Natascia Leonardi Cortesi

Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
Country Switzerland
Born (1971-05-01) 1 May 1971 (age 53)
Faido, Switzerland
Ski clubSC Bedretto
World Cup career
Seasons15 – (1992, 1994–2007)
Indiv. starts73
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts22
Team 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

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

Olympic Games

  • 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

 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

Season standings

 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

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

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