Sofia Goggia

Sofia Goggia (Italian pronunciation: [soˈfiːa ˈɡɔddʒa]; born 15 November 1992) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. She made her World Cup debut in December 2011[1] and primarily competed on the European Cup circuit until the 2016 World Cup season.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Goggia won the gold medal in the downhill, becoming the first and only woman to win Olympic gold for Italy in the women's downhill.

Sofia Goggia
Alpine skier
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 2017
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Giant slalom, Combined
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Born (1992-11-15) 15 November 1992
Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
World Cup debut28 December 2011 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2013, 2017, 2019)
Medals2
World Cup
Seasons9 – (2012–2020)
Wins7 – (4 DH, 3 SG)
Podiums27 – (12 DH, 9 SG, 5 GS, 1 SC)
Discipline titles1 – (DH, 2018)
Medal record
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championships 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 4 6 2
Super-G 3 4 2
Giant 0 3 2
Combined 0 0 1
Total 7 13 7
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangDownhill
World Championships
2019 ÅreSuper-G
2017 St. MoritzGiant slalom

Biography

With only four career starts in giant slalom (and no finishes) in her World Cup career, Goggia was named to the Italian women's team for the 2013 World Championships in Schladming, Austria. She capitalized on the opportunity and posted two top ten finishes: fourth in the super-G[2] and seventh in the super combined. Goggia attained her first World Cup podium in November 2016, a third place in giant slalom at Killington. She won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Championships in February.

Goggia's first World Cup win came in downhill in March 2017 at Jeongseon, South Korea.[3] She followed it up with a super-G win the following day for her eleventh World Cup podium of the season. It was the fourth time that she gained multiple podiums at the same race venue, and added a fifth with two podiums at the World Cup finals in Aspen. She finished the season with 1197 World Cup points, 13 podiums in four different disciplines and third place overall.

In 2018, she won consecutive World Cup downhills in mid-January at Bad Kleinkirchheim and Cortina d'Ampezzo.[4] She was the gold medalist in the downhill at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea,[5] and won the World Cup season title in downhill, edging out Lindsey Vonn by three points.

A broken ankle in October 2018 caused Goggia to miss most of the World Cup season; she returned in late January 2019 with runner-up finishes in her first two starts at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.[6] She won her first race of the season since her comeback from the injury in the ladies' downhill at Crans-Montana in February.

At the World Championships in Åre, Goggia won the silver medal in the Super-G, 0.02 seconds behind gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin.

In June 2019, the Italian Olympic Committee named Goggia as ambassador for the nation’s bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina. On 24 June she was part of the italian delegation at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, where Milan-Cortina were elected as hosts, defeating Stockholm-Åre.

In the 2019–2020 season Goggia achieved two Super-G podiums - a victory in St. Moritz and a second place in Sochi - both together with teammate Federica Brignone. In early February she suffered a fall during the Super-G race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen that caused a fracture in her left arm and the premature end of the season.

World Cup results

Season titles
Season Discipline
2018Downhill

Season standings
SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
20142185——30——
201522123——58——
20162338—22203235
2017243—3628
2018254—225117
20192622—43147—
20202711—19817—

Race podiums
  • 7 wins – (4 DH, 3 SG)
  • 27 podiums – (12 DH, 9 SG, 5 GS, 1 SC)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
201726 Nov 2016 Killington, USAGiant slalom3rd
2 Dec 2016 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
4 Dec 2016Super-G3rd
10 Dec 2016 Sestriere, ItalyGiant slalom2nd
16 Dec 2016 Val d'Isère, FranceSuper combined3rd
17 Dec 2016Downhill3rd
7 Jan 2017 Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom2nd
28 Jan 2017 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill2nd
29 Jan 2017Super-G2nd
4 Mar 2017 Jeongseon, South KoreaDownhill1st
5 Mar 2017Super-G1st
15 Mar 2017 Aspen, USADownhill3rd
19 Mar 2017Giant slalom2nd
201816 Dec 2017 Val d'Isére, FranceSuper-G2nd
17 Dec 2017Super-G3rd
6 Jan 2018 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom3rd
14 Jan 2018 Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaDownhill1st
19 Jan 2018 Cortina d’Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill1st
3 Feb 2018 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDownhill2nd
4 Feb 2018Downhill2nd
14 Mar 2018 Åre, SwedenDownhill2nd
15 Mar 2018Super-G1st
201926 Jan 2019 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanySuper-G2nd
27 Jan 2019Downhill2nd
23 Feb 2019  Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandDownhill1st
2020 14 Dec 2019  St. Moritz, SwitzerlandSuper-G1st
2 Feb 2020 Rosa Khutor, RussiaSuper-G2nd

World Championship results
  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
201320——4227
201522did not compete
201724—3104DNF2
201926—DNF2215—

Olympic results
  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
201825—11111DNS

See also

References
  1. "Coppa del mondo, debutta la bergamasca Sofia Goggia" (in Italian). bergamonews.it. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. "Mondiali di Schladming, la bergamasca Goggia sfiora la grande impresa" (in Italian). bergamonews.it. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. "Sofia Goggia interview after first victory – Jeongseon 2017 Downhill". youtube.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. "Sci, discesa a Cortina: Goggia è la regina! Battute Vonn e Shiffrin". gazzetta.it. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. Final results
  6. "Stephanie Venier wins crash-interrupted downhill World Cup, Goggia 2nd". ESPN. Associated Press. 27 January 2019.
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