Irene Curtoni (born 11 August 1985) is an Italian former

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. She was specialised in the technical events of

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and

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. Born in

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, Isère,

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, where her father was a ski instructor, Curtoni was raised in the province of

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in Lombardy, Italy. Whilst growing up, she also competed in

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and

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before settling on skiing. She made her World Cup debut in December

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, and her best result is a third place in giant slalom in March

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. Through December

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, Curtoni has two World Cup podiums and 32 top ten finishes; she has represented Italy in five

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and the

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, where she was tenth in the

and part of the Italian squad which finished fifth in the team event. She won a bronze medal in the team event at the World Championships in

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. In 2021 she announced her retirement from the ski competitions. Since 2021 she is working as a technical commentator for alpine ski races at the Swiss-Italian television. Her younger sister is alpine ski racer Elena Curtoni (b.1991).

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 2 podiums – (1 GS, 1 PS); 32 top tens

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Irene Curtoni
at tue

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(FISI) ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtoni, Irene 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Échirolles Skiers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Italian female alpine skiers French sportspeople of Italian descent Alpine skiers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Sportspeople from the Province of Sondrio Skiers from Lombardy