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Marta Bassino

Alpine skier
At Sestriere in December 2022
Disciplines	Giant slalom, super-G, combined, downhill, slalom
Club	CS Esercito
Born	(1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 29) Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup debut	16 March 2014 (age 18)
Website	martabassino.com
Olympics
Teams	2 − (2018, 2022)
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	6 − (2015–2025)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	11 − (2014–2024)
Wins	7 − (6 GS, 1 DH)
Podiums	30 − (20 GS, 5 SG, 2 AC, 2 DH, 1 PGS)
Overall titles	0 − (5th in 2020)
Discipline titles	1 − (GS, 2021)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Italy World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Giant slalom 6 5 9 Downhill 1 1 0 Super-G 0 2 3 Combined 0 1 1 Parallel 0 0 1 International competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Championships 2 0 1 Junior World Championships 1 0 0 World Championships Gold 2021 Cortina d'Ampezzo Parallel Gold 2023 Méribel Super-G Bronze 2019 Åre Team event Junior World Championships Gold 2014 Jasná Giant slalom

Marta Bassino (born 27 February 1996) is an Italian alpine ski racer. She competes in the World Cup, which is the top level of alpine ski racing. Marta is known for her skills in all types of ski races, but she is especially good at giant slalom. She has won six World Cup races in this event.

Marta Bassino's Early Life and Career

Marta Bassino racing in Courchevel in December 2015.

Marta Bassino was born in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy. She grew up in Borgo San Dalmazzo.

When she was 18, Marta won a gold medal in the giant slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2014. This big win allowed her to compete in her first ever World Cup race that same year. The next season, 2014–15, was her first full season competing in the World Cup.

Marta Bassino's Ski Racing Achievements

Marta achieved her first World Cup podium (a top-three finish) in October 2016. She came in third place in a giant slalom race in Sölden, Austria. Later that season, she got two more third-place finishes in giant slalom races in Kronplatz, Italy, and Aspen, USA. In Aspen, she shared the podium with her Italian teammates, which was a special moment.

In 2019, Marta won her very first World Cup race, a giant slalom event in Killington, USA. That year was amazing for her because she became the first Italian skier to get on the podium in five different types of races in one season!

World Championship Success

Marta has competed in many World Championships. These are big events where skiers from all over the world compete for medals.

• In 2015, at her first World Championships, she didn't finish the giant slalom race.
• In 2017, she finished 11th in giant slalom and 17th in combined.
• In 2019, she won a bronze medal in the team event. She also finished 13th in both giant slalom and combined.
• In 2021, Marta won a gold medal in the parallel giant slalom event. She shared this gold medal with Katharina Liensberger from Austria. She was a favorite to win the giant slalom, but finished 13th.
• In 2023, she won another gold medal, this time in the Super-G event.

Olympic Games Participation

Marta has also represented Italy at the Winter Olympics.

• At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, she finished fifth in the giant slalom and tenth in the combined event.
• At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she competed in several events, including the giant slalom and Super-G.

World Cup Highlights

Marta Bassino has achieved great success in the World Cup.

World Cup Season Titles

Marta has won one special title in the World Cup:

	Season
		Discipline
	2021	Giant slalom

This means she was the best skier in the giant slalom discipline for the entire 2020–21 season!

World Cup Race Podiums

Marta has stood on the podium 30 times in World Cup races, which means she finished in the top three. She has 7 wins in total: 6 in giant slalom and 1 in downhill.

Season
	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2017	22 Oct 2016	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	24 Jan 2017	Kronplatz, Italy	Giant slalom	3rd
	19 Mar 2017	Aspen, USA	Giant slalom	3rd
2018	26 Jan 2018	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Combined	2nd
2019	15 Jan 2019	Kronplatz, Italy	Giant slalom	3rd
2020	30 Nov 2019	Killington, USA	Giant slalom	1st
	28 Dec 2019	Lienz, Austria	Giant slalom	2nd
	12 Jan 2020	Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria	Combined	3rd
	19 Jan 2020	Sestriere, Italy	Parallel-G	3rd
	25 Jan 2020	Bansko, Bulgaria	Downhill	2nd
	26 Jan 2020		Super-G	2nd
2021	17 Oct 2020	Sölden, Austria	Giant slalom	1st
	12 Dec 2020	Courchevel, France	Giant slalom	1st
	10 Jan 2021	St. Anton, Austria	Super-G	2nd
	16 Jan 2021	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	1st
	17 Jan 2021		Giant slalom	1st
	26 Jan 2021	Kronplatz, Italy	Giant slalom	3rd
2022	22 Dec 2021	Courchevel, France	Giant slalom	3rd
	8 Jan 2022	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	3rd
	11 Mar 2022	Åre, Sweden	Giant slalom	2nd
	20 Mar 2022	Méribel, France	Giant slalom	2nd
2023	26 Nov 2022	Killington, USA	Giant slalom	2nd
	10 Dec 2022	Sestriere, Italy	Giant slalom	1st
	27 Dec 2022	Semmering, Austria	Giant slalom	3rd
	28 Dec 2022		Giant slalom	3rd
	7 Jan 2023	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	2nd
	15 Jan 2023	St. Anton, Austria	Super-G	3rd
	22 Jan 2023	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Super-G	3rd
2024	17 Feb 2024	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	Downhill	1st
	18 Feb 2024		Super-G	3rd

National Championships

Marta Bassino has also won four national championships in Italy. These are races where she competes against other top Italian skiers.

• Giant slalom: 2014, 2019, 2021
• Slalom: 2019

Images for kids

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  Marta Bassino at Sestriere in December 2022.

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  Marta Bassino racing in Courchevel in December 2015.

See also

In Spanish: Marta Bassino para niños

• Italian female skiers most successful World Cup race winner