Daniela Merighetti

Daniela Merighetti
 Alpine skier 

Merighetti in January 2011
Disciplines Downhill, super-G, combined
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Born (1981-07-05) 5 July 1981
Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup debut 9 December 2000 (age 19)
Website danielamerighetti.it
Olympics
Teams 3 - (2006, 2010, 2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 5 - (200715)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 15th - (200115)
Wins 1 - (1 DH)
Podiums 6
Overall titles 0 - (15th in 2012)
Discipline titles 0 - (7th in DH, 2012, 2013)

Daniela Merighetti (born 5 July 1981) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Northern Italy. Born in Brescia, Lombardy, she has competed in the World Cup, the Winter Olympics in 2006, 2010, and 2014 and the World Championships in 2007, 2009 and 2011.[1]

In the 2010 Winter Olympics, Merighetti competed in the women's downhill, combined and super-G, but failed to finish.[2] In the 2014 Winter Olympics, she competed in the women's downhill, where she came 4th, and super-G, where she failed to finish. She did not start in the combined.

She won her first World Cup race in 2012 at age 30, in the downhill at Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy on 14 January. It was her second World Cup podium, nearly nine years after her first in 2003.[3]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age  Overall   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2003 21 59 42 24
2004 22 91 33
2005 23
2006 24 53 48 43 27 19
2007 25 48 42 48 22 32
2008 26 44 45 21 31
2009 27 32 41 14 10
2010 28 36 43 8 34
2011 29 20 29 10 12
2012 30 15 12 7 27
2013 31 30 29 7 29
2014 32 41 29 20
2014 33 35 23 19

Source:[4]

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2003 6 Mar 2003 Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 2nd
2012 14 Jan 2012 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy   Downhill 1st
26 Feb 2012 Bansko, Bulgaria Super-G 3rd
2013 12 Jan 2013 St. Anton, Austria Downhill 2nd
2015 18 Jan 2015 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 3rd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2007 25 17 15
2009 27 DNF1 16 DNF2
2011 29 9 7 DNF1
2013 31 7 DNF1 DNS2
2015 33 DNF1 8

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2006 24 DNF1 32 DSQ
2010 28 DNF1 DNF1 DNF1
2014 32 DNF1 4 DNS2

References

  1. "Daniela Merighetti". ca.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  2. "Daniela Merighetti, Alpine Skiing". www.vancouver2010.com. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  3. Ski Racing.com – Merighetti takes career first win at home in Cortina downhill, Vonn second – 2012-01-14.
  4. "Daniela Merighetti". FIS. World Cup season standings. Retrieved January 18, 2015.

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