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Karla Delago
Personal information
Born	8 February 1965 (age 59); Gardena, Italy
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines	Speed events
World Cup debut	1985
Retired	1987
World Cup
Seasons	3

Karla Delago (born 8 February 1965) is a former Italian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events,^[1] winner of six Italian titles in just four years in which she competed.^[2]

Family

Four Alpine skiers from the Delago family have participated in World Cup and World Championships competitions. Siblings Oskar (born 1963) and Karla Delago (born 1965), specialists in speed events in the 1980s and their two granddaughters, Nicol (born 1996) and Nadia (born 1997), active in the 2010s.^[3]

Career

Karla Delago's career began in 1983–84 at the age of 18 when she made her debut in the world cup by scoring (i.e. classified among the top 15), 17 times in only 18 races. However, following an injury she had in the summer of 1987, she never returned to compete, just when she had obtained the qualification for the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Therefore her very promising career ended definitively prematurely at the age of only 22 years old.^[4]

World Cup results

Top 10

Date	Place	Discipline	Rank
1 February 1986	Crans Montana	Downhill	7
12 January 1986	Bad Gastein	Combined	7
7 December 1985	Sestriere	Super G	8
9 January 1985	Bad Kleinkirchheim	Downhill	9

National titles

Italian Alpine Ski Championships
- Downhill: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986
- Combined: 1983, 1986

References

^ "DELAGO Karla – Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
^ "L'albo d'oro della discesa femminile dei Campionati Italiani" (in Italian). fisi.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Chi è Nicol Delago, la stella alpina che è sbocciata in Val Gardena" (in Italian). fis-ski.com. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2021. Nata a Bressanone, nipote d'arte (Oskar e Karla Delago sono stati a loro volta sciatori di buon livello), Nicol ha sempre mangiato pane e montagna.
^ "Dollari e sangue, western olìmpico" (PDF) (in Italian). archivio.unita.news. 17 February 1988. Retrieved 16 February 2021. La discesista Karla Delago e la fodista Bice Vanzelta sono finite in ospedale La prima si è procurata un taglio alla gamba destra...