Giustina Demetz (born 27 April 1941) is an Italian former

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

who competed at the

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

and

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

in the

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, slalom and

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

events. She failed her slalom races, and finished in 11–14th place in the other two events.Giustina Demetz
. sports-reference.com Demetz won one downhill stage of the 1967 World Cup (together with

Marielle Goitschel Marielle Goitschel (born 28 September 1945 in Sainte-Maxime) is a former French alpine skier. Marielle is the younger sister of Christine Goitschel, another champion skier of the time, and the aunt of speed skier Philippe Goitschel. After grea ...

) and finished third overall.

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* 1941 births Living people Italian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Italy Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ladin people People from Santa Cristina Gherdëina Sportspeople from Südtirol {{italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub