Flora Tabanelli
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{{Short description|Italian freestyle skier (born 2007)}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's freestyle skiing}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2025 Engadin|Big air}}
{{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Gangwon|Big air}}
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Flora Tabanelli (born 20 November 2007) is an Italian freestyle skier.
Career
Tabanelli represented Italy at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics and was the flag-bearer during the Opening Ceremony.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/freestyle-skiing-flora-tabanelli-follow-eileen-gu-winter-olympics |title=Freestyle skier Flora Tabanelli hoping to follow Eileen Gu's footsteps at Milano Cortina 2026|website=olympics.com |first=Benedetto |last=Giardina |date=30 December 2024 |access-date=21 March 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.coni.it/en/news/flora-tabanelli,-the-rising-star-of-freestyle,-has-been-selected-as-the-flag-bearer-for-the-youth-olympic-games-in-gangwon-2024.html |title=Flora Tabanelli, the rising star of freestyle, has been selected as the flag-bearer for the Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon 2024 |website=coni.it |date=8 January 2024 |access-date=21 March 2025}} During the Youth Olympics she won gold medals in the big air and slopestyle events.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/gangwon-2024-big-air-day-9-winter-youth-olympic-games-top-moments |title=Gangwon 2024: Flora Tabanelli golden again; Charlie Beatty wins freeski Big Air - Day 9 Winter Youth Olympic Games top moments |website=olympics.com |first=James |last=Pratt |date=27 January 2024 |access-date=21 March 2025}}
During the 2024–25 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, Tabanelli won the overall women's park & pipe crystal globe with 540 points across big air and slopestyle events.{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/freeski-park-and-pipe/news/2024-25/muir-and-hall-top-tignes-slopestyle-world-cup-season-finale-as-tabanelli-svancer-win-overall-crystal-globes |title=Muir and Hall top Tignes slopestyle World Cup season finale as Tabanelli, Svancer win overall Crystal Globes |website=fis-ski.com |date=14 March 2025 |access-date=21 March 2025}} She made her FIS Snowboard World Championships debut in 2025 and finished in fourth place in the slopestyle event.{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/freeski-park-and-pipe/news/2024-25/gremaud-thrills-home-crowd-alongside-ruud-to-retain-slopestyle-world-championship-titles |title=Gremaud thrills home crowd alongside Ruud to retain slopestyle World Champion titles |website=fis-ski.com |date=21 March 2025 |access-date=21 March 2025}} A week later, she then competed in the big air event and won a gold medal with a score of 176.75 points.{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/freeski-park-and-pipe/news/2024-25/teenage-tabanelli-storms-to-big-air-world-championships-gold-as-harrington-delivers-men-s-masterclass |title=Teenage Tabanelli storms to big air World Championships gold as Harrington delivers men’s masterclass |website=fis-ski.com |date=29 March 2025 |access-date=29 March 2025}}
Personal life
Tabanelli's brother, Miro, is also a freestyle skier.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/tabanelli-siblings-sweep-freeski-big-air-titles-world-cup-tignes-results |title=Tabanelli siblings sweep freeski big air competition at World Cup final in Tignes |website=olympics.com |first=Scott |last=Bregman |date=13 March 2025 |access-date=21 March 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{FIS freestyle skier|269477|Flora Tabanelli}}
- {{X Games profile|new_id=flora-tabanelli}}
{{Footer World Champions Big Air Women}}
{{Footer Youth Olympic Champions Freestyle Skiing Big Air Girls}}
{{Footer Youth Olympic Champions Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle Girls}}
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Category:Italian female freestyle skiers
Category:Sportspeople from Bologna
Category:Freestyle skiers at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Category:21st-century Italian sportswomen
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