Nicol Delago

Nicol Delago
Delago in 2019
Personal information
Born (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996
Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Family
Skiing career
Country Italy
SportAlpine skiing
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G,
Combined
World Cup debut
24 January 2015 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams3 – (2018, 2022, 2026)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams3 – (2019, 2023, 2025)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons12 – (2015–2026)
Wins1 – (1 DH)
Podiums6 – (5 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles
0 – (28th in 2020)
Discipline titles
0 – (8th in DH, 2019 and 2026)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Italy
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 1 2 2
Super-G 0 1 0
Total 1 3 2
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 HafjellDownhill
Bronze medal – third place2016 SochiDownhill
Delago during a jump in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Kandahar downhill in 2017.

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.

She is the sister of Nadia Delago.[2]

Biography

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

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined
20162098———5332
20172181———3733
20182256——342819
20192331——31818
20202428——191933
202125Injured, out for almost entire season
20222653——3327N/a
20232757——4524
20242840——4313
20252965——3923
20263033——398

Race podiums

  • 1 win – (1 DH)
  • 6 podiums – (5 DH, 1 SG); 18 top tens
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2019 18 December 2018Italy Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill2nd
2020 8 December 2019Canada Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G2nd
11 January 2020Austria Zauchensee, AustriaDownhill2nd
2024 13 January 2024Downhill3rd
23 March 2024Austria Saalbach, AustriaDownhill3rd
2026 17 January 2026Italy Tarvisio, ItalyDownhill1st

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined
201923———612N/a
202125Injured, did not compete
202327———18—
202529———8N/a8

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined
201822———DNF—N/a
202226———11DNF2
202630———11N/a10

See also

References

  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.