Daniela Ceccarelli
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| Born | 25 September 1975 Rocca Priora, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Fiamme Oro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | ceccarelligoldenteam.it | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniela Ceccarelli (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian alpine skiing coach and former World Cup Alpine skier.[1]
In 2002, she won a surprise gold medal in the super-G competition in Salt Lake City.[2] After her retirement, she started her own ski club, under the name Golden Team Ceccarelli, along with her family. She is the mother of the Albanian alpine skier Lara Colturi.[3]
Biography
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Daniela Ceccarelli in her 16 years of high-level competitive activity, from 1996 to 2010, conquered three podiums in World Cup races, two second places in super-G and a third place in downhill, but her most important result it is undoubtedly the Olympic gold medal won at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. She has also won the Italian Alpine Ski Championships two times and various other podium finishes.[4]
After her career as an athlete, she founded a ski team, the Golden Team Daniela Ceccarelli, in which she is also a coach, and subsequently she also became technical commissioner of the Albanian national ski team, for which nation her daughter Lara Colturi also competes.[3][5]
Until 2021 she was also a technical commentator for the ski races for the Italian RAI radio and television.[6]
World Cup results
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 1998 | 22 | 84 | — | — | 44 | 36 | — |
| 1999 | 23 | 66 | — | — | 35 | 37 | — |
| 2000 | 24 | 64 | — | — | 25 | 33 | — |
| 2001 | 25 | 40 | — | — | 16 | 32 | — |
| 2002 | 26 | 19 | — | — | 7 | 11 | 8 |
| 2003 | 27 | 16 | — | 44 | 6 | 13 | 16 |
| 2004 | 28 | 30 | — | — | 22 | 13 | — |
| 2005 | 29 | 56 | — | — | 47 | 19 | 24 |
| 2006 | 30 | 49 | — | — | 27 | 29 | — |
| 2007 | 31 | 109 | — | — | 43 | — | — |
| 2008 | 32 | 46 | — | — | 26 | 27 | — |
| 2009 | 33 | 78 | — | — | 39 | 33 | — |
Race podiums
[edit]- 3 podiums - (1 DH, 2 SG)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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| 2002 | 22 Dec 2001 |  St. Moritz, Switzerland |
Super-G | 2nd |
| 26 Jan 2002 |  Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2003 | 13 Dec 2002 |  Val d'Isère, France |
Super-G | 2nd |
National titles
[edit]Ceccarelli has won two national championships at individual senior level.[4]
- Italian Alpine Ski Championships
- Super-G: 2002
- Downhill: 2003
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Daniela Ceccarelli profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Gli Olimpionici invernali italiani". Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ a b "VALSUSA, LARA COLTURI GAREGGERÀ PER L'ALBANIA E NON PER L'ITALIA: LO SCI AZZURRO PERDE UNO DEI SUOI MIGLIORI TALENTI". it.geosnews.com (in Italian). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ a b "ALBO D'ORO CAMPIONATI ITALIANI SCI ALPINO". sportflash24.it (in Italian). 31 March 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Sci, Daniela Ceccarelli e la figlia Lara che scia per l'Albania e non per l'Italia". corriere.it (in Italian). 4 June 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "danielaceccarelli.it". danielaceccarelli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- Daniela Ceccarelli at FIS (alpine)
- Daniela Ceccarelli at Olympics.com
- Daniela Ceccarelli at Olympedia
- Daniela Ceccarelli at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Daniela Ceccarelli at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
- Daniela Ceccarelli at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Official website
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
- Italian alpine skiing coaches
- Italian female alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic alpine skiers for Italy
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers of Fiamme Oro