Carolina Ruiz Castillo

Carolina Verónica Ruiz Castillo (born 14 October 1981) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Osorno, Chile, she represented Spain in four Winter Olympics and eight World Championships. She moved to Spain with her parents few weeks after she was born, specifically to Sierra Nevada (Granada). She also competed in the European cup and the junior world championships, where she won two medals.

Ruiz secured her first World Cup victory in 2013, a downhill at Méribel, France. It was the first-ever victory in a World Cup speed event for Spain and the second career podium for Ruiz Castillo at age 31; her first was thirteen years earlier in a giant slalom.

World Cup results

Top ten finishes 1 win – (1 DH) 2 podiums – (1 DH, 1 GS) 14 top tens – (9 DH, 4 SG, 1 GS) Season Date Location Discipline Place 2000 11 Mar 2000 Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom 2nd 2008 8 Dec 2007 Aspen, USA Downhill 7th 20 Jan 2008 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Super G 8th 22 Feb 2008 Whistler, Canada Downhill 10th 2009 24 Jan 2009 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 7th 2011 8 Mar 2011 Tarvisio, Italy Super G 9th 2013 19 Jan 2013 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 10th 20 Jan 2013 Super G 4th 23 Feb 2013 Méribel, France Downhill 1st 1 Mar 2013 Garmisch, Germany Super G 6th

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super G Downhill Combined 2000 18 71 – 24 — — — 2001 19 74 – 39 34 — — 2002 20 104 – – 36 — — 2003 21 100 – 51 47 — — 2004 22 120 — — — — — 2005 23 82 – – 40 — — 2006 24 100 – – 44 — — 2007 25 58 – 54 28 32 — 2008 26 35 – 45 20 19 — 2009 27 59 – – 28 28 48 2010 28 86 – – 39 38 — 2011 29 55 – – 22 33 — 2012 30 63 – – 26 32 — 2013 31 22 – 36 11 15 — 2014 32 48 — — 35 23 — 2015 33 36 — — 30 17 —

Standings through 4 Nov 2015

Season Date Location Discipline Place 2002 17 Feb 2002 Salt Lake City, USA Super-G 15th 20 Feb 2002 Salt Lake City, USA Slalom 26th 22 Feb 2002 Salt Lake City, USA Giant slalom DNF1 2006 15 Feb 2006 Turin, Italy Downhill 30th 18 Feb 2006 Turin, Italy Combined 25th 20 Feb 2006 Turin, Italy Super-G 30th 24 Feb 2006 Turin, Italy Giant slalom 20th 2010 17 Feb 2010 Vancouver, Canada Downhill 15th 20 Feb 2010 Vancouver, Canada Super-G 18th 25 Feb 2010 Vancouver, Canada Giant slalom 34th 2014 12 Feb 2014 Sochi, Rusia Downhill DNF 15 Feb 2014 Sochi, Rusia Super-G DNF