# Federica Brignone

Federica Brignone (born 14 July 1990) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer.
She competes in all alpine disciplines, with a focus on giant slalom and super-G. Brignone won the World Cup overall title in 2020, becoming the first Italian female to achieve this feat, as well as three dicpline titles between 2020 and 2022. As of 8 March 2025, she has won 37 World Cup races, three Olympic medals and five World Championships medals. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in giant slalom and a bronze in combined. At the 2025 World Championships, she won a gold medal in giant slalom and a silver medal in super-G. In the 2025 World Cup she is the currently the overall leader and discipline leader in downhill and super-G.

## Ski racing

Brignone made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 2007, and her first full season on the World Cup circuit was in 2010. At her first World Championships, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011, Brignone won the silver medal in giant slalom. In December 2012, Brignone underwent surgery on her right ankle to remove a bothersome cyst, and missed the rest of the 2013 season.
In the 2016 season Brignone won her first two World Cup races. During the 2017 World Cup finals at Aspen, Brignone led an Italian podium sweep in giant slalom, with teammates Sofia Goggia and Marta Bassino, ending the season with three victories. Brignone was part of two other hat tricks by Italy, both in downhill: as runner-up at Bad Kleinkirchheim in 2018, and a third place at Bansko in 2020.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Brignone won her first Olympic medal, the bronze in giant slalom.
In the 2020 World Cup, Brignone earned the overall crystal globe with 1378 points, ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin (1225), who had not ran since January due to her father's death, and Petra Vlhová (1189), becoming the first and to date only Italian woman to win the World Cup overall title. With five wins and eleven podiums during the season, she added two more globes for the giant slalom and combined titles.
At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Brignone won the silver medal in giant slalom and the bronze medal in combined.
At the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel–Méribel, she won the gold medal in combined and the silver medal in giant slalom, twelve years after Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011. In the following 2024 World Cup, she won six races, her best tally so far.
At the 2025 World Championships in Saalbach, Brignone won the gold medal in giant slalom and silver in super-G. During the 2025 World Cup, she has won ten races so far, her new best tally, including her two first downhill victories, and is the current leader.

## Personal life

Brignone, born in Milan, Lombardy and grown up in Aosta Valley, is the daughter of Maria Rosa Quario (b. 1961), an alpine racer in the late 1970s and early 1980s, who had four World Cup wins and fifteen podiums, all in slalom. She has been engaged to French skier Nicolas Raffort.
Brignone lives in La Salle, Aosta Valley.

## World Cup results
### Season titles

* 4 titles – (1 Overall, 1 GS, 1 AC, 1 SG)
| Season |
| Season | Discipline |
| 2020 | Overall |
| 2020 | Giant slalom |
| 2020 | Combined |
| 2022 | Super-G |

### Season standings

| Season |
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel |
| 2010 | 19 | 43 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 20 | 26 | — | 5 | 44 | — | 36 | — |
| 2012 | 21 | 20 | 55 | 6 | 49 | — | 20 | — |
| 2013 ^ | 22 | 103 | — | — | — | — | 30 | — |
| 2014 | 23 | 31 | 50 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 24 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 17 | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 25 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 17 | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 5 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 2 | — |
| 2018 | 27 | 11 | 50 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 3 | — |
| 2019 | 28 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 1 | — |
| 2020 | 29 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 30 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 19 | — | 7 |
| 2022 | 31 | 3 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 14 | — | — |
| 2023 | 32 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 14 | — | — |
| 2024 | 33 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| 2025 | 34 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
    ^ Season-ending surgery in December 2012
    Standings through 21 February 2025

