All the World Cup records of Federica Brignone
All the World Cup records of Federica Brignone
Federica Brignone is rewriting the history of Italian women’s alpine skiing, and she rewrote another piece of it yesterday with her victory in the Mont-Tremblant giant slalom, which made her, at 33 years and 141 days, the oldest ever winner among the wide gates in the Cirque Rose, beating the record of Austria’s Anita Wachter, who on Dec. 28, 1999, won in Lienz at 32 years and 319 days.
È still far away is the absolute seniority record for a World Cup victory, which belongs to another Austrian, Elisabeh Goergl, who triumphed in the super-G in Val d’Isère on Dec. 21, 2014 at 33 years and 304 days, but the Valdostan outclasswoman, should she still make it to the next season competitive, and there’è no reason to doubt that she won’t, could make it to beat this record as well.
But at the national level Faith holds numerous records, two of which he equaled just yesterday. Here they are
Highest number of finishes among the top 10 in World Cup races: 144
Highest number of placings among the top 10 in World Cup super-G: 41
Highest number of finishes among the top 10 in World Cup giant slalom: 75 (third overall behind Tessa Worley and Anita Wachter)
Greatest number of podiums in World Cup races: 58
Greatest number of podiums in World Cup super-G: 16
Highest number of podiums in World Cup giant slalom: 31 (equaled Deborah Compagnoni)
Greatest number of World Cup combined podiums: 6
Greatest number of victories in World Cup races: 22 (equaled Sofia Goggia)
Greatest number of victories in World Cup super-G: 8
Greatest number of World Cup combined race victories: 5
Greatest number of consecutive World Cup seasons in which she has won at least one race: 9
Only Italian to win the overall World Cup in 2019-2020
