Michela Figini


Michela Figini is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. She is an Olympic, World Cup, and world champion.
Figini made her World Cup debut at age 16 in January 1983 and won the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo at age 17. Through 2014, she remains the youngest Olympic champion in alpine skiing. She won the downhill the following year at the 1985 World Championships. She also came second in the Downhill at the 1987 World Championships, and won a silver medal in the Super-G at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Figini won 26 World Cup races and overall titles in 1985 and 1988, as well as four season titles in downhill, one in Super-G.

Personal

Figini retired in 1990 and later worked as a television commentator. She has two children from her first marriage with the former Italian alpine ski racer Ivano Camozzi.

World Cup results

Season titles

7 titles:
SeasonDiscipline
1985Overall
1985Downhill
1987Downhill
1988Overall
1988Downhill
1988Super-G
1989Downhill

Season standings

Race victories

SeasonDateLocationRace
198428 January 1984 Megève, FranceDownhill
198429 January 1984 Saint-Gervais, FranceCombined
19854 January 1985 Maribor, YugoslaviaGiant Slalom
19859 January 1985 Santa Caterina, ItalyCombined
19859 January 1985 Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaDownhill
198510 January 1985 Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaDownhill
198513 January 1985 Pfronten, West GermanySuper-G
198520 January 1985 Saint-Gervais, FranceDownhill
198521 January 1985 Saint-Gervais, FranceGiant Slalom
19858 March 1985 Banff, CanadaCombined
198621 December 1985 Maribor, YugoslaviaCombined
198612 January 1986 Val d'Isère, FranceDownhill
198716 January 1987 Pfronten, West GermanyDownhill
19878 March 1987 Calgary, CanadaDownhill
198811 December 1987 Leukerbad, SwitzerlandDownhill
198812 December 1987 Leukerbad, SwitzerlandSuper-G
198814 January 1988 Zinal, SwitzerlandDownhill
198812 March 1988 Rossland, CanadaDownhill
198813 March 1988 Rossland, CanadaSuper-G
19892 December 1988 Val-d'Isère, FranceDownhill
198912 January 1989 Grindelwald, SwitzerlandDownhill
198913 January 1989 Grindelwald, SwitzerlandDownhill
19897 February 1989 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
198918 February 1989 Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill
198925 February 1989 Steamboat Springs, USADownhill
199027 January 1990 Santa Caterina, ItalyDownhill

World Championship results

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