Johanna Bassani (25 April 2002 – 5 May 2020) was an Austrian combined Nordic skier and ski jumper.

Career

Bassani was born on 25 April 2002. She began her career with the team UVB Hinzenbach, winning the championship in her hometown of

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at the age of twelve. She began ski jumping at age 16 in

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. Bassani made her international debut at the 2018 OPA Nordic Ski Games in

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, where she finished sixth in the individual competition and third with the Austrian national team. She would also participate in the

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internatio ...

and the Nordic Combined Alpine Cup. She took part in the 2019 OPA Nordic Ski Games and again finished third with the national team. In her debut at the Summer Grand Prix in 2019, Bassani finished 18th. In October 2019, she won the silver medal at the Austrian national Nordic combined championships. Afterwards, she focused on the

2020 Winter Youth Olympics The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...

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with

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

. After finishing eighth in the Gundersen individual event, Bassani competed with the Austrian Nordic combined team, winning the silver medal. Following the 2nd-place finish, she was personally congratulated by her hometown mayor. She then finished 11th at the 2020 Nordic Combined Continental Cup in Eisenerz. She was named to the Austrian national team for the

2020 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships 2020 took place in Oberwiesenthal, Germany from 29 February to 8 March 2020. This was the 43rd Junior World Championships and the 15th Under-23 World Championships in nordic skiing. New comp ...

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Death

Johanna Bassani committed suicide on 5 May 2020 at the age of 18.

References

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