Daniela Ceccarelli

Daniela Ceccarelli (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian alpine skiing coach and former World Cup ski racer.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, she won a surprise gold medal in the super-G competition at Snowbasin. 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 racer Lara Colturi (b.2006).

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.

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.

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

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 — 2010 34

Race podiums 0 wins 3 podiums - (1 DH, 2 SG), 24 top tens

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Downhill Combined 1999 23 — — 18 — — 2001 25 — — 15 16 15 2003 27 — — DNF 13 — 2005 29 — — — 14 DSQ2

Year Age Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Downhill Combined 2002 26 — — 1 20 15 2006 30 — — 31 — —

National titles Ceccarelli won two national championships at the individual senior level.

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