Gabriella Paruzzi (born 21 June 1969 in

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) is a retired

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cross-country skier who competed from 1991 to 2006 and formerly skied with the G.S. Forestale. She skied in World Cup events, and won the Women's Overall World Cup in 2004.

Equipment

She was sponsored by Rossignol, and skied with Rossignol X-IUM skis for both skate and classic disciplines. Her boots were also named Rossignol X-IUM's, and the bindings are

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R3's. Her boots and bindings are of the

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(NNN) system.

2002 Winter Olympics

At the

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, she was in the women's 30 km classical event, when one of her poles broke. Luckily, her coach was nearby, and she took his pole, which was too long. She kept on racing and near the end the coach came back to give her the right size pole. She caught the pack of skiers and ended up winning gold by 4.5 seconds in that race.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 5 medals – (1 gold, 4 bronze)

World Championships

* 5 medals – (3 silver, 2 bronze) :a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*4 victories *18 podiums

Team podiums

* 3 victories – (2 , 1 ) * 29 podiums – (25 , 4 ) Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Trivia

* The ski stadium in

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is named in her honor.FIS Newsflash 117. March 7, 2007.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paruzzi, Gabriella Italian female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics 1969 births Living people Olympic cross-country skiers of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Sportspeople from Udine FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics