Federica Brignone (; born 14 July 1990) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer, who is the current Olympic champion in giant slalom and super-G, as well as world champion in giant slalom.
Brignone has competed in all alpine disciplines, with a focus on giant slalom, super-G and, more recently, downhill. Brignone won the World Cup overall title in 2020, becoming the first Italian female to achieve this feat, and again in 2025, as well as five discipline titles between 2020 and 2025. She has won 37 World Cup races, five Olympic medals and five World Championships medals. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in giant slalom and a bronze in combined. At the 2025 World Championships, she won a gold medal in giant slalom and a silver medal in super-G. After a severe injury in April 2025, she made a comeback just before the 2026 Winter Olympics, during which she won gold medals both in giant slalom and super-G, becoming the Italian female alpine skier to have won the most Olympic medals (five), as well as the only Italian alpine skier to have won two gold medals in the same edition of the Olympic Games along with Alberto Tomba.
Ski racing Brignone made her World Cup debut at the age of 17 in December 2007, during the 2007–08 season, and 2009–10 was her first full season on the World Cup circuit. At the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, her first, Brignone won the silver medal in giant slalom. In December 2012, Brignone underwent surgery on her right ankle to remove a bothersome cyst, and missed the rest of the 2012–13 season.
In the 2015–16 season, Brignone won her first two World Cup races. During the 2016–2017 finals in Aspen, Brignone led an Italian podium sweep in giant slalom, with teammates Sofia Goggia and Marta Bassino, ending the season with three victories. Brignone was part of two other hat tricks by Italy, both in downhill: as runner-up at Bad Kleinkirchheim in 2018, and a third place at Bansko in 2020.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang Brignone won her first Olympic medal: the bronze in giant slalom.
In the 2019–20 season, Brignone won the overall crystal globe, ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin, who had not ran since January due to her father's death, and Petra Vlhová, becoming the first and to date only Italian woman to win the World Cup overall title. With five wins and eleven podiums during the season, she added two more globes for the giant slalom and combined titles.
Brignone won two medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing: silver in giant slalom and bronze in combined.
At the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel–Méribel she won the gold medal in combined, and the silver medal in giant slalom. In the following 2023–24 season, she won six races – her best tally up to that point.
At the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach Brignone won the gold medal in giant slalom and silver in super-G. During the 2024–25 season, she won ten races – her best tally ever – including her two first downhill victories, and the overall, the downhill, and the giant slalom titles.
In April 2025, in the giant slalom race of the Italian ski championships in Moena, Fassa Valley, Brignone sustained serious injuries in a crash. A CT scan revealed multiple fractures of the calf and tibial plateau, as well as a tear of her left anterior cruciate ligament, that would force her to miss most of the 2025–26 season. In October 2025, she was awarded as Athlete of the Year by the Italian Winter Sports Federation.
In January 2026 Brignone returned to World Cup racing. Subsequently, she participated in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, where, at the Olimpia delle Tofane ski course, she won gold medals in giant slalom and super-G.
Personal life Born in Milan, Lombardy, and raised in Aosta Valley, Brignone is the daughter of Maria Rosa Quario (b. 1961), an alpine racer who, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, earned four World Cup wins and fifteen podiums, all in slalom. – Maria-Rosa Quario – International Ski and Snowboard Federation. accessed 28 December 2011
Brignone lives in La Salle, Aosta Valley.
She was engaged to French skier Nicolas Raffort.
