Sofia Goggia
| Ein sex anaa gender | female  |
|---|---|
| Country wey e be citizen | Italy |
| Name wey dem give am | Sofia |
| Family name | Goggia |
| Nickname | Ninja |
| Ein date of birth | 15 November 1992 |
| Place dem born am | Bergamo |
| Languages dem dey speak, rep anaa sign | Italian |
| Ein occupation | alpine skier |
| Residence | Astino Valley |
| Member give sports team | Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle |
| Sport | alpine skiing |
| Participant insyd | 2018 Winter Olympics, 2022 Winter Olympics |
| Award e receive | Gold Collar for Sports Merit |
Sofia Goggia (Italian pronunciation: [soˈfiːa ˈɡɔddʒa]; born 15 November 1992) be Italian World Cup alpine ski racer wey dey compete insyd all disciplines den dey specialise insyd de speed events of downhill den super-G. She be two-time Olympic downhill medalist — gold for de 2018 Winter Olympics, de first one give Italian woman — den four-time World Cup downhill title winner (2018, 2021—2023).
Career
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Plus four career starts per insyd giant slalom (den no finishes) for ein World Cup career insyd, na dem name Goggia go de Italian women's team for de 2013 World Championships insyd Schladming, Austria. She capitalize for de opportunity top wey she post two top ten finishes: fourth insyd de super-G[1] den seventh insyd de super combined. Goggia attain ein first World Cup podium insyd November 2016, third place insyd giant slalom for Killington. She win de bronze medal insyd de same event for de World Championships insyd February.
Goggia ein first World Cup win cam insyd downhill insyd March 2017 for Jeongseon, South Korea.[2] She follow am up plus super-G win de day wey dey follow for ein eleventh World Cup podium of de season. Na ebe de fourth time wey she gain multiple podiums for de same race venue, wey she add fifth plus two podiums for de World Cup finals insyd Aspen. She fini de season plus 1197 World Cup points, 13 podiums insyd four different disciplines den third place overall.
Insyd 2018, she win consecutive World Cup downhills insyd mid-January for Bad Kleinkirchheim den Cortina d'Ampezzo.[3] Na she be de gold medalist insyd de downhill for de 2018 Winter Olympics insyd PyeongChang, South Korea,[4] wey she win de World Cup season title insyd downhill, wey she edge out Lindsey Vonn by three points. De sporting achievements of de season earn am nomination give de Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year.[5]
Broken ankle insyd October 2018 cause Goggia make she miss chaw of de World Cup season; she return insyd late January 2019 plus runner-up finishes insyd ein first two starts for Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.[6] She win ein first race of de season since ein comeback from de injury insyd de ladies' downhill for Crans-Montana, Switzerland, insyd February.
For de World Championships insyd Åre, Goggia win de silver medal insyd de Super-G, 0.02 seconds behind gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin.
Insyd June 2019, de Italian Olympic Committee name Goggia as ambassador give de nation ein bid make e host de 2026 Winter Olympic Games insyd Milan-Cortina. For 24 June na she be part of de Italian delegation for de IOC headquarters insyd Lausanne, wer na dem elect Milan-Cortina as hosts, wey defeat Stockholm-Åre.[7]
Injuries
[edit | edit source]De career of de Bergamo athlete be stud plus numerous injuries.[8]
- 2010: as teenager, she tear de anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of both knees for two different crashes insyd.
- February 2012: she stretch both collateral ligaments insyd ein left knee wey she fracture de tibial plateau during Europa Cup race.
- December 2013: Goggia tear anterior cruciate ligament insyd ein left knee insyd downhill crash for Lake Louise, Canada. She return de season wey dey follow buh she sanso cut ein campaign short plus knee problems insyd January 2015.
- October 2018: she fracture de fibular malleolus of ein right leg during training session insyd Hintertux, Austria.
- February 2020: compound radius fracture of de left arm for de Garmisch-Partenkirchen track put end to ein competitive season.
- January 2021: compound fracture of de lateral tibial plateau of de right knee wen she dey cam down from track to return to de hotel, again insyd Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
- January 2022: crash insyd de super-G of Cortina d'Ampezzo result for sprained left knee insyd, plus partial cruciate ligament injury dem already operate insyd 2013, small fracture of de fibula den muscular tendon injury.
- December 2022: During de first downhill of St. Moritz for 16 December 2022 she break ein hand wey dey impact de ground insyd push-up shortly after de start of de race, despite dis she fini de de race 2nd. She run to Milan make she get surgery wey de day after she win de second downhill.[9][10]
- February 2024: Goggia fracture de tibia den tibial malleolus of de right leg wen she dey fall during giant slalom training session insyd Ponte di Legno, Italy.
