Karla Delago

Karla Delago (born 8 February 1965) is a former Italian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events,[1] winner of six Italian titles in just four years in which she competed.[2]

Karla Delago
Born (1965-02-08) 8 February 1965
Gardena, Italy
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesSpeed events
World Cup debut1985
Retired1987
World Cup
Seasons3

Family

Four Alpine skiers from the Delago family have participated in World Cup and World Championships competitions. Siblings Oskar (born 1963) and Karla Delago (born 1965), specialists in speed events in the 1980s and their two granddaughters, Nicol (born 1996) and Nadia (born 1997), active in the 2010s.[3]

Career

Karla Delago's career began in 1983–84 at the age of 18 when she made her debut in the world cup by scoring (i.e. classified among the top 15), 17 times in only 18 races. However, following an injury she had in the summer of 1987, she never returned to compete, just when she had obtained the qualification for the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Therefore her very promising career ended definitively prematurely at the age of only 22 years old.[4]

World Cup results

Top 10
DatePlaceDisciplineRank
1 February 1986Switzerland Crans MontanaDownhill7
12 January 1986Austria Bad GasteinCombined7
7 December 1985Italy SestriereSuper G8
9 January 1985Austria Bad KleinkirchheimDownhill9

National titles

References

  1. "DELAGO Karla – Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. "L'albo d'oro della discesa femminile dei Campionati Italiani" (in Italian). fisi.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. "Chi è Nicol Delago, la stella alpina che è sbocciata in Val Gardena" (in Italian). fis-ski.com. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2021. Nata a Bressanone, nipote d'arte (Oskar e Karla Delago sono stati a loro volta sciatori di buon livello), Nicol ha sempre mangiato pane e montagna.
  4. "Dollari e sangue, western olìmpico" (PDF) (in Italian). archivio.unita.news. 17 February 1988. Retrieved 16 February 2021. La discesista Karla Delago e la fodista Bice Vanzelta sono finite in ospedale La prima si è procurata un taglio alla gamba destra...
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