Elena Curtoni

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Elena Curtoni Alpine skiing
Elena Curtoni 2016
Elena Curtoni 2016
nation ItalyItaly Italy
birthday 3rd February 1991 (age 29)
place of birth Morbegno , Italy
size 173 cm
Weight 63 kg
Career
discipline Downhill , Super-G ,
giant slalom , combination
society CS Esercito
status active
Medal table
Junior World Championship 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
FIS Alpine Ski Junior World Championships
bronze Garmisch-Part. 2009 combination
gold Crans-Montana 2011 Super G
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut November 14, 2009
 Individual world cup victories 1
 Overall World Cup 15th ( 2019/20 )
 Downhill World Cup 6. (2019/20)
 Super G World Cup 4. (2016/17)
 Giant Slalom World Cup 25. ( 2015/16 )
 Combination World Cup 7th ( 2012/13 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Departure 1 1 1
 Super G 0 0 1
 team 0 0 1
last change: March 12, 2020

Elena Curtoni (born February 3, 1991 in Morbegno ) is an Italian ski racer . It mainly starts in the downhill , super-G and super-combined disciplines . Her sister Irene Curtoni , who is five years her senior, is also a ski racer.

biography

Curtoni won the giant slalom at the Trofeo Topolino in 2004 . In December 2006 she competed in her first FIS race . In March 2007 she won the Italian junior championships in slalom and downhill. Shortly before, she had contested her first European Cup race and participated in the European Youth Olympic Festival in Jaca , where she was 13th in the giant slalom. The next appearances in the European Cup followed in January 2008 and at the beginning of the 2008/09 season she won her first points with 26th place in the giant slalom in Funäsdalen . In March 2008 she was again Italian junior champion in slalom. At the Junior World Championships in 2008 in Formigal , Curtonis' best result was 24th place in the giant slalom. A year later at the Junior World Championships 2009 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , she reached the goal in all competitions, which brought her third place in the combined ranking; her best individual result was eleventh place in the slalom. At the 2010 Junior World Championship in the Mont Blanc region , she also finished in all races. The best results were eighth place in the slalom and ninth place in the downhill, also in the combined classification it was enough for ninth place.

In the European Cup, Curtoni made it to the top in the 2009/10 season . After she had never finished in the top ten before, she celebrated her first victory on January 11, 2010 in the super combined of Caspoggio . That winter, she also won the super combination class. In the Downhill and Super-G disciplines, she had another five podium places by the end of the season, placing her second in the Super-G classification and third in the overall classification. She also competed in her first two World Cup races , but remained without points (no ranking among the top 30).

Curtoni has regularly competed in the World Cup since the 2010/11 season . She won her first World Cup points on December 19, 2010 with 23rd place in the super combined of Val-d'Isère . In the following month she reached her first top 10 result as tenth in the Super-G of Cortina d'Ampezzo on January 23, 2011. At the Junior World Championship 2011 in Crans-Montana , she won the Super-G. Three days later she reached sixth place in this discipline at the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . She achieved her best World Cup result so far on February 5, 2012 with fifth place in the Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In the 2011/12 season she finished eleventh in the Super G World Cup with a total of five top 15 results in this discipline.

On March 16, 2016 Curtoni achieved her first World Cup podium finish with third place in the downhill from St. Moritz . During the giant slalom training on November 17, 2017 in Copper Mountain , she tore a cruciate ligament in her right knee, which meant that she was canceled for the 2017/18 season, which she started with 27th in Sölden . She achieved her first World Cup victory on January 25, 2020 in the downhill from Bansko .

successes

World championships

World cup

  • 4 podium places in individual races, including 1 victory:
date place country discipline
January 25, 2020 Bansko Bulgaria Departure

World Cup ratings

season total Departure Super G Giant slalom combination
space Points space Points space Points space Points space Points
2010/11 53. 114 43. 12 23. 68 - - 21st 34
2011/12 40. 200 48. 4th 11. 151 47. 9 15th 36
2012/13 38. 212 44. 2 19th 91 29 57 7th 62
2013/14 75. 51 - - 35. 27 37. 24 - -
2014/15 44. 147 - - 16. 110 33. 24 18th 13
2015/16 23. 455 16. 188 15th 153 25th 82 23. 32
2016/17 17th 426 30th 53 4th 271 26th 73 20th 29
2017/18 126. 4th - - - - 52. 4th - -
2018/19 57. 120 35. 37 21st 83 - - - -
2019/20 15th 434 6th 246 11. 143 - - 10. 45

European Cup

  • Season 2009/10 : 3rd overall ranking, 1st super combination ranking, 2nd super G ranking
  • 7 podium places, including 1 victory:
date place country discipline
January 11, 2010 Caspoggio Italy Super combination

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

Web links

Commons : Elena Curtoni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Elena Curtoni suffers a cruciate ligament tear. Swiss Radio and Television , November 16, 2017, accessed on November 17, 2017 .