All dese injuries no prevent am from make she win twenty-four World Cup victories plus third place insyd de 2017 overall standings, four World Cup season titles insyd downhill, two medals for de World Championships, de Olympic downhill title for PyeongChang 2018 den de silver medal insyd de same event for Beijing 2022, three weeks per after she partially tear ein ACL.[11]
World Cup results
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Season titles
[edit | edit source]- 4 titles – (4 DH)
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Season | Discipline |
| 2018 | Downhill | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Downhill | |
| 2022 | Downhill | |
| 2023 | Downhill |
Season standings
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| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant
slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2014 | 21 | 85 | — | — | 30 | — | — |
| 2015 | 22 | 123 | — | — | 58 | — | — |
| 2016 | 23 | 38 | — | 22 | 20 | 32 | 35 |
| 2017 | 24 | 3 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 25 | 4 | — | 22 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 2019 ^ | 26 | 22 | — | 43 | 14 | 7 | — |
| 2020 | 27 | 11 | — | 19 | 8 | 17 | — |
| 2021^^ | 28 | 9 | — | 13 | 18 | 1 | — |
| 2022 | 29 | 6 | — | 35 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 30 | 5 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |
| 2024 • | 31 | 7 | — | 14 | 10 | 3 |
- ^ She sideline by ankle injury til late January 2019
- ^^ She injure insyd late January 2021, out for de rest of de season
- • She injure insyd early February 2024, out for de rest of de season
Race victories
[edit | edit source]| Total | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel | |
| Wins | 24 | — | — | 6 | 18 | — | — |
| Podiums | 54 | — | 5 | 14 | 34 | 1 | — |
| # | Season | |||
| Date | Location | Discipline | ||
| 1 | 2017 | 4 March 2017 | Jeongseon, South Korea | Downhill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 March 2017 | Super-G | ||
| 3 | 2018 | 14 January 2018 | Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria | Downhill |
| 4 | 19 January 2018 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | |
| 5 | 15 March 2018 | Åre, Sweden | Super-G | |
| 6 | 2019 | 23 February 2019 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Downhill |
| 7 | 2020 | 14 December 2019 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Super-G |
| 8 | 2021 | 19 December 2020 | Val d'Isère, France | Downhill |
| 9 | 9 January 2021 | St. Anton, Austria | Downhill | |
| 10 | 22 January 2021 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Downhill | |
| 11 | 23 January 2021 | Downhill | ||
| 12 | 2022 | 3 December 2021 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill |
| 13 | 4 December 2021 | Downhill | ||
| 14 | 5 December 2021 | Super-G | ||
| 15 | 18 December 2021 | Val d’Isère, France | Downhill | |
| 16 | 19 December 2021 | Super-G | ||
| 17 | 22 January 2022 | Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | |
| 18 | 2023 | 2 December 2022 | Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill |
| 19 | 3 December 2022 | Downhill | ||
| 20 | 17 December 2022 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Downhill | |
| 21 | 20 January 2023 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Downhill | |
| 22 | 26 February 2023 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Downhill | |
| 23 | 2024 | 8 December 2023 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Super-G |
| 24 | 13 January 2024 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria | Downhill |
World Championship results
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| Age | Slalom | Giant
slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2013 | 20 | — | — | 4 | 22 | 7 |
| 2015 | 22 | She injure, she no compete | ||||
| 2017 | 24 | — | 3 | 10 | 4 | DNF2 |
| 2019 | 26 | — | DNF2 | 2 | 15 | — |
| 2021 | 28 | She injure one week prior, she no compete | ||||
| 2023 | 30 | — | — | 11 | DSQ | DNS2 |
Olympic results
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| Age | Slalom | Giant
slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2018 | 25 | — | 11 | 11 | 1 | DNS |
| 2022 | 29 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Mondiali di Schladming, la bergamasca Goggia sfiora la grande impresa" (insyd Italian). bergamonews.it. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ↑ "Sofia Goggia interview after first victory – Jeongseon 2017 Downhill". youtube.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ↑ "Sci, discesa a Cortina: Goggia è la regina! Battute Vonn e Shiffrin". gazzetta.it. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ↑ Final results
- ↑ "Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year 2018 nominees". Laureus. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ "Stephanie Venier wins crash-interrupted downhill World Cup, Goggia 2nd". ESPN. Associated Press. 27 January 2019.
- ↑ "Milan–Cortina d'Ampezzo awarded Olympic Winter Games 2026". olympicchannel.com. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ↑ "Season over for Sofia Goggia". fis-ski.com. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ↑ "'YEAH I BROKE IT!' - SOFIA GOGGIA CONFIRMS BROKEN HAND AFTER CLASH WITH GATE ON DOWNHILL AT ST MORITZ". eurosport.com. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ↑ "Sofia Goggia wins World Cup downhill in St Moritz despite two broken fingers". bbc.com. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ↑ Mullin, Eric. "Watch: Sofia Goggia Wins Downhill Silver Weeks After Partial ACL Tear". yahoo!sports. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Sofia Goggia at FIS (alpine)
- Sofia Goggia at Olympedia
- Sofia Goggia at de Italian National Olympic Committee (insyd Italian)
- Sofia Goggia at FISI (insyd Italian)
- Sofia Goggia at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Sofia Goggia at Atomic Skis
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