The women's downhill in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of nine events, including the final.^[1] The original schedule called for eleven events, but the first two races of the season scheduled for 5 and 6 November 2022 in Zermatt/Cervinia (on the Matterhorn, which would have crossed an international border between the start (in Switzerland) and the finish (in Italy)), were canceled due to adverse weather conditions; the FIS decided not to reschedule them.^[2] Once the season began, a downhill scheduled in St. Anton on 14 January had to be converted into a Super-G due to the inability to hold a pre-race training run on either of the two days prior to the downhill. However, a subsequent Super-G scheduled at Cortina d'Ampezzo was converted into a downhill, restoring the original schedule.

Three-time discipline champion (and two-time defending champion) Sofia Goggia of Italy won four of the first five downhills, similar to the prior two seasons, and established a lead of more than 200 points. Goggia was the only skier to reach the podium in all five races, as she finished second in the race that she did not win. After winning the race in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Goggia held a lead of 179 points over 2017 discipline champion Ilka Štuhec of Slovenia, with only two races remaining.^[3] In the next downhill in Kvitfjell, Goggia's runner-up finish secured her third straight discipline championship (and fourth overall).^[4]

The season was interrupted by the 2023 World Ski Championships in the linked resorts of Courchevel and Méribel, France from 6–19 February 2023. Although the Alpine Skiing branch of the International Ski Federation (FIS) conducts both the World Cup and the World Championships, the World Championships are organized by nation (a maximum of four skiers is generally permitted per nation), and (after 1970) the results count only for World Championship medals, not for World Cup points. Accordingly, the results in the World Championship are highlighted in blue and shown in this table by ordinal position only in each discipline. The women's downhill was held in Méribel on 11 February.

The World Cup finals took place on Wednesday, 15 March in Soldeu, Andorra, which also hosted the finals in 2019. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup downhill discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship, plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the discipline final, and only the top 15 earned World Cup points.

