Denise Karbon

Denise Karbon (born 16 August 1980) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from South Tyrol, Italy. She competed in the technical events and specialized in giant slalom.

Biography Born in Brixen, South Tyrol, Karbon made her World Cup debut in 1998 at age 17, while the following year she was Junior World Champion. She won a total of six World Cup giant slaloms: in December 2003 at Alta Badia and five of the first six races in the 2008 season. She obtained ten other podiums for a total of sixteen.

Karbon won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships in giant slalom, followed by a bronze in 2007 in the same discipline.

In the 2008 season, Karbon won 5 of the 7 giant slalom races (and took third in another) to win the GS season title with 592 points, 113 points ahead of runner-up Elisabeth Görgl. She finished tenth in the overall standings.

At age 33, Karbon retired in March 2014, after the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide.

Personal Karbon is the niece of Norbert Rier, leader of the Kastelruther Spatzen, and the cousin of fellow alpine ski racer Peter Fill.

World Cup results Season titles Season Discipline 2008 Giant slalom

Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2000 19 41 27 18 — — — 2001 20 48 27 24 — — — 2002 21 80 42 31 — — — 2003 22 26 50 6 — — — 2004 23 23 — 2 — — — 2005 24 injured, out for season 2006 25 85 — 33 — — — 2007 26 53 — 15 — — — 2008 27 10 29 1 — — — 2009 28 18 24 6 — — — 2010 29 32 44 9 — — — 2011 30 57 — 15 — — — 2012 31 53 — 14 — — — 2013 32 60 — 21 — — — 2014 33 63 — 21 — — —

Race podiums 6 wins – (6 GS) 16 podiums – (16 GS)

World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2001 20 DNF1 DSQ2 — — — 2003 22 27 2 — — — 2005 24 injured, did not compete 2007 26 — 3 — — — 2009 28 4 4 — — — 2011 30 — 4 — — — 2013 32 — DNS2 — — —

Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2002 21 DNF1 14 — — — 2006 25 — DNF2 — — — 2010 29 18 23 — — — 2014 33 — DNF2 — — —