Elena Fanchini

Elena Fanchini
 Alpine skier 
October 2014
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Born (1985-04-30) April 30, 1985
Lovere, Bergamo,
Lombardy, Italy
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 12 in)
World Cup debut January 6, 2005 (age 19)
Website sorellefanchini.it
Olympics
Teams 2 – (2006, 2010)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 4 – (2005, '07, '11, '13)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons 10th – (200508, 1015)
Wins 2 – (2 DH)
Podiums 4 – (4 DH)
Overall titles 0 – (17th in 2015)
Discipline titles 0 – (5th in DH, 2015)

Elena Fanchini (born 30 April 1985) is an alpine ski racer from Italy. She was born and lives in Val Camonica, she focuses on the speed events of downhill and super-G. Her younger sister Nadia also races on the Italian team.[1]

Biography

Fanchini has two World Cup victories, both in downhill, which came nine years apart.[1][2] She represented Italy at two Winter Olympics and four World Championships.[3][4]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
200519754532
200620414712
200721775030
20082245342339
200923
201024532624
201125282512
20122636321318
20132762472237
201428334210
20152917195
201630512424
201731575016
201832663827
  • Standings through 4 February 2018

Race podiums

  • 2 wins – (2 DH)
  • 4 podiums – (4 DH)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
20062 Dec 2005Canada Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill1st
201429 Nov 2013United States Beaver Creek, USADownhill3rd
6 Dec 2013Canada Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill3rd
201516 Jan 2015Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill1st

World Championship results

Fanchini at the World Cup in 2017
  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
200519DNF1220
2007213127DNS
200923
2011251816
201327915

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
200620DNF29
20102414DNF
20142812DNS2

References

  1. 1 2 "Elena Fanchini picks up second career win in Cortina". FIS-Ski.com. 16 January 2015.
  2. Kelley, Jessica (16 January 2015). "Fanchini surprises hometown crowd in Cortina downhill". Ski Racing.
  3. "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE PODIUM". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE TOP 10 POSITION". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
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