Marta BASSINO

Historical Results

Bax. (Athlete, 22 Sep 2021)

Spending time near the sea and in the mountains, reading books, mountain biking, motorcycles. (Athlete, 22 Sep 2021; martabassino.com)

Has a passion for the sea. "How can you explain the sea to those who look at it and see only water?" (Facebook, 20 Sep 2021)

Athlete, Sports soldier

Attended sport high school at Liceo Sportivo in Limone Piemonte. (cuneocronaca.it)

Father, Maurizio. Mother, Elena. Older brother, Matteo. Younger brother, Marco.

Italian, English

Centro Sportivo Esercito

National: Gianluca Rulfi (ITA), Daniele Simoncelli (ITA), Marcello Tavola (ITA)

Brother Matteo Bassino (Alpine skiing): Competed with Sci Club Val Vermenagna in FIS and national junior races until he was 20, retiring in 2014.

Brother Marco Bassino (Alpine skiing): Competed with Sci Club Val Vermenagna in children's races. (15 Feb 2011)

As a young girl she was active in athletics, tennis, diving, and most notably artistic gymnastics, which she continued until she was 13. She credits gymnastics with giving her a sense of balance and mastery of her body. (martabassino.com)

2011 FIS event in Sulden (Giant slalom - DNF2)
2014 World Cup in Lenzerheide (Giant slalom - 19th)

2012

Grew up in the Piedmont region of Italy, south of Torino. Her father, Maurizio, was a ski instructor and coach, so at age two, she began playing on snow with plastic skis around her house where her father would build a snow jump. Eventually, she was skiing on the slopes in the Cuneo region including Entracque, Lurisia, and Limone Piemonte. Her skiing career began at Lurisia then moved to the club at Val Vermenagna, eventually joining Centro Sportivo Esercito, a sports program of the Italian army. (Athlete, 22 Sep 2021; martabassino.com)

Father Maurizio Bassino: "I was the first to put her on skis but only to play. My wife and I have always been passionate about the mountains and skiing. Our children, since childhood, we used to take them around, on bikes and skis. Sport is important." (torino.republicca.it, 18 Jan 2021)

The sense of freedom and adrenaline. (mauricelacroix.com)

Improve herself every day and be ready for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. "I think the best way to be ready at the Olympics is to perform well during the World Cup season. You can't say, 'I just focus on this event,' and neglect the other races. At the end of the day, it's the World Cup races that get you ready for the Olympics." (olympics.com, 27 Dec 2020; Athlete, 22 Sep 2021)

Summer training is always very varied, both in terms of disciplines practiced and in terms of intensity, working a lot on endurance, aerobic capacity, elasticity, balance, and proprioception. "I think it's a mix of factors. You need to be fit and physically prepared. I worked a lot over the summer to be able to cope with the demands of an intense season. You need to have a solid technique and a strong mind because it's your mind which controls everything. If your mind knows what to do, then your body will follow." (olympics.com, 27 Dec 2020)

Becoming the first-ever parallel World champion in the event's debut at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 2021.

Alpine skier Anna Veith (AUT), 2014 super-G Olympic champion, three-time World champion. (Athlete, 22 Sep 2021)

After winning her third World Cup giant slalom of the 2020/21 season, each in a different place and type of snow condition, she commented: "I have won on three different types of races, on three different types of snow, and I am proud of that. I saw Marcel Hirscher, Anna Veith, they were able to win on several types of slopes, I also managed to do it and it is incredible." (barrons.com, 16 Jan 2021)

"Sport teaches you both how to win and how to accept losing." (Athlete, 22 Sep 2021)