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Natascia Leonardi Cortesi

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Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
Country Switzerland
Born (1971-05-01) 1 May 1971 (age 53)
Faido, Switzerland
Ski clubSC Bedretto
World Cup career
Seasons15 – (1992, 19942007)
Starts73
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (56th in 2000)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Representing  Switzerland
Women's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 5 km relay
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Les Saisies 4 × 5 km relay
Women's ski mountaineering
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cuneo Vertical race

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.

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.

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

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  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
1992 20 25 31 9
1998 26 DNS 24 4
2002 30 15 15 10 Bronze
2006 34 24 16 11

World Championships

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 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
1997 25 59 42 DNF 31 8
1999 27 28 27 5
2001 29 20 CNX[a] 7
2003 31 34 28 23 10
2005 33 16 23 11
2007 35 54
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski
1992 20 NC
1994 22 NC
1995 23 NC
1996 24 NC
1997 25 NC NC
1998 26 NC NC
1999 27 71 48
2000 28 56 53 42
2001 29 77
2002 30 75
2003 31 NC
2004 32 78 63
2005 33 57 40
2006 34 NC NC
2007 35 NC NC

References

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  1. ^ "LEONARDI CORTESI Natascia". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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