Michela Figini
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Career
Figini made her World Cup debut at age 16 in January 1983 and won the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo at age 17. Through 2014, she remains the youngest Olympic champion in alpine skiing. She won the downhill the following year at the 1985 World Championships.[2] She also came second in the downhill at the 1987 World Championships, and won a silver medal in the super-G at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Figini won 26 World Cup races and overall titles in 1985 and 1988, as well as four season titles in downhill, one in Super-G.[2]
Personal
Figini retired in 1990 and later worked as a television commentator. She has two children from her first marriage with the former Italian alpine ski racer Ivano Camozzi.[2]
World Cup results
Season titles
7 titles: (2 overall, 4 DH, 1 SG)
| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Overall |
| Downhill | |
| 1987 | Downhill |
| 1988 | Overall |
| Downhill | |
| Super-G | |
| 1989 | Downhill |
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 16 | 26 | — | 15 | not awarded (w/ GS) |
24 | 16 |
| 1984 | 17 | 5 | — | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1985 | 18 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1986 | 19 | 6 | — | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 1987 | 20 | 5 | — | 5 | 11 | 1 | — |
| 1988 | 21 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 1989 | 22 | 3 | — | 17 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 1990 | 23 | 8 | — | 34 | 13 | 3 | — |
Race victories
| Season | Date | Location | Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 28 January 1984 | Template:Flagicon Megève, France | Downhill |
| 29 January 1984 | Template:Flagicon Saint-Gervais, France | Combined | |
| 1985 | 4 January 1985 | Template:Flagicon Maribor, Yugoslavia | Giant slalom |
| 9 January 1985 | Template:Flagicon Santa Caterina, Italy | Combined | |
| Template:Flagicon Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria | Downhill | ||
| 10 January 1985 | Downhill | ||
| 13 January 1985 | Template:Flagicon Pfronten, West Germany | Super-G | |
| 20 January 1985 | Template:Flagicon Saint-Gervais, France | Downhill | |
| 21 January 1985 | Giant slalom | ||
| 8 March 1985 | Template:Flagicon Banff, Canada | Combined | |
| 1986 | 21 December 1985 | Template:Flagicon Maribor, Yugoslavia | Combined |
| 12 January 1986 | Template:Flagicon Val d'Isère, France | Downhill | |
| 1987 | 16 January 1987 | Template:Flagicon Pfronten, West Germany | Downhill |
| 8 March 1987 | Template:Flagicon Calgary, Canada | Downhill | |
| 1988 | 11 December 1987 | Template:Flagicon Leukerbad, Switzerland | Downhill |
| 12 December 1987 | Super-G | ||
| 14 January 1988 | Template:Flagicon Zinal, Switzerland | Downhill | |
| 12 March 1988 | Template:Flagicon Rossland, Canada | Downhill | |
| 13 March 1988 | Super-G | ||
| 1989 | 2 December 1988 | Template:Flagicon Val-d'Isère, France | Downhill |
| 12 January 1989 | Template:Flagicon Grindelwald, Switzerland | Downhill | |
| 13 January 1989 | Downhill | ||
| 7 February 1989 | Template:Flagicon Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | |
| 18 February 1989 | Downhill | ||
| 25 February 1989 | Template:Flagicon Steamboat Springs, USA | Downhill | |
| 1990 | 27 January 1990 | Template:Flagicon Santa Caterina, Italy | Downhill |
World Championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 18 | — | 15 | — | 1 | — |
| 1987 | 20 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | — | 5 | 8 | — |
Olympic results File:Olympic rings.svg
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 17 | — | 12 | not run | 1 | not run |
| 1988 | 21 | — | — | 2 | 9 | — |
See also
References
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