Raffaella Brutto (born 10 January 1988 in

Genoa Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...

) is an Italian

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

, specializing in

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and

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for Italy. In 2010, she was 17th in the qualification round of the

, not advancing. In the 2014

, she was 19th in the seeding round, and then 4th in her quarterfinal, not advancing and ending 16th overall. As of September 2014, her best showing at the

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is 6th, in

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. Brutto made her

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debut in January 2006. As of September 2014, she has two World Cup podium finishes, with her best a silver at

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in 2012–13. Her best overall finish is 7th, in 2012–13.

World Cup Podiums

References

1988 births Living people Olympic snowboarders for Italy Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Genoa Italian female snowboarders Winter World University Games medalists in snowboarding FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Winter Universiade 21st-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-snowboarding-bio-stub