The race for the FISI 2018 Athlete was launched

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The race for the appointment of the "FIS 2018 Athlete of the Year", the usual recognition to the athlete who best represented the Italian Winter Sport Federation and Italy in the last season of competitions, has been officially taken.

Tuesday 4 September 2018 4 minutes reading time

As always, the votes of fans and fans will decree the winner that will be announced during Modena Skipass, the Winter Sports Fair scheduled in ModenaFiere from 1 to 4 November. There are only five candidates in contention and it will be possible for enthusiasts to express their preference by writing an email to athletefisi@fisi.org by midnight on Sunday 28 October. It is forbidden for all users to vote more than once, in the case of multiple votes, those following the first vote will not be counted. Below is a list of the five candidates with the cards prepared by the FISI Press Office. BRIGNONE FEDERICA Bronze medal in the Olympic female giant of PyeongChang, third place in the Combined World Cup, three victories in three different disciplines and five podiums total are the booty of the Valdostana carabinieri, which had begun the season with the unknown factor of a summer injury , but in the long run its class has prevailed. GOGGIA SOFIA The gold medal in the PyeongChang women's Olympic descent that no blue woman ever managed to conquer, the triumph in the World Cup downhill, three seasonal victories and nine podiums overall, brought the 25 year old from Bergamo into the history of Italian skiing . MOIOLI MICHELA Net winning season with the first Italian gold in the Olympic history of snowboarding conquered on the Korean track of PyeongChang and the triumph in the World Cup of specialties, thanks to five victories and nine podiums total. At the age of 23, the Bergamese Alpine has already become a point of reference for table specialists. PELEGRINO FEDERICO The silver in the classic men's sprint at the PyeongChang Olympics closes a cycle of medals that have made the Aosta Valley cop one of the greatest champions of the narrow skis. His fantastic ride, which began with the Lahti 2015 World Championship, allowed him last season to become the most successful cross-country racer in the World Cup sprint. WINDISCH DOMINIK Two Olympic medals arrived in PyeongChang with the bronzes in the sprint and in the mixed relay (together with Lukas Hofer, Dorothea Wierer and Lisa Vittozzi), who joined the bronze medal in the Sochi 2014 mixed relay, consecrate him definitively to the highest levels of the world biathlon, discipline in which Italy has returned to play a leading role.

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