Elena Runggaldier
Elena Runggaldier (* July 10, 1990 in Bolzano ) is an Italian ski jumper.
Career
Elena Runggaldier grew up in Santa Cristina and has a Handesoberschul degree ( Abitur), the following architectural studies, she had, however, stopped to devote himself full of sports career. She was discovered at the age of 12 years from their manager Romed Moroder, as they are still interested in cross country skiing. Currently starts for G. S. Fiamme Gialle. Your first FIS - jumping she denied since the summer of 2003. In January 2005 she made her debut in the FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup and was on her first jump in Planica 23 and thus won first points. Already in February jumped Runggaldier in eighth in Baiersbronn first time in the top ten. In normal were the Junior World Championships in Kranj 2006 she won behind Juliane Seyfarth and Atsuko Tanaka the bronze medal for the Italian results between 10th and 25th. A few days later she won the fourth place in Baiersbronn in a Continental Cup jumping. It was her best result in the series, she could achieve in Liberec only again in 2008. The Junior World Championships 2007 in Tarvisio brought a ninth place in 2008 in Zakopane, she won behind Jacqueline Seifriedsberger the silver medal. With number 13 the Italian in 2009 reached its worst Junior World Cup result in Štrbské Pleso. Then started Runggaldier at the first Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, was carried out at the women's ski jumping. However, when 32 they just missed qualifying for the final round. After she brought strongly fluctuating performances in the 2009/10 season in the Continental Cup, she won the gold medal at the Junior World Championship 2010 in Hinterzarten. Even in Winter Universiade 2011 Erzurum Turkish she could win the title. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo she reached the second place behind Daniela Iraschko. The Medal of Val Gardena is historical: Never had brought a medal at a World Cup ski jumping, an athlete of the Italian Winter Sports Federation.
With the Olympic debut of women's ski jumping she was ranked 29
Family
Her younger brother is the Nordic combined Mattia Runggaldier and her older brother 's ski jumping coach in the Ski Club Gardena Raiffeisen.