Lara Colturi (born 15 November 2006) is an Italian-born Albanian World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. She won the 2022 FIS Alpine Ski South American Cup.
Biography
Lara Colturi is the daughter of former Olympic champion Daniela Ceccarelli and ski coach Alessandro Colturi. She was born in Turin and grew up in Cesana Torinese in the Susa Valley. She has one younger brother, Yuri.
Her mother started consulting for the in 2020, and became Technical Director of their women's alpine team the following season. In May 2022, Colturi received an FIS affiliation with the ASF and she began to represent Albania internationally.
Colturi won the overall, slalom, giant slalom, and alpine combined at the titles.
On 19 November 2022 during the 2023 Alpine Ski World Cup, Colturi made her World Cup debut in the slalom in Levi, Finland, missing qualifications for the second heat. She finished 17th the following week in the giant slalom, earning her first points in the Alpine Ski World Cup.
Colturi became the third-youngest gold medalist at Junior World Championships 2023, when she won the super-G in St. Anton, Austria.
On 7 February 2023, Lara tore the cruciate ligament in her right knee while training. Less than nine months later, she returned to World Cup ski racing in Sölden on 28 October.
World Cup results Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantslalomDownhillLongines RisingSki Star 2023 16 78 50 30 — — 4 2024 17 45 25 22 — — 2 2025 18 8 10 5 — — 220261915712—— 1
Race podiums 0 wins 7 podiums (5 SL, 2 GS); 20 top tens Season Date Location Discipline Place202523 November 2024 Gurgl, Austria Slalom 2nd4 January 2025 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Giant slalom 2nd8 March 2025 Åre, Sweden Giant slalom 3rd202615 November 2025 Levi, Finland Slalom 2nd23 November 2025 Gurgl, Austria Slalom 2nd30 November 2025 Copper Mountain, United States Slalom 3rd28 December 2025 Semmering, Austria Slalom 3rd
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillTeamcombinedTeam event 202518DNF17————
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantslalomDownhillTeamcombined 2026 19 10 16 — — —
South American Cup results Colturi has won an overall South American Cup and three specialty standings.
Overall: 2022 Slalom: 2022 Giant slalom: 2022 Combined: 2022
References
External links
Lara Colturi at Milano Cortina 2026