Nicol Delago
Delago in February 2019
Personal information
Born (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996
Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G, Combined
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
World Cup debut24 January 2015 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2019, 2023)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons8 – (20152022)
Wins0
Podiums4 – (3 DH, 1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (28th in 2020)
Discipline titles0 – (8th in DH, 2019)
Medal record
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Downhill 0 2 1
Super-G 0 1 0
Total 0 3 1
World Junior Ski 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

SeasonAge Overall  Slalom Giant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
201620985332
201721813733
20182256342819
201721813733
20182256342819
2019233131818
20202428191933
202125Injured, out for almost entire season
202226533327
202327574524
202428474613
Standings through 13 January 2024

Race podiums

  • 0 wins
  • 4 podiums – (3 DH, 1 SG); 12 top tens
Season Date Location Discipline Place
2019 18 Dec 2018Italy Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill2nd
20208 Dec 2019Canada Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G2nd
11 Jan 2020Austria Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AustriaDownhill2nd
2024 13 Jan 2024Downhill3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
201923612
202125Injured, did not compete
20232718

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
201822DNF
20222611 DNF2

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.
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