Olympic Medal Record
Women’s Alpine Skiing
Gold	1992	Super-G
Gold	1994	Giant Slalom
Gold	1998	Giant Slalom
Silver	1998	Slalom

Deborah Compagnoni (born June 4, 1970, Santa Caterina Valfurva, province of Sondrio) is a former Italian Alpine skier who won three gold medals at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. Image File history File links Olympic_rings_white. ... The XVI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1992 in Albertville, France. ... The XVII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. ... The XVIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. ... The XVIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Sondrio (It. ... Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ... The XVI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1992 in Albertville, France. ... The XVII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. ... The XVIII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. ...

Biography

Compagnoni soon was noticed for her great talent. Her career was always marked by great successes, by also by great accidents. After his first great victory, the World Junior Title in Giant slalom, and her first podium in World Cup, she broke her right knee in the Val d'Isére downhill. After the surgery operation she to abandon the downhill races, where her talented could have permitted even greater successes than those she obtained in her yet victorious career. The downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. ...

Compagnoni won her first race in the World Cup in 1992. She also won the gold medal at the WInter Olympics of the same year, again in the Super-G: however, while racing the Giant Slalom, one day later, she destroyed her left knee. 1992 (MCMXCII in Roman) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The XVI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1992 in Albertville, France. ... The Super Giant Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. ... The Giant Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. ...

In the following years she left the fast races (downhill and super-G), confirming herself as one of the best Giant Slalom specialists. Her fragile knees hindered Compagnoni's practice activity and limited the number of victories in the World Cup: however, she always presented in her best shapes for the great championships. In 1994, at the Lillehammer Olympics, she won gold medal in the Giant Slalom, a feat she repeated four years later in Nagano. In 1998 she won also a silver medal in the Slalom, finishing second by only 0.06 seconds. 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Categories: Host cities of the Winter Olympic Games | Cities in Nagano Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... Slalom refers to a sport in which participants attempt to complete a course, in the fastest time, while passing through marked channels known as gates. ...

Compagnoni won the World Champion in Giant Slalom in 1996: in the following year edition she confirmed the title, coupling it with the Slalom one, a deed never accomplished by any Italian female skier. She won a total of 16 races in the Alpine Skiing World Cup (13 Giant Slalom, 2 Super-G and 1 Slalom), plus a Giant Slalom World Cup in 1997. The alpine skiing World Cup is a circuit of alpine skiing competitions regulated by the FIS. Held at ski resorts across Europe, the continental US, and Canada, competitors compete to achieve the best time in four disciplines: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, and Downhill. ...

Deborah Compagnoni is considered the best female skier ever of Italy, equal to famous male winners like Gustav Thoeni and Alberto Tomba. The World Cup skiing track in her native Bormio has been named after her. Alberto Tomba (popularly called Tomba la Bomba) is a retired professional alpine skier of Italian nationality. ...