Marta Bassino

Marta Bassino (born 27 February 1996) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in all disciplines, with a focus in giant slalom, in which she has won five World Cup races.[1]

Marta Bassino
Alpine skier
Bassino in 2014
DisciplinesGiant slalom, Super-G,
Combined, Downhill, Slalom
ClubCS Esercito
Born (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996
Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup debut16 March 2014 (age 18)
Websitemartabassino.com
Olympics
Teams2 − (2018, 2022)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams4 − (20152021)
Medals2 (1 gold)
World Cup
Seasons9 − (20142022)
Wins5 − (5 GS)
Podiums21 − (15 GS, 2 AC, 2 SG,
1 DH, 1 PGS)
Overall titles0 − (5th in 2020)
Discipline titles1 − (GS, 2021)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Italy
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 0 1
Total 1 0 1
World Cup race podiums
World Championships
2021 Cortina d'AmpezzoParallel
2019 ÅreTeam event
Junior World Championships
2014 JasnáGiant slalom

Biography

Born in Cuneo, Piedmont, she lives in Borgo San Dalmazzo.[2] Bassino made her World Cup debut in March 2014 at age 18, and her first full season on the World Cup circuit was in 2015.[1]

Career

On 22 October 2016 she scored her first World Cup podium in Sölden, finishing 3rd in the giant slalom won by Switzerland's Lara Gut; later in the season she repeated the same result in the giant slaloms in Kronplatz and Aspen - the letter together with teammates Federica Brignone and Sofia Goggia. Bassino was also part of the podium in Bansko in 2020, when Italian athletes took the top three places in the women's downhill.[1][3]

Her first win was in a giant slalom at Killington in November 2019. In that year Bassino became the first Italian skier able to get on the podium in five different disciplines in the same season.[1][4]

At her first World Championships in 2015, Bassino took part in the giant slalom, qualifying for the second run in 8th place, but did not finish. At the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz she finished 11th in the giant slalom and 17th in the combined. The following year at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang her first olympic participation, she finished 5th in the giant slalom, 10th in the combined and did not finish the slalom. At the 2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in Åre she won the bronze medal in the team race (participating as a reserve) and was 13th in the giant slalom and 13th in the combined.[1][5]

In the 2020–2021 season Bassino won four of the first five giant slalom races contested, also finishing on the podium in the sixth one – a third place in the home event in Kronplatz, Italy. She clinched the women’s World Cup crystal globe in the discipline on 7 March 2021.[6] At the 2021 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Bassino won the gold medal in the parallel giant slalom event, alongside Austria's Katharina Liensberger.[7] She was a strong favourite for the giant slalom race, however, she finished in 13th place.[8]

World Cup results

Season titles

  • 1 title – (1 GS)
Season
Discipline
2021 Giant Slalom

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel
201519612047
20162045134935
2017211863520
201822251235354
20192327929379
20202454101166
2021256431629N/A5
20222610510404
Standings through 11 March 2022

Race podiums

  • 5 wins – (5 GS)
  • 21 podiums – (15 GS, 2 AC, 2 SG, 1 DH, 1 PGS)
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
201722 Oct 2016 Sölden, AustriaGiant slalom3rd
24 Jan 2017 Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom3rd
19 Mar 2017 Aspen, USAGiant slalom3rd
201826 Jan 2018   Lenzerheide, SwitzerlandCombined2nd
201915 Jan 2019 Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom3rd
202030 Nov 2019 Killington, USAGiant slalom1st
28 Dec 2019 Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom2nd
12 Jan 2020 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AustriaCombined3rd
19 Jan 2020 Sestriere, ItalyParallel-G3rd
25 Jan 2020 Bansko, BulgariaDownhill2nd
26 Jan 2020Super-G2nd
202117 Oct 2020 Sölden, Austria  Giant slalom1st
12 Dec 2020 Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom1st
10 Jan 2021 St. Anton, AustriaSuper-G2nd
16 Jan 2021 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom1st
17 Jan 2021Giant slalom1st
26 Jan 2021 Kronplatz, ItalyGiant slalom3rd
202222 Dec 2021 Courchevel, FranceGiant slalom3rd
8 Jan 2022 Kranjska Gora, SloveniaGiant slalom3rd
11 Mar 2022 Åre, SwedenGiant slalom2nd
20 Mar 2022 Méribel, FranceGiant slalom2nd

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Parallel Team Event
201519DNF2N/A
2017211117
20192313133
202125131161

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team Event
201822DNF1510
202226DNF117DNF SL 8

See also

References

  1. "Marta Bassino - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. "Borgo San Dalmazzo – Marta Bassino". martabassino.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. "Sci alpino: podio tutto azzurro a Bansko" (in Italian). gazzettamatin.com. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. "KILLINGTON - La prima volta di Marta Bassino" (in Italian). dovesciare.it. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. "Mondiali di sci: la gioia di Marta Bassino per la prima medaglia di bronzo" (in Italian). lastampa.it. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. "MARTA BASSINO VINCE LA COPPA DEL MONDO DI GIGANTE. E' LA QUARTA ITALIANA DELLA STORIA" (in Italian). fisi.org. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  7. "Mondiali di sci di Cortina, Marta Bassino medaglia d'oro: nel gigante parallelo femminile arriva la prima gioia per l'Italia" (in Italian). ilfattoquotidiano.it. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  8. "Marta Bassino solo tredicesima nel gigante dei mondiali di Cortina 2021" (in Italian). quotidianopiemontese.it. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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