World Cup results
Season titles 7 titles – (2 Overall, 2 GS, 1 AC, 1 SG, 1 DH) SeasonDiscipline2020 Overall Giant slalom Combined 2022 Super-G2025 Overall Downhill Giant slalom
Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedParallel 2010 19 43 — 12 — — — rowspan=10 2011 20 26 — 5 44 — 36 2012 21 20 55 6 49 — 20 2013 22 103 — — — — 30 2014 23 31 50 9 — — — 2015 24 20 39 7 17 — — 2016 25 8 39 4 6 43 17 2017 26 5 46 4 8 27 2018 27 11 50 5 6 24 2019 28 6 39 5 8 21 2020 29 36 2021 30 7 28 5 19 rowspan=6 7 2022 31 38 6 14 — 2023 32 4 48 5 14 rowspan=4 2024 33 54 5 2025 34 — 2026 35 62 — 34 26 —
Race victories TotalSlalomGiant slalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedParallel Wins 37 — 17 13 2 5 — Podiums 85 — 42 27 10 6 —
Season Date Location Discipline201624 October 2015 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom27 February 2016 Soldeu, Andorra Super-G201724 January 2017 Kronplatz, Italy Giant slalom24 February 2017 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Combined19 March 2017 Aspen, United States Giant slalom201829 December 2017 Lienz, Austria Giant slalom13 January 2018 Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria Super-G4 March 2018 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Combined201924 November 2018 Killington, United States Giant slalom24 February 2019 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Combined2020 5 victories (2 GS, 2 AC,1 SG) 17 December 2019 Courchevel, France Giant slalom12 January 2020 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria Combined18 January 2020 Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom2 February 2020 Rosa Khutor, Russia Super-G23 February 2020 Crans-Montana, Switzerland Combined202128 February 2021 Val di Fassa, Italy Super-G2022 4 victories (3 SG, 1 GS)12 December 2021 St. Moritz, Switzerland Super-G16 January 2022 Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria Super-G30 January 2022 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Super-G20 March 2022 Méribel, France Giant slalom202314 January 2023 St. Anton, Austria Super-G20246 victories(4 GS, 2 SG)2 December 2023 Tremblant, Canada Giant slalom 3 December 2023 Giant slalom 17 December 2023 Val-d'Isère, France Super-G3 March 2024 Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G9 March 2024 Åre, Sweden Giant slalom17 March 2024 Saalbach, Austria Giant slalom202510 victories(5 GS, 3 SG,2 DH)26 October 2024 Sölden, Austria Giant slalom28 December 2024 Semmering, Austria Giant slalom11 January 2025 St. Anton, Austria Downhill19 January 2025 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super-G25 January 2025 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Downhill21 February 2025 Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom22 February 2025 Giant slalom2 March 2025 Kvitfjell, Norway Super-G8 March 2025 Åre, Sweden Giant slalom14 March 2025 La Thuile, Italy Super-G
Podiums SeasonPodiums Downhill Super-G Giant slalom Combined Total Σ2010 1 00 1 12011 1 01 0 12012 3 1 03 1 42013 0 0 0 02014 00 0 02015 1 0 0 1 12016 1 1 4 20 4 62017 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 62018 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 52019 1 11 1 21 1 42020 2 1 12 21 2 55 1 112021 1 2 2 12 2 52022 3 11 4 10 52023 1 12 2 1 1 5 1 72024 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 6 5 2 132025 2 1 3 4 5 1 10 1 5 162026 0 0 0 0 Total 2 5 3 13 6 8 17 15 10 5 1 0 37 26 2185 10 28 42685
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombined 2011 20 DNF1 2 — — — 2013 22Injured: did not compete 2015 2419 DNF1 — — — 2017 2624 4 8 — 7 2019 28— 5 10 — 6 2021 30 DNF1 DNF1 10 — DNF2202332—28—1202534—1210rowspan="1"
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomSuper-GDownhillCombinedTeamcombinedTeamevent 2010 19 — 18 — — — rowspan=4 rowspan=2 2014 23 DNF2 DNF1 — — 11 2018 27 — 3 6 DNF 8 5 2022 31 DNF2 2 7 — 3 8 2026 35 — 1 1 10 —
National titles Brignone has won nine national championships in individual events at senior level.
Italian Alpine Ski Championships Super-G: 2017, 2023 (2) Giant slalom: 2011, 2017, 2018 (3) Slalom: 2021 (1) Combined: 2016, 2017, 2023 (3)
See also List of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's race winners Italian female skiers most successful World Cup race winner
References
External links
Federica Brignone at FISI (archive)