Elena Fanchini
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| Born | April 30, 1985 Lovere, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | |||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G | ||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | ||||||||||||||
| 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 – (2005–08, 10–15) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 – (2 DH) | ||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 4 – (4 DH) | ||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (17th in 2015) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (5th in DH, 2015) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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.
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 19 | 75 | — | — | 45 | 32 | — |
| 2006 | 20 | 41 | — | — | 47 | 12 | — |
| 2007 | 21 | 77 | — | — | 50 | 30 | — |
| 2008 | 22 | 45 | — | — | 34 | 23 | 39 |
| 2009 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 24 | 53 | — | — | 26 | 24 | — |
| 2011 | 25 | 28 | — | — | 25 | 12 | — |
| 2012 | 26 | 36 | — | — | 32 | 13 | 18 |
| 2013 | 27 | 62 | — | — | 47 | 22 | 37 |
| 2014 | 28 | 33 | — | — | 42 | 10 | — |
| 2015 | 29 | 17 | — | — | 19 | 5 | — |
| 2016 | 30 | 52 | — | — | 24 | 24 | — |
Race podiums
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2 Dec 2005 |  Lake Louise, Canada |
Downhill | 1st |
| 2014 | 29 Nov 2013 |  Beaver Creek, USA |
Downhill | 3rd |
| 6 Dec 2013 | Lake Louise, Canada |
Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2015 | 16 Jan 2015 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Downhill | 1st |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 19 | — | DNF1 | — | 2 | 20 |
| 2007 | 21 | — | — | 31 | 27 | DNS |
| 2009 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 25 | — | — | 18 | 16 | — |
| 2013 | 27 | — | — | — | 9 | 15 |
Olympic results 
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 20 | — | — | DNF | 29 | — |
| 2010 | 24 | — | — | 14 | DNF | — |
| 2014 | 28 | — | — | — | 12 | DNS2 |
References
- ^ a b "Elena Fanchini picks up second career win in Cortina". FIS-Ski.com. 16 January 2015.
- ^ Kelley, Jessica (16 January 2015). "Fanchini surprises hometown crowd in Cortina downhill". Ski Racing.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elena Fanchini.
- Elena Fanchini at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- FIS-ski.com – Elena Fanchini – World Cup season standings
- Ski-db.com – results – Elena Fanchini
- Elena Fanchini at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
– Olympic results - Official website Template:It icon (Fanchini Sisters)
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Bergamo
- Italian alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of Italy
- Athletes of Fiamme Gialle
- Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Italian alpine skiing biography stubs
- Female alpine skiers