Michela Figini
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Michela Figini, (born 7 April 1966 in Prato
Prato Leventina
Prato is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Prato is first mentioned in 1211 as de Prato. In German it used to be known as Pratt, though this name is no longer used. Between 1902 and 1939 it was known as Prato-Fiesso...

) is a Swiss
Switzerland
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 former alpine skier. From her first marriage with the former Italian alpine ski racer Ivano Camozzi she has two children.

Figini won the gold medal in downhill at the 1984 Olympic Games
Olympic Games
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 in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

 when she was only 18. She subsequently won numerous World Cup races and the overal Alpine Skiing World Cup
Alpine skiing World Cup
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 twice, in 1985 and 1988.

Overall and single discipline results

Season Discipline
1985
1985 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 19th World Cup season began in December 1984 in Italy and concluded in March 1985 in the United States. The overall champions were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg and Michela Figini of Switzerland....

 
Overall Cup
1985  Downhill
1985  Giant Slalom
1987
1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 21st World Cup season began in August 1986 in Argentina, resumed in late November, and concluded in March 1987 in Sarajevo. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Maria Walliser, both of Switzerland....

 
Downhill
1988
1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 22nd World Cup season began in November 1987 in Italy and concluded in March 1988 in Austria. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Michela Figini, both of Switzerland....

 
Overall Cup
1988
1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 22nd World Cup season began in November 1987 in Italy and concluded in March 1988 in Austria. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Michela Figini, both of Switzerland....

 
Downhill
1988
1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup
The 22nd World Cup season began in November 1987 in Italy and concluded in March 1988 in Austria. The overall champions were Pirmin Zurbriggen and Michela Figini, both of Switzerland....

 
Super-G
1989  Downhill

Individual races

Date Location Race
January 28, 1984   Megève
Megève
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Downhill
January 29, 1984   Saint-Gervais Combined
January 4, 1985   Maribor
Maribor
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Giant Slalom
January 9, 1985   Bad Kleinkirchheim
Bad Kleinkirchheim
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Downhill
January 10, 1985   Bad Kleinkirchheim Downhill
January 13, 1985   Pfronten
Pfronten
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Super-G
January 20, 1985   Saint-Gervais Downhill
January 20, 1985   Saint-Gervais Giant Slalom
March 8, 1985   Banff
Banff, Alberta
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Combined
December 21, 1985   Maribor
Maribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....

Combined
January 12, 1986   Val d'Isère
Val d'Isère
Val d'Isère is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in south-eastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise National Park created in 1963. The Face de Bellevarde was the scene of the men's downhill race as part of the 1992 Winter...

Downhill
January 16, 1987   Pfronten Downhill
March 8, 1987   Calgary
Calgary
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Downhill
December 11, 1987   Leukerbad
Leukerbad
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Downhill
December 12, 1987   Leukerbad Super-G
January 14, 1988   Zinal
Zinal
Zinal is a village located in the municipality of Anniviers in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies at an altitude of 1,675 metres in the Swiss Alps in the Val d'Anniviers, a valley running from the Zinal Glacier, north of Dent Blanche to the village of Ayer...

Downhill
March 12, 1988   Rossland
Rossland, British Columbia
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Downhill
March 13, 1988   Rossland Super-G
December 2, 1988   Val-d'Isère Downhill
January 12, 1989   Grindelwald
Grindelwald
Grindelwald is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The village is located at above sea level in the Bernese Alps.-Winter sports:...

Downhill
January 13, 1989   Grindelwald Downhill
February 7, 1989   Lake Louise
Lake Louise Mountain Resort
The Lake Louise Ski Area is a ski resort located in Banff National Park, near the village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It can be reached from Banff, from where it is a 35 to 45 minute drive west on Trans-Canada Highway, or Calgary, a 2-hour drive...

Downhill
February 18, 1989   Lake Louise Downhill

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