Gabriella Paruzzi
Country Italy
Born (1969-06-21) 21 June 1969
Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Ski clubG.S. Forestale
World Cup career
Seasons17 – (1990–2006)
Starts229
Podiums18
Wins4
Overall titles1 – (2004)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2002 Salt Lake City30 km classical
Bronze medal – third place1992 Albertville4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1994 Lillehammer4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1998 Nagano 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place2006 Turin4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1991 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place1993 Falun 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place1999 Ramsau 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place2001 Lahti 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place2005 Oberstdorf4 × 5 km relay

Gabriella Paruzzi (born 21 June 1969 in Udine) is a retired Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1991 to 2006 and formerly skied with the G.S. Forestale. She skied in World Cup events, and won the Women's Overall World Cup in 2004.

Equipment

She was sponsored by Rossignol, and skied with Rossignol X-IUM skis for both skate and classic disciplines. Her boots were also named Rossignol X-IUM's, and the bindings are Rottefella R3's. Her boots and bindings are of the New Nordic Norm (NNN) system.

2002 Winter Olympics

At the 2002 Olympics, she was in the women's 30 km classical event, when one of her poles broke. Luckily, her coach was nearby, and she took his pole, which was too long. She kept on racing and near the end the coach came back to give her the right size pole. She caught the pack of skiers and ended up winning gold by 4.5 seconds in that race.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

  • 5 medals – (1 gold, 4 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
19922223—91612—Bronze—
19942424—121830—Bronze—
1998289—141210—Bronze—
200232——68Gold86—
200636—13—55—Bronze7

World Championships

  • 5 medals – (3 silver, 2 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
199121————8—Silver—
19932326—18146—Silver—
19952519——812—4—
19972720——159—4—
19992919—171210—Silver—
200131—16—13CNX[a]17Bronze—
200333—4—54———
200535—11—516—Bronze—
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint
199020NC————
19912125————
19922222————
19932315————
19942427————
19952527————
19962620————
19972724—23—23
19982826—22—26
19992916—10—26
20003021—181730
2001316———6
2002328———16
2003333rd place, bronze medalist(s)———14
2004341st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)——2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2005351010——22
2006363624——NC

Individual podiums

  • 4 victories
  • 18 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2000–01 10 January 2001United States Soldier Hollow, United States5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup2nd
2 2001–02 9 March 2002Sweden Falun, Sweden5 km + 5 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup3rd
316 March 2002Norway Oslo, Norway30 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
4 2002–03 26 October 2002Germany Düsseldorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
57 December 2002Switzerland Davos, Switzerland10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
64 January 2003Russia Kavgolovo, Russia5 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
718 January 2003Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
816 March 2003Finland Lahti, Finland10 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
92003–0425 October 2003Germany Düsseldorf, Germany0.8 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
1013 December 2003Switzerland Davos, Switzerland10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
1120 December 2003Austria Ramsau, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
126 January 2004Sweden Falun, Sweden7.5 km + 7.5 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup2nd
1317 January 2004Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic10 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
1425 January 2004Italy Marcialonga, Italy70 km Mass Start CWorld Cup1st
155 March 2004Finland Lahti, Finland1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
167 March 200410 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
17 2003–04 23 October 2003Germany Düsseldorf, Germany0.8 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
18 2004–05 23 October 2003Italy Lago di Tesero, Italy7.5 km + 7.5 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

  • 3 victories – (2 RL, 1 TS)
  • 29 podiums – (25 RL, 4 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1 1990–91 15 February 1991Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndVanzetta / Di Centa / Belmondo
2 1991–92 18 February 1992France Albertville, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FOlympic Games[1]3rdVanzetta / Di Centa / Belmondo
3 1992–93 26 February 1993Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndVanzetta / Di Centa / Belmondo
4 1993–94 22 February 1994Norway Lillehammer, Norway4 × 5 km Relay C/FOlympic Games[1]3rdVanzetta / Di Centa / Belmondo
5 1995–96 17 December 1995Italy Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndPaluselli / Belmondo / Di Centa
614 January 1996Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdPaluselli / Belmondo / Di Centa
7 1996–97 15 December 1996Italy Brusson, Italy4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdS. Valbusa / Dal Sasso / Belmondo
816 March 1997Norway Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdPeyrot / S. Valbusa / Belmondo
9 1997–98 23 November 1997Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdMoroder / S. Valbusa / Belmondo
107 December 1997Italy Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdMoroder / S. Valbusa / Belmondo
1114 December 1997Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndDi Centa / S. Valbusa / Belmondo
12 1998–99 29 November 1998Finland Muonio, Finland4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndMoroder / S. Valbusa / Belmondo
1320 December 1998Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndConfortola / Belmondo / S. Valbusa
1410 January 1999Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdConfortola / Belmondo / S. Valbusa
1526 February 1999Austria Ramsau, Austria4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]2ndS. Valbusa / Confortola / Belmondo
1614 March 1999Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdS. Valbusa / Confortola / Belmondo
17 1999–00 27 February 2000Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdS. Valbusa / Confortola / Belmondo
184 March 2000Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdSanter / Confortola / S. Valbusa
192000–0113 January 2001United States Soldier Hollow, United States4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stS. Valbusa / Paluselli / Belmondo
20 2001–02 16 December 2001Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdPaluselli / Follis / Belmondo
2113 January 2002Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup2ndS. Valbusa
223 March 2002Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stS. Valbusa
2310 March 2002Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stS. Valbusa / Paluselli / Belmondo
24 2002–03 24 November 2002Sweden Kiruna, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdGenuin / Follis / S. Valbusa
251 December 2002Finland Rukatunturi, Finland2 × 5 km / 2 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdF. Valbusa / S. Valbusa / Piller Cottrer
2623 March 2003Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdS. Valbusa / Confortola / Follis
27 2003–04 7 February 2004France La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdLonga / Confortola / S. Valbusa
28 2004–05 24 November 2004Germany Düsseldorf, Germany6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdFollis
295 December 2004Switzerland Bern, Switzerland6 × 1.1 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdFollis

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Trivia

Notes

  1. ↑ "PARUZZI Gabriella". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. ↑ FIS Newsflash 117. March 7, 2007.
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