Nicol Delago

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Nicol Delago (born 5 January 1996) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events. She represented Italy at two Winter Olympics,[1] and made her first World Cup podium in Italy in December 2018.

Nicol Delago
Delago in February 2019
Personal information
Born (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 28)
Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G, Combined
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
World Cup debut24 January 2015 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2019, 2023)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons8 – (20152022)
Wins0
Podiums5 – (4 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (28th in 2020)
Discipline titles0 – (8th in DH, 2019)
Medal record
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 0 2 2
Super-G 0 1 0
Total 0 3 2
World Junior Ski Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Hafjell Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Sochi Downhill
Delago during a jump in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Kandahar downhill in 2017.

She is the sister of Nadia Delago.[2]

Biography

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Born in Brixen in South Tyrol, Delago won two bronze medals in downhill at the World Junior Championships, in 2015 and 2016.[3]

Four Alpine skiers from the Delago family have participated in World Cup and World Championships competitions. Siblings Oskar (born 1963) and Karla Delago (b.1965), specialists in speed events in the 1980s and their two nieces, Nicol and Nadia (b.1997), active in the 2010s.[4]

World Cup results

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Season standings

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Season Age  Overall   Slalom  Giant
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2017 20 98 53 32
2017 21 81 37 33
2018 22 56 34 28 19
2019 23 31 31 8 18
2020 24 28 19 19 33
2021 25 Injured, out for almost entire season
2022 26 53 33 27
2023 27 57 45 24
2024 28 40 43 13

Race podiums

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  • 0 wins
  • 5 podiums – (4 DH, 1 SG); 13 top tens
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2019 18 December 2018   Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 2nd
2020 8 December 2019   Lake Louise, Canada Super-G 2nd
11 January 2020   Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria Downhill 2nd
2024 13 January 2024 Downhill 3rd
23 March 2024   Saalbach, Austria Downhill 3rd

World Championship results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2019 23 6 12
2021 25 Injured, did not compete
2023 27 18

Olympic results

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  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2018 22 DNF
2022 26 11 DNF2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nicol Delago" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Le sorelle Delago si allenano sullo Stelvio. Nicol: "Anche col maltempo"" (in Italian). rainews.it. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Alpine Junior Worlds: Grenier and Arvidsson speed to downhill victory". fis-ski.com/. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Chi è Nicol Delago, la stella alpina che è sbocciata in Val Gardena" (in Italian). fis-ski.com. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2021. Nata a Bressanone, nipote d'arte (Oskar e Karla Delago sono stati a loro volta sciatori di buon livello), Nicol ha sempre mangiato pane e montagna.
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