Federica Brignone recounts the months that changed her life

Federica Brignone on the sidelines of a Banca Generali event recounted her life-changing last few months. After last season’s triumphant season ended with a dramatic fall, the skier from Valle d’Aosta seemed to have reached the end of her glorious career, but instead she did not give up and recovered from her injury, winning two crazy gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina: a triumph that consecrated her permanently among the legends of Italian skiing.

“What surprised me the most was my reaction after the injury: by nature I need extreme preparation and extreme work to feel ready to compete, and instead I accepted what happened and managed to react proactively, in a way that was totally unexpected for me,” confessed the Azzurra champion.

Brignone has a stellar palmarés of two Olympic golds, two overall World Cups, five specialty World Cups, the Italian record of 37 victories and 85 rainbow podiums in the World Cup and five world medals, including 2 golds and 3 silvers.

Now Federica doesn’t want to take anything for granted anymore: “I just came back from vacation, from surfing. Now I have many commitments: I am between Milan, Rome and other various institutional commitments. I have my visits for my leg, then I will leave with my treatments. My future at the moment is this: I have to figure out how I am. My leg needs rest,” he recently told “Che Tempo Fa”.

“I feel like saying ‘Thank you,’ I felt incredible affection from everyone: you were there for me when I needed it. I would have preferred not to go through this experience but everything happens for a reason: I tried to face an impossible challenge. I didn’t think I could do it, but I did it.”