Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
Swiss cross-country skier and ski mountaineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi (born 1 May 1971) is a Swiss cross-country skier and ski mountaineer who has competed since 1988 in the World Cup circuit. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a tenth place in the 30 km event at those same games. This was the first olympic medal ever for a Swiss woman cross-country team. Leonardi Cortesi's best score at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was a fifth place in the 4 × 5 km relay in 1999.
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Country | Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1971-05-01) 1 May 1971 (age 53) Faido, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | SC Bedretto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 15 – (1992, 1994–2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (56th in 2000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In Ski mountaineering she won 2005 the Trofeo Mezzalama with Gloriana Pellisier and Christiane Nex. 2006 she was vertical race world champion.
At the Worldloppet she won three times her home-race the Engadin Skimarathon in 2003, 2005 and 2006. She was the first Swiss woman to win the Kangaroo Hoppet 2006 in Australia and 2011 the Transjurassienne in France.