Manuela Testa

Manuela Testa
nation	Italy
birthday	May 10, 1983
place of birth	Alzano Lombardo
size	172 cm
Weight	59 kg
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom , super-G , combination
society	GAV Vertova
National squad	since 1997
status	not active
End of career	2004
Medal table
Junior World Championship 2 × 1 × 2 ×
Grass ski junior world championships bronze Nakoyama 2000 slalom gold Goldingen 2003 Super G gold Goldingen 2003 combination silver Goldingen 2003 Giant slalom bronze Goldingen 2003 slalom
Placements in the World Cup
Overall World Cup 7th ( 2003 )

Manuela Testa (born May 10, 1983 in Alzano Lombardo ) is a former Italian grass skier . She was junior world champion in super-G and combined in 2003 .

Career

Testa was included in the Italian national grass ski squad in 1997. In the same year she celebrated her greatest success at national level by winning the Italian slalom championship. Her first international success came at the Junior World Championships in 2000 when she won the bronze medal in slalom. In 2003, the then 20-year-old celebrated her greatest successes. At the Junior World Championships in Goldingen , she won the Super-G and the combined, came second in giant slalom and third in slalom. At the 2003 World Championships in Castione della Presolana , she reached fourth place in the Super-G and fifth in the giant slalom. The 2003 season was also her most successful in the World Cup . With several top 10 placements, she reached seventh place in the overall World Cup. At the beginning of the 2004 season, Testa competed in two FIS races in Traisen , after which she ended her career.

successes

World championships

• Castione della Presolana 2003 : 4th Super-G, 5th giant slalom

Junior World Championships

(only podium placements)

• Nakoyama 2000 : 3rd slalom
• Goldingen 2003 : 1st Super-G, 1st combination, 2nd giant slalom, 3rd slalom

World cup

• Best placement in the overall World Cup: 7th place in the 2003 season

Italian championships

• Italian champion in slalom 1997

Web links

• http://www.fisi.org/portal/page/categoryItem?contentId=571440 Portrait at the Italian Winter Sports Association (English / Italian) (link no longer available)
• http://www.grasski.cz/detail-zavodnika/Testa-Manuela?code=295006&lang=ENG Results from 2003 on www.grasski.cz (English) (link no longer available)