Chiara Mazzel (born 19 March 1996)[1] is an Italian para-alpine skier, who won multiple events at the 2023 and 2025 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships. She competed at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Paralympics.
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| Born | 19 March 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Visually Impaired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | AS2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, Combined, Downhill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Fiamme Gialle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World finals | 2023, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editMazzel from San Giovanni di Fassa, Trento, Italy.[1] As a teenager, she was diagnosed with glaucoma, and has been partially sighted since. In her spare time, she is rock climbing, tandem cycling and plays the french horn.[2] In April 2023, Mazzel have been trekking to the Gokyo Lakes and Everest South base camp in Nepal.[3]
Career
editShe started competition events in 2019, alongside guide Fabrizio Casal.[2] She competes in visually impaired classification events.[1] Mazzel competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics. She finished seventh in the Slalom event.[4]
At the 2023 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in Espot, Spain, Mazzel won the Downhill, Super-G and Alpine Combined events.[5][6] Later that year, she won the Downhill Crystal Globe in Sella Nevea, Italy.[7]
At the 2025 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in Maribor, Slovenia, Mazzel took two silver medals, in the slalom and giant slalom events.[8]
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Mazzel Chiara" (in Italian). Italian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- 1 2 "Che gran festa a Vigo per Chiara Mazzel e Fabrizio Casal, 3 volte d'oro ai Mondiali di Espot!". Sciare Magazine (in Italian). 17 February 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ↑ "Chiara Mazzel a pe fin al Everest Base Camp" (in Corsican). La Usc. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ↑ "Women's Slalom Vision Impaired - Start List" (PDF). results.beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ↑ "Austria sit at the summit after World Para Alpine Skiing Championships". Inside the Biz. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ↑ "Sci Paralimpico: Chiara Mazzel e la guida Fabrizio Casal tornano a vincere in Coppa del Mondo". Sciare Magazine (in Italian). 17 February 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ↑ "L'ultima tappa si è svolta sulle nevi di Sella Nevea" (in Italian).
- ↑ "Mondiali di sci paralimpico, Bertagnolli e Mazzel d'oro e d'argento: i due atleti trentini protagonisti a Maribor" (in Italian).
External links
edit- Chiara Mazzel at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (para alpine)
- Chiara Mazzel at the International Paralympic Committee
- Chiara Mazzel at the Comitato Italiano Paralimpico (in Italian)
- Chiara Mazzel on Instagram
