Alessandra Merlin

Alessandra Merlin ( born September 22, 1975 in Turin) is an Italian alpine skier. By 2001, she was specializing in the World Cup on the disciplines of downhill and Super -G, since it denies almost exclusively carving race and established himself in the FIS Carving Cup Series champion as.

Biography

The three years younger sister of Barbara Merlin began her career with inserts in FIS races and in the European Cup. On January 9, 1993, she participated in Cortina d'Ampezzo first part in a World Cup race. At the Junior World Championship 1993, she won the bronze medal in the Super -G. The first World Cup points she brought on 10 December 1994 as the 18th downhill in Lake Louise.

Merlin's performances were rather unstable, which is why the coach they often set back in the European Cup in a row. Only in December 1997, she was able to break into a World Cup race in the top ten. The only podium she succeeded on 19 December 1999 at the Super -G in St. Moritz, where she was behind Karen Putzer second.

The last World Cup races she contested in December 2001. Two years later she took part in the Winter Universiade in Tarvisio, winning the super-G gold medal. Since 2002 Merlin denies almost exclusively carving race. In the FIS Carving Cup she established herself as a serial winner: so far you won more than 25 races and decided in the winters of 2002/ 03, 2004 / 05, 2005/ 06, 2006/ 07 and 2008/ 09 the total score for themselves.