10 Facts About Marta Bassino

Marta Bassino was born on 27 February 1996 and is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer.

At the Junior World Championships in 2014, Marta Bassino won the gold medal in the giant slalom on her eighteenth birthday in late February.

Marta Bassino was part of the podium in Bansko in 2020, when Italian athletes took the top three places in the women's downhill.

In that year Marta Bassino became the first Italian skier able to get on the podium in five different disciplines in the same season.

At her first World Championships in 2015, Marta Bassino took part in the giant slalom, qualifying for the second run in 8th place, but did not finish.

At her first Winter Olympics in 2018 at Pyeongchang, Marta Bassino was fifth in the giant slalom, tenth in the combined, but did not finish the first run of the slalom.

Marta Bassino clinched the women's World Cup crystal globe in the discipline on 7 March 2021, prior to the finals.

At the 2021 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Marta Bassino won the gold medal in the parallel giant slalom event, alongside Austria's Katharina Liensberger.

Marta Bassino was a strong favourite for the giant slalom race she finished in 13th place.

Marta Bassino has won four national championships at individual senior level.