| Daniela Ceccarelli | |
| Club: | G.S. Fiamme Oro |
| Birth Date: | 25 September 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Rocca Priora, Italy |
| Height: | 1.68 m |
| Wcdebut: | 1996 |
| Retired: | 2010 |
| Olympicteams: | 2 |
| Olympicmedals: | 1 |
| Olympicgolds: | 1 |
| Worldsteams: | 4 |
| Wcseasons: | 15 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Daniela Ceccarelli (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian alpine skiing coach and former World Cup Alpine skier.[1]
In 2002, she won a surprise gold medal in the super-G competition in Salt Lake City.[2] After her retirement, she started her own ski club, under the name Golden Team Ceccarelli, along with her family. She is the mother of the Albanian alpine skier Lara Colturi.[3]
Daniela Ceccarelli in her 16 years of high-level competitive activity, from 1996 to 2010, conquered three podiums in World Cup races, two second places in super-G and a third place in downhill, but her most important result it is undoubtedly the Olympic gold medal won at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. She has also won the Italian Alpine Ski Championships two times and various other podium finishes.[4]
After her career as an athlete, she founded a ski team, the Golden Team Daniela Ceccarelli, in which she is also a coach, and subsequently she also became technical commissioner of the Albanian national ski team, for which nation her daughter Lara Colturi also competes.[3] [5]
Until 2021 she was also a technical commentator for the ski races for the Italian RAI radio and television.[6]
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| 26 | — | — | 8 | |||||
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| 29 | — | — | 24 | |||||
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| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 22 Dec 2001 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | 2nd | ||
| 26 Jan 2002 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 3rd | |||
| 2003 | 13 Dec 2002 |  Val d'Isère, France | Super-G | 2nd |
Ceccarelli has won two national championships at individual senior level.[4]