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Elena Fanchini

Elena Fanchini (30 April 1985 – 8 February 2023) was an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Val Camonica, she focused on the speed events of downhill and super-G. Her younger sisters Nadia and Sabrina also raced on the Italian team.[1]

Elena Fanchini
Fanchini in 2014
Born(1985-04-30)30 April 1985
Died8 February 2023(2023-02-08) (aged 37)
OccupationAlpine skier
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
World Cup debut6 January 2005 (age 19)
Websitesorellefanchini.it
Olympics
Teams3 – (2006-2014)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6 – (2005-2007, 2011-2017)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons13 – (20052008, 20102018)
Wins2 – (2 DH)
Podiums4 – (4 DH)
Overall titles0 – (17th in 2015)
Discipline titles0 – (5th in DH, 2015)
Medal record
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 2 0 2
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Italy
World Championships
2005 Bormio Downhill

Biography edit

Fanchini won two World Cup races in downhill 9 years apart and won a silver medal at the 2005 world championships.[2][3] She represented Italy at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships.[4][5]

Illness and death edit

On 12 January 2018, Fanchini announced that she would not compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang in order to undergo cancer treatment. That November, she was preparing to return to the World Cup; during training in the United States at Copper Mountain, Colorado, she fell and suffered a fracture of a finger of the hand and a distortion-bruising trauma to the left knee, with fracture of the proximal fibula. The injury forced her to return to Italy and miss the 2019 season.[6]

On 22 April 2020, sisters Elena and Nadia Fanchini announced their retirement from racing.

At age 37, Fanchini died from colon cancer on 8 February 2023 at Pian Camuno.[7]

World Cup results edit

Season standings edit

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 51 24 24
2017 31 57 50 16
2018 32 70 40 27

Race podiums edit

  • 2 wins – (2 DH)
  • 4 podiums – (4 DH); 25 top tens (20 DH, 5 SG)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2006 2 December 2005   Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 1st
2014 29 November 2013   Beaver Creek, United States Downhill 3rd
6 December 2013   Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 3rd
2015 16 January 2015   Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 1st

World Championship results edit

 
Fanchini at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in January 2017
  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2005 19 DNF1 2 20
2007 21 31 27 DNS2
2009 23
2011 25 18 16
2013 27 9 15
2015 29 26 16
2017 31 14

Olympic results edit

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom 
Super-G Downhill Combined
2006 20 DNF 29
2010 24 14 DNF
2014 28 12 DNS2

National titles edit

Elena Fanchini won 7 national titles.[8][9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Elena Fanchini picks up second career win in Cortina". FIS-Ski.com. 16 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Italian skier Fanchini treating tumor, ends season". ESPN.com. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  3. ^ Kelley, Jessica (16 January 2015). "Fanchini surprises hometown crowd in Cortina downhill". Ski Racing.
  4. ^ . fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. ^ . fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Skiing:Elena Fanchini quits after injury". ansa.it. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2019. Downhill specialist had recently returned after beating cancer
  7. ^ "Italian skier Fanchini dies at 37 from tumor". ESPN.com. 8 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Campionati italiani assoluti, l'albo d'oro della discesa" (in Italian). fisi.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  9. ^ "L'albo d'oro della discesa femminile dei Campionati Italiani" (in Italian). fisi.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

External links edit

  • Elena Fanchini at FIS (alpine) 
  • Elena Fanchini at Olympedia 
  • Elena Fanchini at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database  
  • Official website (in Italian) (Fanchini Sisters)

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