The women's downhill in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of nine events, including the final. The original schedule called for eleven events, but the first two races of the season scheduled for 5 and 6 November 2022 in Zermatt/Cervinia (on the Matterhorn, which would have crossed an international border between the start (in Switzerland) and the finish (in Italy)), were canceled due to adverse weather conditions; the FIS decided not to reschedule them. Once the season began, a downhill scheduled in St. Anton on 14 January had to be converted into a Super-G due to the inability to hold a pre-race training run on either of the two days prior to the downhill. However, a subsequent Super-G scheduled at Cortina d'Ampezzo was converted into a downhill, restoring the original schedule.
Three-time discipline champion (and two-time defending champion) Sofia Goggia of Italy won four of the first five downhills, similar to the prior two seasons, and established a lead of more than 200 points. Goggia was the only skier to reach the podium in all five races, as she finished second in the race that she did not win. After winning the race in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Goggia held a lead of 179 points over 2017 discipline champion Ilka Štuhec of Slovenia, with only two races remaining. In the next downhill in Kvitfjell, Goggia's runner-up finish secured her third straight discipline championship (and fourth overall).
The season was interrupted by the 2023 World Ski Championships in the linked resorts of Courchevel and Méribel, France from 6–19 February 2023. Although the Alpine Skiing branch of the International Ski Federation (FIS) conducts both the World Cup and the World Championships, the World Championships are organized by nation (a maximum of four skiers is generally permitted per nation), and (after 1970) the results count only for World Championship medals, not for World Cup points. Accordingly, the results in the World Championship are highlighted in blue and shown in this table by ordinal position only in each discipline. The women's downhill was held in Méribel on 11 February.
The World Cup finals took place on Wednesday, 15 March in Soldeu, Andorra, which also hosted the finals in 2019. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup downhill discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship, plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the discipline final, and only the top 15 earned World Cup points.
Standings Venue WC#Skier Total Sofia Goggiaxx10010080100100DNFDSQ10080807402 Ilka Štuhec xx4545228080100⑥29501005513 Corinne Suter xx80606018DNFDNS③1160203094 Elena Curtoni xx3222100323260⑬1020DNF3085 Mirjam Puchner xx50451436429④2624452736 Lara Gut-Behramixx132032224550⑨2010602727 Kira Weidle xx36247606016⑧18DNF292508 Kajsa Vickhoff Liexx11072080⑮5100322469 Nina Ortlieb xx4080184018DNF②429DNF22910 Ragnhild Mowinckel xx6293213950⑩50132422611 Breezy Johnson xx1554562926DNF24324022212 Mikaela ShiffrinxxDNS40505036DNS45DNS22113 Joana Hählen xx2950152966⑰45182222014 Federica Brignone xxDNS336013DNS80365021815 Jasmine Fluryxx26165026813①14141818516 Cornelia Hütter xx60DNS24451422④0DNF016517 Isabella Wrightxx2013DNF242415⑲DNF223615418 Laura Gauché xx547936DNF⑫6002915019 Michelle Gisin xx93212161126DNS322014020 Priska Nufer xx212311540⑪4026013921 Laura Pirovano xx8026142214⑭3616013622 Stephanie VenierxxDNS1111152632⑦315011323 Ramona Siebenhofer xx3150131520DNS045DNS11124 Nicol Delago xx2236031310⑱051610525 Christina Agerxx15220101010DNS161109426 Tamara Tippler xxDNS9204020DNSDNFDNS8927 Romane Miradoli xx2426DNF21812⑮DNFDNSNE8228 Emma Aicher xx010168DNSDNF68NE48 Delia Durrerxx11200028DNS07NE4830 Ariane Rädlerxx161401DNS13DNSNE4431 Marta Bassino xx109DNS0DNS15DNS034 Nadia Delago xx480537DNS70NE34 Alice Robinson xxDNS0DNS1DNS249NE3434 Stephanie Jenal xxDNF050011DNS124NE3235 Juliana Suter xx1870000DNS20NE2736 Stefanie Fleckenstein xx000000DNS812NE20 Marie-Michèle Gagnon xx7634DNFDNSNE2038 Cande Moreno xxDNF010DNF0DNF㉒06NE1639 Tricia Mangan xx0DNS14000㉓10NE15 Nicole Schmidhofer xx120DNS0DNS3DNSNE1541 Petra Vlhová xxDNSDNFDNS9DNS942 Karoline Pichler xx008DNFDNF0DNSDNFDNSNE843 Nadine Fest xxDNS0DNS70DNS00NE744 Keely Cashman xx000004DNS02NE645 Janine Schmitt xxDNS05DNSNE546 xxDNS400DNFDNS00NE447 Franziska Gritsch xxDNS0DNFDNS3NE3 Elvedina Muzaferija xx000003⑳DNF0NE349 Anouck Errard xxDNS0001㉑0DNSNE1 Lauren Macuga xxDNS10DNS00NE1References Legend
DNF = Did not finish DSQ = Disqualified
See also 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine Skiing at FIS website