Natascia Leonardi Cortesi (born 1 May 1971) is a Swiss cross-country skier and ski mountaineer who has competed since 1988 in the World Cup circuit. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a tenth place in the 30 km event at those same games. This was the first olympic medal ever for a Swiss woman cross-country team. Leonardi Cortesi's best score at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was a fifth place in the 4 × 5 km relay in 1999.
| Natascia Leonardi Cortesi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 1971 Faido, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | SC Bedretto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 15 – (1992, 1994–2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (56th in 2000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In Ski mountaineering she won 2005 the Trofeo Mezzalama with Gloriana Pellisier and Christiane Nex. 2006 she was vertical race world champion.
At the Worldloppet she won three times her home-race the Engadin Skimarathon in 2003, 2005 and 2006. She was the first Swiss woman to win the Kangaroo Hoppet 2006 in Australia and 2011 the Transjurassienne in France.
Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
edit- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 20 | — | — | 25 | — | 31 | — | 9 | — |
| 1998 | 26 | — | — | DNS | — | 24 | — | 4 | — |
| 2002 | 30 | — | 15 | 15 | — | 10 | — | Bronze | — |
| 2006 | 34 | — | — | — | 24 | 16 | — | 11 | — |
World Championships
edit| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 25 | 59 | — | 42 | DNF | 31 | — | 8 | — |
| 1999 | 27 | — | — | 28 | — | 27 | — | 5 | — |
| 2001 | 29 | — | — | 20 | — | CNX[a] | — | 7 | — |
| 2003 | 31 | — | 34 | 28 | — | 23 | — | 10 | — |
| 2005 | 33 | — | 16 | — | — | 23 | — | 11 | — |
| 2007 | 35 | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
- a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | Tour de Ski | ||
| 1992 | 20 | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994 | 22 | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 23 | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 24 | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 25 | NC | — | NC | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 26 | NC | — | NC | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 27 | 71 | — | 48 | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 28 | 56 | — | 53 | 42 | — | — |
| 2001 | 29 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 30 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 31 | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 32 | 78 | 63 | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 33 | 57 | 40 | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 34 | NC | NC | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 35 | NC | NC | — | — | — | — |
References
edit- ^ "LEONARDI CORTESI Natascia". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
External links
edit- Natascia Leonardi Cortesi at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Natascia Leonardi Cortesi at Olympics.com
- Natascia Leonardi Cortesi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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