Paola Mosca Barberis
Paola Mosca Barberis 
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| birthday | August 12, 1977 | ||||||
| place of birth | Biella | ||||||
| size | 168 cm | ||||||
| Weight | 68 kg | ||||||
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| discipline | Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom |
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| status | resigned | ||||||
| End of career | 2000 | ||||||
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Paola Mosca Barberis (born August 12, 1977 in Biella ) is a former Italian ski racer . She achieved her best results in downhill and super-G .
Career
Mosca Barberis began her career in FIS races and in the European Cup . In 1995 she took part in the Junior World Championships in Voss , Norway , and finished 14th in the downhill as the best Italian, and 19th in the giant slalom.
Mosca Barberis celebrated her greatest successes in the 1996/97 European Cup season . In the second downhill of the season she was among the top ten for the first time, was able to improve further and on January 16, she reached the podium for the first time in the Super-G of Pra-Loup . The next day she celebrated her only victory in the second Super-G in Pra-Loup. She achieved another podium in the downhill from St. Moritz on February 7th. This made her fourth in the overall ranking, fifth in the downhill classification and only had to admit defeat to Austrian Marianna Salchinger in the Super-G classification . This winter, the Italian also took part in two World Cup runs, but stayed outside of the points.
After she could not contest any races in the entire winter of 1997/98, she took part in two World Cup descents again in December 1998 and took her only World Cup points with 29th place in Veysonnaz . In the 1999/2000 European Cup season she only got one point in the points and in January 2000 the Italian ended her career.
Sporting successes
Junior World Championships
- Voss 1995 : 14th descent, 19th giant slalom
World cup
- 1 place in the top 30
European Cup
- 1996/97 season : 4th overall ranking, 2nd Super-G ranking, 5th downhill ranking
- One victory (Super-G in Pra Loup on January 17, 1997), another two podium places
Web links
- Paola Mosca Barberis in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Paola Mosca Barberis in the database of Ski-DB (English)
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| SURNAME | Mosca Barberis, Paola |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biella |