### Race victories

| | Total | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Parallel |
| Wins | 37 | — | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | — |
| Podiums | 83 | — | 41 | 26 | 10 | 6 | — |
| Season |
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
| 2016 | 24 October 2015 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom |
| 2016 | 27 February 2016 | Soldeu, Andorra | Super-G |
| 2017 | 24 January 2017 | Kronplatz, Italy | Giant slalom |
| 2017 | 24 February 2017 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Combined |
| 2017 | 19 March 2017 | Aspen, USA | Giant slalom |
| 2018 | 29 December 2017 | Lienz, Austria | Giant slalom |
| 2018 | 13 January 2018 | Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria | Super-G |
| 2018 | 4 March 2018 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Combined |
| 2019 | 24 November 2018 | Killington, USA | Giant slalom |
| 2019 | 24 February 2019 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Combined |
| 2020 5 victories (2 GS, 2 AC, 1 SG) | 17 December 2019 | Courchevel, France | Giant slalom |
| 2020 5 victories (2 GS, 2 AC, 1 SG) | 12 January 2020 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria | Combined |
| 2020 5 victories (2 GS, 2 AC, 1 SG) | 18 January 2020 | Sestriere, Italy | Giant slalom |
| 2020 5 victories (2 GS, 2 AC, 1 SG) | 2 February 2020 | Rosa Khutor, Russia | Super-G |
| 2020 5 victories (2 GS, 2 AC, 1 SG) | 23 February 2020 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Combined |
| 2021 | 28 February 2021 | Val di Fassa, Italy | Super-G |
| 2022 4 victories (3 SG, 1 GS) | 12 December 2021 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Super-G |
| 2022 4 victories (3 SG, 1 GS) | 16 January 2022 | Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria | Super-G |
| 2022 4 victories (3 SG, 1 GS) | 30 January 2022 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Super-G |
| 2022 4 victories (3 SG, 1 GS) | 20 March 2022 | Méribel, France | Giant slalom |
| 2023 | 14 January 2023 | St. Anton, Austria | Super-G |
| 2024 6 victories (4 GS, 2 SG) | 2 December 2023 | Tremblant, Canada | Giant slalom |
| 2024 6 victories (4 GS, 2 SG) | 3 December 2023 | Tremblant, Canada | Giant slalom |
| 2024 6 victories (4 GS, 2 SG) | 17 December 2023 | Val-d'Isère, France | Super-G |
| 2024 6 victories (4 GS, 2 SG) | 3 March 2024 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Super-G |
| 2024 6 victories (4 GS, 2 SG) | 9 March 2024 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom |
| 2024 6 victories (4 GS, 2 SG) | 17 March 2024 | Saalbach, Austria | Giant slalom |
| 2025 10 victories (5 GS, 3 SG, 2 DH) | 26 October 2024 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom |
| 2025 10 victories (5 GS, 3 SG, 2 DH) | 28 December 2024 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom |
| 2025 10 victories (5 GS, 3 SG, 2 DH) | 11 January 2025 | St. Anton, Austria | Downhill |
| 2025 10 victories (5 GS, 3 SG, 2 DH) | 19 January 2025 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Super-G |
| 2025 10 victories (5 GS, 3 SG, 2 DH) | 25 January 2025 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Downhill |
| 2025 10 victories (5 GS, 3 SG, 2 DH) | 21 February 2025 | Sestriere, Italy | Giant slalom |
| 2025 10 victories (5 GS, 3 SG, 2 DH) | 22 February 2025 | Sestriere, Italy | Giant slalom |
| 2025 10 victories (5 GS, 3 SG, 2 DH) | 2 March 2025 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Super-G |
| 2025 10 victories (5 GS, 3 SG, 2 DH) | 8 March 2025 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom |
| 2025 10 victories (5 GS, 3 SG, 2 DH) | 14 March 2025 | La Thuile, Italy | Super-G |

### Podiums

| Season | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums | Podiums |
| Season | Downhill | Downhill | Downhill | Super-G | Super-G | Super-G | Giant slalom | Giant slalom | Giant slalom | Combined | Combined | Combined | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| Season | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Σ |
| 2010 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | | | | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 4 | | | | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | | | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 2021 | | | | 1 | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | | | | 3 | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | 1 | | | | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 2024 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 2025 | 2 | | 1 | 3 | | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| Total | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 26 | 20 | 83 |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 83 | 83 | 83 | | 83 |

## World Championship results

| Year |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2011 | 20 | DNF1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 22 | Injured: did not compete | Injured: did not compete | Injured: did not compete | Injured: did not compete | Injured: did not compete |
| 2015 | 24 | 19 | DNF1 | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 8 | — | 7 |
| 2019 | 28 | — | 5 | 10 | — | 6 |
| 2021 | 30 | DNF1 | DNF1 | 10 | — | DNF2 |
| 2023 | 32 | — | 2 | 8 | — | 1 |
| 2025 | 34 | — | 1 | 2 | 10 | — |

## Olympic results

| Year |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2010 | 19 | — | 18 | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 23 | DNF2 | DNF1 | — | — | 11 |
| 2018 | 27 | — | 3 | 6 | DNF | 8 |
| 2022 | 31 | DNF2 | 2 | 7 | — | 3 |

## National titles

Brignone has won nine national championships at individual senior level.
* Italian Alpine Ski Championships
** Super-G: 2017, 2023 (2)
** Giant slalom: 2011, 2017, 2018 (3)
** Slalom: 2021 (1)
** Combined: 2016, 2017, 2023 (3)