Daniela Ceccarelli
Ceccarelli in 2023
Personal information
Born (1975-09-25) 25 September 1975 (age 48)
Rocca Priora, Italy
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
ClubG.S. Fiamme Oro
World Cup debut1996
Retired2010
Websitececcarelligoldenteam.it
Olympics
Teams2
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams4
World Cup
Seasons15
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Italy
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 0 0 1
Super-G 0 2 0
Total 0 2 1
International competitions
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City Super-G

Daniela Ceccarelli (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian alpine skiing coach and former World Cup Alpine skier.[1]

In 2002, she won a surprise gold medal in the super-G competition in Salt Lake City.[2] After her retirement, she started her own ski club, under the name Golden Team Ceccarelli, along with her family. She is the mother of the Albanian alpine skier Lara Colturi.[3]

Biography

Ceccarelli (right) with her husband Alessandro Colturi and her daughter Lara Colturi.
Ceccarelli, engineer Giuseppe Palamara and the President of the Albanian Ski Federation Elvis Toci shooted in San Vigilio di Marebbe in 2023.

Daniela Ceccarelli in her 16 years of high-level competitive activity, from 1996 to 2010, conquered three podiums in World Cup races, two second places in super-G and a third place in downhill, but her most important result it is undoubtedly the Olympic gold medal won at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. She has also won the Italian Alpine Ski Championships two times and various other podium finishes.[4]

After her career as an athlete, she founded a ski team, the Golden Team Daniela Ceccarelli, in which she is also a coach and subsequently she also became technical commissioner of the Albanian national ski team for which nation she also competes the daughter Lara Colturi.[3][5]

Until 2021 she was also a technical commentator for the ski races for the Italian RAI radio and television.[6]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
 slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
1998 22 84 — — 44 36 —
1999 23 66 — — 35 37 —
2000 24 64 — — 25 33 —
2001 25 40 — — 16 32 —
2002 26 19 — — 7 11 8
2003 27 16 — 44 6 13 16
2004 28 30 — — 22 13 —
2005 29 56 — — 47 19 24
2006 30 49 — — 27 29 —
2007 31 109 — — 43 — —
2008 32 46 — — 26 27 —
2009 33 78 — — 39 33 —

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2002 22 Dec 2001 Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G 2nd
26 Jan 2002 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 3rd
2003 13 Dec 2002 France Val d'Isère, France Super-G 2nd

National titles

Ceccarelli has won two national championships at individual senior level.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daniela Ceccarelli profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Gli Olimpionici invernali italiani". Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "VALSUSA, LARA COLTURI GAREGGERÀ PER L'ALBANIA E NON PER L'ITALIA: LO SCI AZZURRO PERDE UNO DEI SUOI MIGLIORI TALENTI". it.geosnews.com (in Italian). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b "ALBO D'ORO CAMPIONATI ITALIANI SCI ALPINO". sportflash24.it (in Italian). 31 March 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Sci, Daniela Ceccarelli e la figlia Lara che scia per l'Albania e non per l'Italia". corriere.it (in Italian). 4 June 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  6. ^ "danielaceccarelli.it". danielaceccarelli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 February 2022.

External links

Olympic champions in alpine skiing – women's super-G
Italian Alpine Ski Champions in women's downhill
Italian Alpine Ski Champions in women's super-G
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