Standings

Rank	Name	5 Nov 2022 Zermatt/Cervinia	6 Nov 2022 Zermatt/Cervinia	2 Dec 2022 Lake Louise	3 Dec 2022 Lake Louise	16 Dec 2022 St. Moritz	17 Dec 2022 St. Moritz	20 Jan 2023 Cortina d'Ampezzo	21 Jan 2023 Cortina d'Ampezzo	11 Feb 2023 Méribel WC	26 Feb 2023 Crans Montana	4 Mar 2023 Kvitfjell	15 Mar 2023 Soldeu	Total
	Sofia Goggia	x	x	100	100	80	100	100	DNF	DSQ	100	80	80	740
2	Ilka Štuhec	x	x	45	45	22	80	80	100	⑥	29	50	100	551
3	Corinne Suter	x	x	80	60	60	18	DNF	DNS	③	11	60	20	309
4	Elena Curtoni	x	x	32	22	100	32	32	60	⑬	10	20	DNF	308
5	Mirjam Puchner	x	x	50	45	14	36	4	29	④	26	24	45	273
6	Lara Gut-Behrami	x	x	13	20	32	22	45	50	⑨	20	10	60	272
7	Kira Weidle	x	x	36	24	7	60	60	16	⑧	18	DNF	29	250
8	Kajsa Vickhoff Lie	x	x	1	1	0	7	20	80	⑮	5	100	32	246
9	Nina Ortlieb	x	x	40	80	18	40	18	DNF	②	4	29	DNF	229
10	Ragnhild Mowinckel	x	x	6	29	32	13	9	50	⑩	50	13	24	226
11	Breezy Johnson	x	x	15	5	45	6	29	26	DNF	24	32	40	222
12	Mikaela Shiffrin	x	x	DNS		40	50	50	36	DNS		45	DNS	221
13	Joana Hählen	x	x	29	50	15	29	6	6	⑰	45	18	22	220
14	Federica Brignone	x	x	DNS	3	36	0	13	DNS		80	36	50	218
15	Jasmine Flury	x	x	26	16	50	26	8	13	①	14	14	18	185
16	Cornelia Hütter	x	x	60	DNS	24	45	14	22	④	0	DNF	0	165
17	Isabella Wright	x	x	20	13	DNF	24	24	15	⑲	DNF	22	36	154
18	Laura Gauché	x	x	5	4	7	9	36	DNF	⑫	60	0	29	150
19	Michelle Gisin	x	x	9	32	12	16	11	26	DNS	32	2	0	140
20	Priska Nufer	x	x	2	12	3	11	5	40	⑪	40	26	0	139
21	Laura Pirovano	x	x	8	0	26	14	22	14	⑭	36	16	0	136
22	Stephanie Venier	x	x	DNS	11	11	15	26	32	⑦	3	15	0	113
23	Ramona Siebenhofer	x	x	3	15	0	13	15	20	DNS	0	45	DNS	111
24	Nicol Delago	x	x	22	36	0	3	13	10	⑱	0	5	16	105
25	Christina Ager	x	x	15	2	20	10	10	10	DNS	16	11	0	94
26	Tamara Tippler	x	x	DNS		9	20	40	20	DNS	DNF	DNS		89
27	Romane Miradoli	x	x	24	26	DNF	2	18	12	⑮	DNF	DNS	NE	82
28	Emma Aicher	x	x	0	10	16	8	DNS		DNF	6	8	NE	48
	Delia Durrer	x	x	11	20	0	0	2	8	DNS	0	7	NE	48
30	Ariane Rädler	x	x	16	14	0	1	DNS			13	DNS	NE	44
31	Marta Bassino	x	x	10	9	DNS	0	DNS			15	DNS	0	34
	Nadia Delago	x	x	4	8	0	5	3	7	DNS	7	0	NE	34
	Alice Robinson	x	x	DNS	0	DNS	1	DNS			24	9	NE	34
34	Stephanie Jenal	x	x	DNF	0	5	0	0	11	DNS	12	4	NE	32
35	Juliana Suter	x	x	18	7	0	0	0	0	DNS	2	0	NE	27
36	Stefanie Fleckenstein	x	x	0	0	0	0	0	0	DNS	8	12	NE	20
	Marie-Michèle Gagnon	x	x	7	6	3	4	DNF	DNS				NE	20
38	Cande Moreno	x	x	DNF	0	10	DNF	0	DNF	㉒	0	6	NE	16
39	Tricia Mangan	x	x	0	DNS	14	0	0	0	㉓	1	0	NE	15
	Nicole Schmidhofer	x	x	12	0	DNS	0	DNS	3	DNS			NE	15
41	Petra Vlhová	x	x	DNS			DNF	DNS			9	DNS		9
42	Karoline Pichler	x	x	0	0	8	DNF	DNF	0	DNS	DNF	DNS	NE	8
43	Nadine Fest	x	x	DNS	0	DNS		7	0	DNS	0	0	NE	7
44	Keely Cashman	x	x	0	0	0	0	0	4	DNS	0	2	NE	6
45	Janine Schmitt	x	x	DNS				0	5	DNS			NE	5
46	Katrin Hirtl-Stanggaßinger	x	x	DNS		4	0	0	DNF	DNS	0	0	NE	4
47	Franziska Gritsch	x	x	DNS		0	DNF	DNS				3	NE	3
	Elvedina Muzaferija	x	x	0	0	0	0	0	3	⑳	DNF	0	NE	3
49	Anouck Errard	x	x	DNS		0	0	0	1	㉑	0	DNS	NE	1
	Lauren Macuga	x	x	DNS		1	0	DNS			0	0	NE	1
	References	[2]	[2]	[5]	[6]	[7]	[8]	[9]	[10]	[11]	[12]	[13]	[14]

See also

• 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings
• 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall
• 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G
• 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom
• 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom
• World Cup scoring system

References

External links

• Alpine Skiing at FIS website