Lara Colturi
Colturi in 2023
Personal information
Born (2006-11-15) 15 November 2006[1]
Turin, Italy
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesTechnical events, super-G
ClubGolden Team Ceccarelli
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Albania
South American Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 2 0 0
Giant slalom 3 0 0
Super-G 0 2 0
Combined 1 0 0
Total 6 2 0
International competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Junior Championships 1 0 1
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 St. AntonSuper-G
Bronze medal – third place2023 St. AntonGiant slalom

Lara Colturi (born 15 November 2006) is an Italian-Albanian World Cup alpine skier competing from 2022 for Albania in technical and speed events, winner at senior level, of the 2022 FIS Alpine Ski South American Cup.[2][3][4]

Biography

Colturi with her parents.
Colturi in action in January 2023.

Daughter of former Olympic champion Daniela Ceccarelli and ski coach Alessandro Colturi, she has a younger brother, Yuri (born 2011). Born in Turin but living with her family in Cesana Torinese in the Susa Valley,[5][6] she has shown great talent in skiing since she was a young girl.[1]

Her mother Daniela Ceccarelli started consulting for Albanian Ski Federation in 2020/2021, and became Technical Director of the Alpine women team the following season. By May 2022 Lara got her (first) FIS affiliation with Albanian Ski Federation, so to continuing being trained by her parents and having open access to any level of competitions.[6][7][8]

After outstanding performances in FIS Children category, at her first FIS races in summer 2022, Lara’s achieved excellent results, including winning the overall, slalom, giant slalom, alpine combined South American Alpine Ski Cup titles.[3] At that point her debut in the World Cup on 22 October 2022 opening race in Solden in Austria, although the girl has not yet turned 16, as had happened to Mikaela Shiffrin,[9] is starting to be more of a serious probability.[10]

On 19 November 2022, on the occasion of the beginning of the 2023 Alpine Ski World Cup, Lara Colturi made her debut in the slalom of Levi, Finland, missing the qualification for the second manche for 9 hundreds of a second from the top 30,[11] however the following week in the giant slalom she closed the race in 17th thus earning her first points in the Alpine Ski World Cup.[12]

Lara Colturi became the third ever youngest gold medalist at Junior World Championships 2023, in St. Anton, Austria (Super-G) and conquered several results among the top 30 in World Cup in her first FIS category season.[2]

On the morning of 7 February 2023, while she was training in super-G and shortly thereafter he was due to compete in the timed trial for the world championships in Meribel, he was injured and broke the cruciate ligament in his right knee. Finished World Championships, in which she should have competed in the 4 competitions with the exception of the combined, even before the start and the end of the season. Expected times for the return: six months.[13]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 		Super-GDownhill
202316785030——
202417453025——
  • Standings through 7 January 2024

Results per discipline

Discipline WC starts WC Top 30 WC Top 15 WC Top 5 WC Podium Best result
Date Location Place
Slalom1351007 January 2024Slovenia Kranjska Gora, Slovenia13th
Giant slalom14710025 November 2023United States Killington, USA12th
Super-G1000018 December 2022Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland35th
Downhill00000
Total2812200
  • Standings through 7 January 2024

South American Cup results

Colturi has won an overall South American Cup and three specialty standings.[3]

  • FIS Alpine Ski South American Cup
    • Overall: 2022
    • Slalom: 2022
    • Giant slalom: 2022
    • Combined: 2022

World Junior Championships results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhill
2023 16 - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4

References

  1. 1 2 "Lara Colturi, a 14 anni ha Shiffrin (e Cortina) nel mirino: chi è la nuova promessa dello sci". gazzetta.it (in Italian). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Lara Colturi Profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "EUROPA CUP STANDINGS". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Conclusa la South American Cup, trionfo finale per Tiziano Gravier che beffa Henrik Von Appen". neveitalia.it (in Italian). 30 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "VALSUSA, LARA COLTURI GAREGGERÀ PER L'ALBANIA E NON PER L'ITALIA: LO SCI AZZURRO PERDE UNO DEI SUOI MIGLIORI TALENTI". it.geosnews.com (in Italian). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Sci, Daniela Ceccarelli e la figlia Lara che scia per l'Albania e non per l'Italia". corriere.it (in Italian). 4 June 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Il caso di Lara Colturi: l'Italia perde un talento atteso, la piemontese correrà per l'Albania". neveitalia.it (in Italian). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Italia e "qan", 16-vjeçarja që la vendin e saj për Shqipërinë arrin rezultat fantastik në garën e skive në Kili". abcnews.al (in Albanian). 30 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "10 Years Ago Today, 16-Year-Old Mikaela Shiffrin Made Her World Cup Debut". skimag.com. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "L'avventura di Lara Colturi in Cile raccontata da Daniela Ceccarelli". raceskimagazine.it (in Italian). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Sci, slalom di Levi: vince Mikaela Shiffrin. A 16 anni Lara Colturi sfiora la qualificazione alla seconda manche". repubblica.it (in Italian). 19 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "LARA COLTURI, A PUNTI IN COPPA DEL MONDO PIÙ GIOVANE DI SHIFFRIN NEL GIGANTE DI KILLINGTON: "MI SONO DIVERTITA"". eurosport.it (in Italian). 26 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Colturi shock, lesione al legamento crociato: niente Mondiale, stagione finita". gazzetta.it (in Italian). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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