Barbara Merlin

Barbara Merlin
nation	Italy
birthday	12th January 1972 (age 48)
place of birth	Turin , Italy
Career
discipline	Downhill , Super-G , giant slalom , combination
status	resigned
End of career	2000
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual World Cup debut 1991  Overall World Cup 17. ( 1994/95 )  Downhill World Cup 6. (1994/95)  Super G World Cup 20. (1994/95, 1996/97 )  Combination World Cup 8. ( 1995/96 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Departure 0 1 1

Barbara Merlin (born January 12, 1972 in Turin ) is a former Italian ski racer . She specialized in the downhill and super-G disciplines.

biography

Alessandra Merlin's sister, who is three years older than her, began her career with FIS races and in the European Cup . Her best result at the Junior World Championships in 1989 was fifth in the downhill. From 1991 it was also used in the World Cup . She got her first World Cup points on December 8, 1991 when she finished fourth in the giant slalom in Santa Caterina . As a result, however, she did not succeed in establishing herself at the top of the world, only occasionally achieving results among the top ten.

Merlin had her most successful season in the winter of 1994/95 . On January 22, 1995, she achieved the best World Cup result of her career when she finished the descent on the Tofana in Cortina d'Ampezzo in second place. Third place followed at the World Cup final on the Pista Stelvio in Bormio . Subsequently, there were no further podium finishes. At the 1996 World Cup in the Sierra Nevada , she was fourth in the downhill and missed a medal by nine hundredths of a second.

From 1998 Merlin started almost exclusively in the European Cup. Finally, in April 2000, on the occasion of the Italian championships, she announced her retirement from top-class sport.

successes

Olympic games

• Albertville 1992 : 16th Super-G, 16th giant slalom
• Lillehammer 1994 : 25th departure
• Nagano 1998 : 23rd Super-G

World Championship

• Morioka 1993 : 21st downhill, 23rd Super-G
• Sierra Nevada 1996 : 4th Super-G, 13th combination, 25th downhill
• Sestriere 1997 : 9th Super-G, 10th downhill

World cup

• Season 1994/95 : 6. Departure rating
• Season 1995/96 : 9 downhill standings, 8. Combination results
• 2 podium places, 19 further placements among the top ten

European Cup

• Season 1991/92 : 9. Giant Slalom Score
• Season 1994/95 : 5. Super-G standings
• Season 1999/00 : 5. Super-G standings

Junior World Championship

• Aleyska 1989 : 5th downhill, 15th slalom, 20th giant slalom
• Zinal 1990 : 19th descent, 22nd giant slalom
• Geilo / Hemsedal 1991 : 10th combination, 14th Super-G, 16th giant slalom, 20th slalom, 28th descent

More Achievements

• 3 Italian championship titles (Downhill 1992, Combination 1993, Super-G 1994)

Web links

• Barbara Merlin in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Barbara Merlin in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Barbara Merlin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )