The women's giant slalom in the 2023 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup included ten events, including the final. The season was scheduled to open in Sölden, Austria on 22 October 2022, but the race was cancelled due to bad weather and rescheduled to Semmering, Austria on 27 December.
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 giant slalom was held in Méribel on 16 February.
Season summary After six races, 2021 discipline champion Marta Bassino of Italy, who had podiumed in five of them (one win, two seconds, and two thirds), held a slim lead over 2019 discipline champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States, who had three wins, in the season standings. However, Shiffrin's victory in the seventh race (her fourth win) not only propelled her into the discipline lead for the season but also broke Lindsey Vonn's all-time women's record for World Cup victories, as it was Shiffrin's 83rd overall win. Shiffrin's later victory in Åre, Sweden (her sixth giant slalom win of the season) gave her the season championship with one race remaining and also enabled her to tie two records: Ingemar Stenmark's all-time overall record of 86 World Cup wins, and Vreni Schneider's all-time women's record of 20 giant slalom victories.
Shiffrin then broke Schneider's women's record for giant slalom victories by winning the finals, her seventh World Cup victory in the discipline for the season and her 21st career victory in the discipline (but still trailing Stenmark, who had 46, as well as three other men: Marcel Hirscher (31), Ted Ligety (24), and Michael von Grünigen (23)). Also, Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami, who finished fourth, moved past Bassino, who finished sixth, into second place in the discipline for the season.
The World Cup finals took place on Sunday, 19 March 2023 in Soldeu, Andorra, which previously hosted the finals in 2019. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup giant slalom 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 final, and only the top 15 earned World Cup points.
Standings Venue WC #SkierTotal Mikaela Shiffrin204010010040100100100①1001008002 Lara Gut-Behrami 10036368045608045④DNF1505323 Marta Bassino 801006060804526DNF2⑤24405154 Petra Vlhová 5060803660505050⑦50DNF14865 Federica Brignone 2950455050806032②80DNF14766 Sara Hector608032DSQ229324060⑬60DNF13937 Valérie Grenier DNF122DSQ145100402918⑳40603548 Tessa Worley364550264134540DNF245243289 Ragnhild Mowinckel 4029402215142480③182931110 Thea Louise Stjernesund261016624111516⑧328023611 Paula Moltzan133226291229DNF236DNF1161620912 Alice Robinson181529DNF112DNF23229⑮36362071332DNF1DNF140201036DNF1⑩293219914 Ana BucikDNF2201818322618DNF1㉕14014615 Ricarda Haaser 1612143218DNF11115DNF1DNS2013816 Mina Fürst HoltmannDNF1DNF15202636DNF24⑥DNF14513617 Wendy Holdener1526816168DNS⑱221812918 Franziska Gritsch 1114792216109⑫DNF22212019 Coralie Frasse SombetDNF116241440DNQ7DNQ⑨DNF2010120 Katharina Liensberger 454201210DNQDNQ3㉔DNQ094 Maria Therese TvibergDNQDNF26241424DNF1DNF2⑲DNF1269422 Andrea Ellenberger 12111115622511DNF1DNQ09323 Stephanie BrunnerDNSDNF213111318DNF2DNQDNS2908424 Julia ScheibDNSDNQDNQDNF1202224DNF213DNF17925 Estelle Alphand58DNF1DNSDNQ52013㉖2007126 Nina O'Brien 8DNQDNF1DNQDNF161326⑪15DNF16827 Ramona Siebenhofer221410DSQ12DNQ8DNQDNS8NE6428 Michelle Gisin 67225DNF239DNQ㉘906129 Elisabeth Kappaurer DNF118DNF113DNQDNQ168DNS5NE6030 Lara Colturi14DNQDNF111DNQDNQ1414DNSNE5331 Camille Rast1094479DNQ5⑭DNQNE4832 Asja Zenere DNS24DNQ73DNQDNQ12㉒DNSNE4633 Simone Wild35128DNQ4DNF110DNSDNQNE4234 Roberta Melesi243DNQDNQDNF1DNQDNQDNF1DNS11NE3835 Katharina Truppe 9615DNF2DNQDNQDNQDNQDNS7NE3736 Elisa PlatinoDNSDNQDNQDNQ815DNQDNQDNS12NE3537 Hilma LövblomDNSDNQDNF1DNF1DNQDNQDNQ20DNF16NE2638 Neja DvornikDNQDNQDNF1DNSDNQDNQDNQ22㉗DNQNE22 Elisa MörzingerDNQDNQ3DNQDNQDNQ127DNSDNF1NE2240 Clara DirezDNF2DNF19DNQ9DNQDNQDNQ⑯DNF1NE18 Zrinka LjutićDNQDNSDNQDNQDNF112DNF26⑰DNF2NE1842 Lisa NybergDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ6DNQDNS10NE1643 Katharina Huber7DNQ1DNF1DNQDNQDNSNE844 Britt RichardsonDNQDNSDNQDNQDNQ7DNF1DNQ㉑DNSNE745 Nina AstnerDNQDNQDNQDNQ5DNQDNQDNQDNSDNQNE546 Katie Hensien4DNF1DNF1DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ㉓DNQNE447 Romane MiradoliDNSDNQ3DNSDNF2DNSNE3 Corinne SuterDNSDNQ3DNSNE349 Tina RobnikDNSDNQDNF1DNQ2DNQDNQDNSNE2References
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DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 DNF1 = Did Not Finish run 1 DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1 DNF2 = Did Not Finish run 2 DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2 DNS2 = Did not start run 2
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 downhill 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G 2023 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's slalom World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine skiing at FIS website