Nicol Delago

{{short description|Italian alpine skier}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox alpine ski racer

|name = Nicol Delago

|image = 2019 FIS Ski World Cup Crans-Montana - Nicol Delago - by jacopoghi.jpg

|image_size = 220

|caption = Delago in 2019

|disciplines = Downhill, Super-G, Combined

|club = G.S. Fiamme Gialle

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|1|5|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy

|country = {{ITA}}

|death_date =

|death_place =

|height = 1.73 m

|wcdebut = 24 January 2015 (age 19)

|retired =

|website =

|olympicteams = 2 – (2018, 2022)

|olympicmedals = 0

|olympicgolds =

|worldsteams = 3 – (2019, 2023, 2025)

|worldsmedals = 0

|worldsgolds =

|wcseasons = 8 – (20152022)

|wcwins = 0

|wcpodiums = 5 – (4 DH, 1 SG)

|wcoveralls = 0 – (28th in 2020)

|wctitles = 0 – (8th in DH, 2019)

|show-medals = yes

|medaltemplates=

{{Medal|Sport|Women's alpine skiing}}

{{Medal|Country|{{ITA}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Cup race podiums}}

{{MedalCount | total = yes

| Downhill | 0 | 2 | 2

| Super-G | 0 | 1 | 0

}}

{{Medal|Competition|Junior World Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2015 Hafjell|Downhill}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2016 Sochi|Downhill}}

|}}

File:2017 Audi FIS Ski Weltcup Garmisch-Partenkirchen Damen - Nicol Delago - by 2eight - 8SC9269.jpg downhill in 2017.]]

Nicol Delago (born 5 January 1996) is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events. She represented Italy at two Winter Olympics,{{cite web|url=http://www.pyeongchang2018.coni.it/en/home-english/athletes/scheda_atleta/1790-Nicol_Delago.html|title=Nicol Delago|publisher=coni.it|language=it|accessdate=4 February 2018}} and made her first World Cup podium in Italy {{nowrap|in December 2018.}}

She is the sister of Nadia Delago.{{cite web|url=https://www.rainews.it/tgr/bolzano/video/2020/06/blz-sorelle-delago-sci-mondiali-5174f3ba-fd3f-49b5-861b-f07dedbf2310.html|title=Le sorelle Delago si allenano sullo Stelvio. Nicol: "Anche col maltempo"|publisher=rainews.it|language=it|date=15 June 2020|accessdate=13 February 2021}}

Biography

Born in Brixen in South Tyrol, Delago won two bronze medals in downhill at the World Junior Championships, in 2015 {{nowrap|and 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/news-multimedia/news/article=junior-worlds-grenier-and-arvidsson-storm-downhill-victory.html|title=Alpine Junior Worlds: Grenier and Arvidsson speed to downhill victory|publisher=fis-ski.com/|accessdate=4 February 2018}}}}

Four Alpine skiers from the Delago family have participated in World Cup and World Championships competitions. Siblings Oskar (born 1963) and Karla Delago (b.1965), specialists in speed events in the 1980s and their two nieces, Nicol and Nadia (b.1997), active in the 2010s.{{cite web|url=https://www.giornalettismo.com/nicol-delago-chi-e/|title=Chi è Nicol Delago, la stella alpina che è sbocciata in Val Gardena|publisher=fis-ski.com|quote=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.|language=it|date=18 December 2018|accessdate=16 February 2021}}

World Cup results

=Season standings=

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!Season !! Age !!  Overall  !!  Slalom  !! Giant
 slalom  !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined

201720985332
201721813733
20182256342819
2019233131818
20202428191933
202125colspan=6|Injured, out for almost entire season
202226533327rowspan=3 {{n/a}}
202327574524
202428404313
202529703527

:{{small|Standings through 25 February 2024}}

=Race podiums=

  • 0 wins
  • 5 podiums – (4 DH, 1 SG); 13 top tens

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! Season

! Date

! Location

! Discipline

! Place

2019

|align=right|18 December 2018

align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill2nd
rowspan=2|2020align=right|8 December 2019align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Lake Louise, CanadaSuper-G2nd
align=right|11 January 2020rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AustriaDownhill2nd
rowspan=2|2024

|align=right|13 January 2024

Downhill3rd
align=right|23 March 2024align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Saalbach, AustriaDownhill3rd

World Championship results

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!  Year   !!  Age  !!  Slalom  !!  Giant 
 slalom  !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined !! Team
Combined

201923612rowspan=3{{n/a}}
202125colspan=5 | Injured, did not compete
20232718
2025298{{n/a}}8

Olympic results

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!  Year   !!  Age  !!  Slalom  !!  Giant 
 slalom  !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined

201822DNF
20222611DNF2

See also

References

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