Marta Bassino

Marta Bassino (born 27 February 1996) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. She finished fifth in the giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[1]

Marta Bassino

Alpine skier
Bassino in 2019
Disciplines	Giant slalom, Super-G, Combined, Downhill
Club	CS Esercito
Born	(1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup debut	16 March 2014 (age 18)
Website	martabassino.com
Olympics
Teams	1 − (2018)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	3 − (2015–19)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	7 − (2014–2020)
Wins	1 − (1 GS)
Podiums	11 − (6 GS, 2 AC, 1 SG, 1 DH, 1 PG)
Overall titles	0 − (5th in 2020)
Discipline titles	0 − (4th in AC, 2018 and GS, 2020)
Medal record World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Giant slalom 1 1 4 Combined 0 1 1 Downhill 0 1 0 Super-G 0 1 0 Parallel 0 0 1 Total 1 4 6 Women's alpine skiing Representing  Italy World Championships 2019 Åre Team event Junior World Championships 2014 Jasná Giant slalom

Biography

Born in Cuneo, Piedmont, she lives in Borgo San Dalmazzo.[2] Bassino made her World Cup debut in March 2014 at age 18, and her first full season on the World Cup circuit was in 2015. At her first World Championships in 2015, Bassino took part in the giant slalom, qualifying for the second run in 8th place, but did not finish.

Bassino gained her first World Cup podium in a giant slalom at Sölden in October 2016; her first win was in a giant slalom at Killington in November 2019.

World Cup results

2011-2013

She made her debut in the International Ski Federation competitions in December 2011 in a double held in Moso in Passiria, finishing 19th in the giant slalom and not finishing the slalom.

Two months later she made her debut in the European Cup, participating in the Sella Nevea Super G on 14 February 2012, where she finished 43rd.

In the 2012-13 season she scored her first points (43 in total) in the European Cup, placing 12th and 16th in the two downhills of St Anton and 25th in the Sella Nevea Super G in the overall classification she finished 106th. In February 2013 she took part in the World Junior Championships in Québec, placing 6th in the downhill. In February 2013 she was enlisted in the Army Sport Centre with the rank of Corporal VFP4[3].

2016-2020

Stably included in the national selection of the World Cup, in the 2015-2016 season she obtained several points in downhill, giant slalom and combined, with the best result being a 5th place in the Jasná giant slalom. At the end of the season she was 45th overall and 13th in the Giant Slalom standings. On 22 October 2016 she scored her first World Cup podium in Sölden, finishing 3rd in the giant slalom won by Switzerland's Lara Gut; later in the season she repeated the same result in the giant slaloms in Kronplatz and Aspen. She also managed to score points in Super G and combined. At the end of the season she was 18th overall and 6th in the giant slalom stamdomgs, also winning the award for best young athlete of the year.[4]

At the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz she finished 11th in the giant slalom and 17th in the combined. The following year at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang her first olympic participation, she finished 5th in the giant slalom, 10th in the combined and did not finish the slalom. At the 2019 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in Åre she won the bronze medal in the team race (participating as a reserve) and was 13th in the giant slalom and 13th in the combined. On 30 November 2019 she won her first World Cup in the giant slalom in Killington.

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant  slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2014	18	152	—	52	—	—	—
2015	19	61	—	20	47	—	—
2016	20	45	—	13	—	49	35
2017	21	18	—	6	35	—	20
2018	22	25	—	12	35	35	4
2019	23	27	—	9	29	37	9
2020	24	5	—	4	10	11	6

Race podiums

• 1 win (1 GS)
• 11 podiums (6 GS, 2 AC, 1 SG, 1 DH, 1 PG)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2017	22 October 2016	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	24 January 2017	Kronplatz, Italy	Giant slalom	3rd
	19 March 2017	Aspen, USA	Giant slalom	3rd
2018	26 January 2018	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Combined	2nd
2019	15 January 2019	Kronplatz, Italy	Giant slalom	3rd
2020	30 November 2019	Killington, USA	Giant slalom	1st
	28 December 2019	Lienz, Austria	Giant slalom	2nd
	12 January 2020	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria	Combined	3rd
	19 January 2020	Sestriere, Italy	Parallel-G	3rd
	25 January 2020	Bansko, Bulgaria	Downhill	2nd
	26 January 2020		Super-G	2nd

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined	Team event
2015	19	—	DNF2	—	—	—	—
2017	21	—	11	—	—	17	—
2019	23	—	13	—	—	13	3

Olympic results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2018	22	DNF1	5	—	—	10

See also

• Italy at the 2018 Winter Olympics

References

1. "Results – Ladies' Giant Slalom". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
2. "Borgo San Dalmazzo – Marta Bassino". martabassino.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
3. "ARRUOLATI I NUOVI ATLETI DELLE DISCIPLINE INVERNALI". web.archive.org. 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2020-02-13.

External links

• Marta Bassino at the International Ski Federation
• Marta Bassino World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Marta Bassino at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Marta Bassino at the International Olympic Committee
• Marta Bassino at Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) (in Italian)
• Marta Bassino at GPS Performance
• Official website (in Italian)