gervais, France|| Downhill |
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| align=right|21 January 1985 || Giant slalom |
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| March 8, 1985 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Banff, Alberta|Banff]]|| Combined |
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| align=right|8 March 1985 ||align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Mt Norquay|Banff]], Canada|| Combined |
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| rowspan=2|[[1986 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1986]]|| align=right|21 December 1985 ||align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} Maribor, Yugoslavia|| Combined |
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| January 12, 1986 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Val d'Isère]]|| Downhill |
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| align=right|12 January 1986 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Val d'Isère]], France|| Downhill |
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| rowspan=2|[[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987]]|| align=right|16 January 1987 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Pfronten, West Germany|| Downhill |
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|align=right| 8 March 1987 ||align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Nakiska|Calgary]], Canada|| Downhill |
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| rowspan=5|[[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]]||align=right|11 December 1987 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Leukerbad]], Switzerland || Downhill |
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| align=right|12 December 1987 || Super-G |
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| January 14, 1988 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Zinal]]|| Downhill |
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| align=right|14 January 1988 ||align=left| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Zinal]], Switzerland || Downhill |
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| align=right|12 March 1988 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Red Mountain Resort|Rossland]], Canada|| Downhill |
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| align=right|13 March 1988 || Super-G |
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| December 2, 1988 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Val-d'Isère|| Downhill |
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| rowspan=6|[[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]]||align=right|2 December 1988 || align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Val-d'Isère, France|| Downhill |
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| align=right|12 January 1989 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Grindelwald]], Switzerland|| Downhill |
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| align=right|13 January 1989 || Downhill |
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| February 7, 1989 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Lake Louise Mountain Resort|Lake Louise]]|| Downhill |
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| align=right|7 February 1989 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Lake Louise Ski Resort|Lake Louise]], Canada || Downhill |
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| align=right|18 February 1989 || Downhill |
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| align=right|25 February 1989 || align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Steamboat Ski Resort|Steamboat Springs]], USA || Downhill |
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|'''[[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]]'''||align=right|27 January 1990 || align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Santa Caterina, Italy || Downhill |
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| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985|1985]] || ''18'' || — || 15 || — || style="background:gold;"|1 || — |
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| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987|1987]] || ''20'' || — || 4 || style="background:silver;"|2 || style="background:silver;"|2 || 6 |
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| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1989|1989]] || ''22'' || — || — || 5 || 8 || — |
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| [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] || ''17'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|—]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|12]] || <small>''not run''</small> || style="background:gold;"|[[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|1]] || <small>''not run''</small> |
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| [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] || ''21'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|—]] ||[[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|—]] || style="background:silver;"|[[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's super-G|2]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|9]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Women's combined|—]] |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's race winners]] |
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==References== |
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* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fi/michela-figini-1.html sports-reference.com] |
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* {{Ski-DB}} |
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* [http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/michela_figini_sui_wfgnmi.asp Ski-DB.com] - Results - Michela Figini |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Alpine skier |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = April 7, 1966 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = Prato, Switzerland |
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Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disciplines | Speed events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SCO Club Airolo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 21 January 1983 (age 16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | May 1990 (age 24)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 2 – (1984, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 2 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 3 – (1985, 1987, 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 3 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 7 – (1983–1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 2 – (1985, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 5 – (4 DH, 1 SG) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Season titles
[edit]7 titles: (2 overall, 4 DH, 1 SG)
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1985 | Overall |
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1987 | Downhill |
1988 | Overall |
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1989 | Downhill |
Season standings
[edit]Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
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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
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1984 | 28 January 1984 | Megève, France | Downhill |
29 January 1984 | Saint-Gervais, France | Combined | |
1985 | 4 January 1985 | Maribor, Yugoslavia | Giant slalom |
9 January 1985 | Santa Caterina, Italy | Combined | |
Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria | Downhill | ||
10 January 1985 | Downhill | ||
13 January 1985 | Pfronten, West Germany | Super-G | |
20 January 1985 | Saint-Gervais, France | Downhill | |
21 January 1985 | Giant slalom | ||
8 March 1985 | Banff, Canada | Combined | |
1986 | 21 December 1985 | Maribor, Yugoslavia | Combined |
12 January 1986 | Val d'Isère, France | Downhill | |
1987 | 16 January 1987 | Pfronten, West Germany | Downhill |
8 March 1987 | Calgary, Canada | Downhill | |
1988 | 11 December 1987 | Leukerbad, Switzerland | Downhill |
12 December 1987 | Super-G | ||
14 January 1988 | Zinal, Switzerland | Downhill | |
12 March 1988 | Rossland, Canada | Downhill | |
13 March 1988 | Super-G | ||
1989 | 2 December 1988 | Val-d'Isère, France | Downhill |
12 January 1989 | Grindelwald, Switzerland | Downhill | |
13 January 1989 | Downhill | ||
7 February 1989 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | |
18 February 1989 | Downhill | ||
25 February 1989 | Steamboat Springs, USA | Downhill | |
1990 | 27 January 1990 | Santa Caterina, Italy | Downhill |
World Championship results
[edit]Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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1985 | 18 | — | 15 | — | 1 | — |
1987 | 20 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
1989 | 22 | — | — | 5 | 8 | — |
Olympic results
[edit]Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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1984 | 17 | — | 12 | not run | 1 | not run |
1988 | 21 | — | — | 2 | 9 | — |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c 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
[edit]- Michela Figini at FIS (alpine)
- Michela Figini at Olympedia
- Michela Figini at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
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- Sportspeople from Prato
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