Gabriella Paruzzi (born 21 June 1969) is a retired Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1991 to 2006 and formerly skied with the G.S. Forestale. She skied in World Cup events, and won the Women's Overall World Cup in 2004.
Equipment She was sponsored by Rossignol, and skied with Rossignol X-IUM skis for both skate and classic disciplines. Her boots were also named Rossignol X-IUM's, and the bindings were Rottefella R3's. Her boots and bindings were of the New Nordic Norm (NNN) system.
2002 Winter Olympics At the 2002 Olympics, she was in the women's 30 km classical event, when one of her poles broke. Luckily, her coach was nearby, and she took his pole, which was too long. She kept on racing and near the end the coach came back to give her the right size pole. She caught the pack of skiers and ended up winning gold by 4.5 seconds in that race.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games 5 medals – (1 gold, 4 bronze) Year Age 5 km 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 1992 22 23 9 16 12 Bronze 1994 24 24 12 18 30 Bronze 1998 28 9 14 12 10 Bronze 2002 32 — 6 8 Gold 8 6 2006 36 13 5 5 — Bronze 7
World Championships 5 medals – (3 silver, 2 bronze) Year Age 5 km 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 1991 21 26 19 — 8 Silver 1993 23 26 18 14 6 Silver 1995 25 19 — 8 12 4 1997 27 20 — 15 9 4 1999 29 19 17 12 10 Silver 2001 31 16 — 13 17 Bronze 2003 33 4 — 5 4 — — 2005 35 115 16 — Bronze —
a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup Season standings Season Age OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprint 1990 20 1991 21 25 1992 22 22 1993 23 15 1994 24 27 1995 25 27 1996 26 20 1997 27 24 23 23 1998 28 26 22 26 1999 29 16 10 26 2000 30 21 18 17 30 2001 31 6 6 2002 32 8 16 2003 33 14 2004 34 2005 35 10 10 22 2006 36 36 24
Individual podiums 4 victories 18 podiums No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2000–01 10 January 2001 Soldier Hollow, United States 5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 2nd2 2001–02 9 March 2002 Falun, Sweden 5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 3rd3 16 March 2002 Oslo, Norway 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd4 2002–03 26 October 2002 Düsseldorf, Germany 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd5 7 December 2002 Davos, Switzerland 10 km Individual F World Cup 3rd6 4 January 2003 Kavgolovo, Russia 5 km Individual F World Cup 3rd7 18 January 2003 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Individual F World Cup 2nd8 16 March 2003 Lahti, Finland 10 km Individual F World Cup 1st9 2003–0425 October 2003 Düsseldorf, Germany 0.8 km Sprint F World Cup 1st10 13 December 2003 Davos, Switzerland 10 km Individual C World Cup 3rd11 20 December 2003 Ramsau, Austria 10 km Individual F World Cup 3rd12 6 January 2004 Falun, Sweden 7.5 km + 7.5 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 2nd13 17 January 2004 Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km Individual C World Cup 1st14 25 January 2004 Marcialonga, Italy 70 km Mass Start C World Cup 1st15 5 March 2004 Lahti, Finland 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd16 7 March 2004 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd17 2003–04 23 October 2003 Düsseldorf, Germany 0.8 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd18 2004–05 23 October 2003 Lago di Tesero, Italy 7.5 km + 7.5 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 3rd
Team podiums
3 victories – (2 , 1 ) 29 podiums – (25 , 4 )
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)1 1990–91 15 February 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Vanzetta / Di Centa / Belmondo2 1991–92 18 February 1992 Albertville, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F Olympic Games 3rd Vanzetta / Di Centa / Belmondo3 1992–93 26 February 1993 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Vanzetta / Di Centa / Belmondo4 1993–94 22 February 1994 Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F Olympic Games 3rd Vanzetta / Di Centa / Belmondo5 1995–96 17 December 1995 Santa Caterina, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Paluselli / Belmondo / Di Centa6 14 January 1996 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Paluselli / Belmondo / Di Centa7 1996–97 15 December 1996 Brusson, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd S. Valbusa / Dal Sasso / Belmondo8 16 March 1997 Oslo, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Peyrot / S. Valbusa / Belmondo9 1997–98 23 November 1997 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Moroder / S. Valbusa / Belmondo10 7 December 1997 Santa Caterina, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Moroder / S. Valbusa / Belmondo11 14 December 1997 Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Di Centa / S. Valbusa / Belmondo12 1998–99 29 November 1998 Muonio, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Moroder / S. Valbusa / Belmondo 13 20 December 1998 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Confortola / Belmondo / S. Valbusa14 10 January 1999 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Confortola / Belmondo / S. Valbusa15 26 February 1999 Ramsau, Austria 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd S. Valbusa / Confortola / Belmondo 16 14 March 1999 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd S. Valbusa / Confortola / Belmondo 17 1999–00 27 February 2000 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay F World Cup 3rd S. Valbusa / Confortola / Belmondo18 4 March 2000 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Santer / Confortola / S. Valbusa192000–01 13 January 2001 Soldier Hollow, United States 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st S. Valbusa / Paluselli / Belmondo20 2001–02 16 December 2001 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Paluselli / Follis / Belmondo21 13 January 2002 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd S. Valbusa22 3 March 2002 Lahti, Finland 4 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup 1st S. Valbusa23 10 March 2002 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st S. Valbusa / Paluselli / Belmondo24 2002–03 24 November 2002 Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Genuin / Follis / S. Valbusa25 1 December 2002 Rukatunturi, Finland 2 × 5 km / 2 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd F. Valbusa / S. Valbusa / Piller Cottrer26 23 March 2003 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd S. Valbusa / Confortola / Follis27 2003–04 7 February 2004 La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Longa / Confortola / S. Valbusa28 2004–05 24 November 2004 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Follis29 5 December 2004 Bern, Switzerland 6 × 1.1 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Follis
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
Trivia The ski stadium in Tarvisio is named in her honor.FIS Newsflash 117. March 7, 2007.
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