# Denise Karbon

Denise Karbon (born 16 August 1980) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from South Tyrol, Italy. She competed in the technical events and specialized in giant slalom.

## Biography

Born in Brixen, South Tyrol, Karbon made her World Cup debut in 1998 at age 17, while the following year she was Junior World Champion. She won a total of six World Cup giant slaloms: in December 2003 at Alta Badia and five of the first six races in the 2008 season. She obtained ten other podiums for a total of sixteen.
Karbon won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships in giant slalom, followed by a bronze in 2007 in the same discipline.
In the 2008 season, Karbon won 5 of the 7 giant slalom races (and took third in another) to win the GS season title with 592 points, 113 points ahead of runner-up Elisabeth Görgl. She finished tenth in the overall standings.
At age 33, Karbon retired in March 2014, after the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide.

## Personal

Karbon is the niece of Norbert Rier, leader of the Kastelruther Spatzen, and the cousin of fellow alpine ski racer Peter Fill.

## World Cup results
### Season titles

| Season | Discipline |
| 2008 | Giant slalom |

### Season standings

| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2000 | 19 | 41 | 27 | 18 | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 20 | 48 | 27 | 24 | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 21 | 80 | 42 | 31 | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 22 | 26 | 50 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 23 | 23 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 24 | injured, out for season | injured, out for season | injured, out for season | injured, out for season | injured, out for season | injured, out for season |
| 2006 | 25 | 85 | — | 33 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 26 | 53 | — | 15 | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 27 | 10 | 29 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 28 | 18 | 24 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 29 | 32 | 44 | 9 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 30 | 57 | — | 15 | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 31 | 53 | — | 14 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 32 | 60 | — | 21 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 33 | 63 | — | 21 | — | — | — |

### Race podiums

* 6 wins – (6 GS)
* 16 podiums – (16 GS)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Race |
| 2003 | 28 Dec 2002 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2003 | 6 Mar 2003 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2003 | 16 Mar 2003 | Hafjell, Norway | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 2004 | 28 Nov 2003 | Park City, USA | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2004 | 13 Dec 2003 | Alta Badia, Italy | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2004 | 14 Mar 2004 | Sestriere, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 2007 | 21 Jan 2007 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2008 | 27 Oct 2007 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2008 | 24 Nov 2007 | Panorama, Canada | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2008 | 28 Dec 2007 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2008 | 5 Jan 2008 | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep. | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2008 | 12 Jan 2008 | Maribor, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2008 | 26 Jan 2008 | Ofterschwang, Germany | Giant slalom | 1st |
| 2009 | 10 Jan 2009 | Maribor, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| 2010 | 24 Oct 2009 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd |
| 2011 | 11 Mar 2011 | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep. | Giant slalom | 2nd |

## World Championship results

| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant  slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2001 | 20 | DNF1 | DSQ2 | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 22 | 27 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 24 | injured, did not compete | injured, did not compete | injured, did not compete | injured, did not compete | injured, did not compete |
| 2007 | 26 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 28 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 30 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 32 | — | DNS2 | — | — | — |

## Olympic results

| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant  slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2002 | 21 | DNF1 | 14 | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 25 | — | DNF2 | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 29 | 18 | 23 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 33 | — | DNF2 | — | — | — |