Karla Delago (born 8 February 1965) is a former Italian

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alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events, winner of six Italian titles in just four years in which she competed.

Family

Four Alpine skiers from the Delago family have participated in

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competitions. Siblings

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(born 1963) and Karla Delago (born 1965), specialists in speed events in the 1980s and their two granddaughters,

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(born 1996) and

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(born 1997), active in the 2010s.

Career

Karla Delago's career began in 1983–84 at the age of 18 when she made her debut in the

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by scoring (i.e. classified among the top 15), 17 times in only 18 races. However, following an injury she had in the summer of 1987, she never returned to compete, just when she had obtained the qualification for the

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. Therefore her very promising career ended definitively prematurely at the age of only 22 years old.

World Cup results

;Top 10

National titles

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**Downhill: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 **Combined: 1983, 1986

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Delago, Karla 1965 births Living people Italian female alpine skiers Sportspeople from Brixen Skiers from South Tyrol