Daniela Ceccarelli

Daniela Ceccarelli (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian alpine skiing coach and former World Cup Alpine skier.^[1]

Daniela Ceccarelli

Ceccarelli in 2023
Personal information
Born	(1975-09-25) 25 September 1975 (age 50) Rocca Priora, Italy
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Skiing career
Club	G.S. Fiamme Oro
World Cup debut	1996
Retired	2010
Website	ceccarelligoldenteam.it
Olympics
Teams	2
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4
World Cup
Seasons	15
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Italy World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Downhill 0 0 1 Super-G 0 2 0 Total 0 2 1 International competitions Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Super-G

In 2002, she won a surprise gold medal in the super-G competition in Salt Lake City.^[2] After her retirement, she started her own ski club, under the name Golden Team Ceccarelli, along with her family. She is the mother of the Albanian alpine skier Lara Colturi.^[3]

Biography

Ceccarelli (right) with her husband Alessandro Colturi and her daughter Lara Colturi.

Ceccarelli, engineer Giuseppe Palamara and the President of the Albanian Ski Federation Elvis Toci shot in San Vigilio di Marebbe in 2023.

Daniela Ceccarelli in her 16 years of high-level competitive activity, from 1996 to 2010, conquered three podiums in World Cup races, two second places in super-G and a third place in downhill, but her most important result it is undoubtedly the Olympic gold medal won at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. She has also won the Italian Alpine Ski Championships two times and various other podium finishes.^[4]

After her career as an athlete, she founded a ski team, the Golden Team Daniela Ceccarelli, in which she is also a coach, and subsequently she also became technical commissioner of the Albanian national ski team, for which nation her daughter Lara Colturi also competes.^[3][5]

Until 2021, she was also a technical commentator for the ski races for the Italian RAI radio and television.^[6]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant  slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
1998	22	84	—	—	44	36	—
1999	23	66	—	—	35	37	—
2000	24	64	—	—	25	33	—
2001	25	40	—	—	16	32	—
2002	26	19	—	—	7	11	8
2003	27	16	—	44	6	13	16
2004	28	30	—	—	22	13	—
2005	29	56	—	—	47	19	24
2006	30	49	—	—	27	29	—
2007	31	109	—	—	43	—	—
2008	32	46	—	—	26	27	—
2009	33	78	—	—	39	33	—

Race podiums

• 3 podiums - (1 DH, 2 SG)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2002	22 Dec 2001	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Super-G	2nd
	26 Jan 2002	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	Downhill	3rd
2003	13 Dec 2002	Val d'Isère, France	Super-G	2nd

National titles

Ceccarelli has won two national championships at individual senior level.^[4]

• Italian Alpine Ski Championships
  • Super-G: 2002
  • Downhill: 2003

See also

• Italy national alpine ski team at the Olympics