Caterina Ganz

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Caterina Ganz Cross-country skiing
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nation ItalyItaly Italy
birthday 13th November 1995 (age 24)
Career
discipline Cross-country skiing
society GS Fiamme Gialle
status active
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 21, 2017
 Overall World Cup 48th ( 2018/19 )
 Sprint World Cup 56th (2018/19)
 Distance World Cup 37th (2018/19)
 Tour de Ski 20. ( 2018/19 )
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup December 12, 2015
 Continental Cup victories 4 ( details )
 OPA overall rating 1. ( 2016/17 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 OPA individual race 4th 4th 0
last change: March 29, 2019

Caterina Ganz (born November 13, 1995 ) is an Italian cross-country skier .

Career

In 2014, Ganz took part in the Junior World Championships in Fiemme Valley , where he was 27th in the skiathlon and ninth in the relay. A year later she finished 24th in the sprint in Almaty, 13th place over 5 km freestyle and 15th place in the skiathlon and was also seventh in the relay. In December 2015, Ganz made her debut in the Alpencup in Prémanon . There she placed ninth over 10 km freestyle and seventh place over 10 km classic in her first two starts right in the top ten. At the Alpencup in Planica in January 2016, she finished fifth over 10 km classic and came second in the 15 km freestyle race and achieved her first podium finish. In the 2016/17 season she won the overall ranking of the Alpine Cup. She got four wins and finished second three times. She ran her first World Cup race in Ulricehamn in January 2017 and achieved 34th place in the 10 km freestyle. Her best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti were 25th place in the skiathlon and ninth place with the relay. At the World Cup final in Québec she came in 35th place. In the 2017/18 season, she achieved sixth place in the overall ranking of the Alpencups with seven top ten placements. At the U23 World Championships in Goms in 2018 , she finished 33rd in the sprint.

In the 2018/19 season, Ganz took 20th place in the Tour de Ski 2018/19 and got her first World Cup points. At the season highlight, the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tyrol , she ran on 40th place over 10 km classic and 33rd place in the skiathlon. At the end of the season she came in 38th place at the World Cup finals in Québec and finally reached 48th place in the overall World Cup.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. December 11, 2016 ItalyItaly Valdidentro 10 km freestyle Alpine Cup
2. 17th December 2016 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Goms 10 km classic individual start Alpine Cup
3. 17th February 2017 GermanyGermany Zwiesel Classic sprint Alpine Cup
4th 19th February 2017 GermanyGermany Zwiesel 10 km pursuit classic 1 Alpine Cup

1 Being the first to cross the finish line counts as the winner.

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personal data
SURNAME Quite, Caterina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1995