Sofia Goggia

About Sofia Goggia

Italian World Cup alpine ski racer specializing in the speed events of downhill and super-G, born 15 November 1992 in Bergamo, Lombardy; races for Gruppo Sciatori Fiamme Gialle. Made her World Cup debut in December 2011 and won her first World Cup race (downhill) in March 2017 at Jeongseon, South Korea. Olympic downhill gold at PyeongChang 2018 - the first Olympic alpine skiing gold for an Italian woman - followed by downhill silver at Beijing 2022 and downhill bronze at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Games on home snow, making her the first athlete ever to win three consecutive Olympic alpine skiing downhill medals; also served as the final torchbearer at the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, lighting the cauldron in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Four-time World Cup downhill season-title winner (2018, 2021-2023) and won her first super-G crystal globe at the 2025-26 World Cup Finals in Kvitfjell, Norway, taking her career tally to 29 World Cup wins (19 DH, 10 SG). Two World Championship medals: silver in super-G (2019, Are) and bronze in giant slalom (2017, St. Moritz). Career has been repeatedly interrupted by serious injuries, including torn ACLs in both knees as a teenager, a broken ankle (2018), a fractured arm (2020), a fractured tibial plateau (2021), and a fractured tibia (2024).