Lara GUT-BEHRAMI

Historical Results

Reading, baking. (laragut.ch)

Athlete

Attended public secondary school in Lugano but then changed to private studies on her own. (redbull.com, 2 Aug 2016)

Husband, Valon Behrami (Professional football player, married 11 Jul 2018). Father, Pauli Gut. Mother, Gabriella Almici. Brother, Ian Gut.

Italian, French, German, English, Spanish

Lugano

Personal: Paul Gut (SUI)

Husband Valon Behrami (Football): Swiss football midfielder, born in Kosovo, who plays for Genoa. Has been capped over 80 times at the international level by the Switzerland national team, playing at four FIFA World Cups, UEFA Euro 2008, and UEFA Euro 2016 since his debut in 2005.

Father Pauli Gut (Alpine skiing): Raced at a national level, and serves as head coach for her private team.

Brother Ian Gut (Alpine skiing): Competed for Switzerland at the Innsbruck 2012 Olympic Winter Games and 2016 Junior World Championships; for Liechtenstein at two World Championships (2019, 2021) and on the World Cup tour.

2006 FIS event in Las Lenas (Slalom - 2nd)
2007 World Cup in Lienz (Giant slalom - DNQ1)

10 February 2017: Injured her left knee slalom training between runs of the Alpine combined at the World Championships in St. Moritz. Underwent surgery to repair a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and torn meniscus. Returned to racing in October 2017. (denverpost.com, 23 Feb 2017)

29 September 2009: Dislocated her right hip in a training crash at Saas-Fee, missing the entire 2009/10 Olympic season. Returned to racing in October 2010. (si.com, 10 Feb 2017)

2008

Began skiing in the winter of 1992/93 when she was just one-and-a-half years old after she received skis from her aunt. She first practiced walking around the garden in the summer with the skis on her feet. Began international FIS races when she was 15, finishing second in her first FIS slalom in August 2006 and winning the Argentina national super-G title just days later. That same season, in February 2007, she won silver in downhill at the Junior World Championships, the Swiss national super-G title, and was second in the Europa Cup downhill standings. The next season she was racing on the World Cup. (laragut.ch)

"The feeling of freedom. When I’m in the start gates, it’s a challenge between me and the mountain. I like improving and working on fine details to achieve perfection." (lareserve-mag.com)

Her father Pauli and her mother Gabriella Almici (an Italian fitness coach and physiotherapist), are part of the 'Lara Gut-Behrami Team', which looks after her and her brother Ian.

"One can win everything but if one isn’t happy it’s worthless. The greatest reward for me is to do what I love doing every day and my victory is to be happy both in sport and in my private life. To be at ease with myself - that is all I ask for." (lareserve-mag.com)

Husband Valon Behrami. "Above all, Valon helped me to be more honest with myself. To trust me more to go my way. I have someone by my side who supports me, who understands that not everything is always so easy, that there are also many difficult moments." (bluewin.ch, 6 Oct 2021)

"Be yourself because an original is worth more than a copy." (laragut.ch)