Nadia Fanchini Explained

Nadia Fanchini
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Disciplines:Downhill, super-G, giant slalom
Club:G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Skis:Dynastar
Boots:Lange
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Birth Date:1986 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Lovere, Bergamo,
Lombardy, Italy
Height:165 cm
Wcdebut:13 December 2003
(age 17)
Website:sorellefanchini.it
Olympicteams:3 – (2006, 2014, 2018)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:6 – (2005, 2007, 2009,
2013, 2015, 2019)
Worldsmedals:2
Worldsgolds:0
Wcseasons:15 – (20042010,
20122019)
Wcwins:2 – (1 SG, 1 DH)
Wcpodiums:13 – (8 DH, 4 SG, 1 GS)
Wcoveralls:0 – (9th in 2009)
Wctitles:0 – (2nd in SG, 2009)
Show-Medals:yes

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.

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

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
17 112 51
18 37 27 18 49
19 22 18 37 15
20 33 50 15 23
21 38 35 13
22 9 40 2 5 50
23 28 13 23
24 Injured, did not compete
25 75 28
26 37 17 28 30
27 18 11 9 34
28 12 6 9 25
29 14 16 13 6
30 37 30 21 25
31 27 17 16
32 36 25 11

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2007 1 Dec 2006 Lake Louise, Canada 3rd
2008 9 Feb 2008 Sestriere, Italy Downhill 3rd
8 Mar 2008    Crans Montana, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
2009 5 Dec 2008 Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 2nd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"7 Dec 2008 1st
20 Dec 2008    St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G3rd
27 Feb 2009 Bansko, Bulgaria Downhill3rd
10 Mar 2009 Åre, Sweden Super-G 2nd
2010 10 Jan 2010 Haus im Ennstal, Austria Super-G3rd
2015 13 Mar 2015 Åre, Sweden 2nd
2016 19 Feb 2016 La Thuile, Italy Downhill3rd
align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6"20 Feb 2016 Downhill 1st
2018 14 Jan 2018 Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaDownhill3rd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
18 DNF1 4
20 DSQ
22
24 <-->
26
28
201730<-- -->
201932514

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
19 20
23 injured the week prior, did not compete
27
31

National titles

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sorellefanchini.it/nadia/index.html Nadia's official website bio (in Italian)
  2. Web site: France's Rolland picks up first career win at World Champs DH, while Americans fall short. Ski Racing.com. 10 February 2013.
  3. News: Fanchini ruled out after super-G crash. ESPN. Associated Press. 31 January 2010.
  4. Web site: Campionati italiani assoluti, l'albo d'oro della discesa. fisi.org. it. 16 February 2021.
  5. Web site: L'albo d'oro della discesa femminile dei Campionati Italiani. fisi.org. it. 16 February 2021.