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) Season Date Location Discipline Race2003 28 Dec 2002Semmering, Austria Giant slalom3rd6 Mar 2003Åre, Sweden Giant slalom3rd16 Mar 2003Hafjell, Norway Giant slalom2nd2004 28 Nov 2003Park City, USA Giant slalom3rd13 Dec 2003Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom1st14 Mar 2004Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom2nd2007 21 Jan 2007Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Giant slalom3rd2008 27 Oct 2007Sölden, Austria Giant slalom1st24 Nov 2007Panorama, CanadaGiant slalom1st28 Dec 2007Lienz, AustriaGiant slalom1st5 Jan 2008 Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep.Giant slalom1st12 Jan 2008 Maribor, SloveniaGiant slalom3rd26 Jan 2008 Ofterschwang, Germany Giant slalom1st2009 10 Jan 2009 Maribor, Slovenia Giant slalom2nd2010 24 Oct 2009Sölden, Austria Giant slalom3rd2011 11 Mar 2011Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep.Giant slalom2nd
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 — — —
References
External links
Denise Karbon.it – personal website – Fischer Skis – athletes – Denise Karbon