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]

Biography

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

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

Season standings

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

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

World Championship results

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

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

National titles

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

References

  1. ^ "Elena Fanchini picks up second career win in Cortina". FIS-Ski.com. 16 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 17 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. ^ "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE PODIUM". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. ^ "COMPETITORS HAVING MORE THAN ONE TOP 10 POSITION". 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. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  9. ^ "L'albo d'oro della discesa femminile dei Campionati Italiani" (in Italian). fisi.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.[dead link‍]
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Fanchini
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