Raffaella Brutto (born 10 January 1988 in

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) is an Italian

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, specializing in snowboard cross.FIS Profile
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and 2014

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for Italy. In 2010, she was 17th in the qualification round of the snowboard cross, not advancing. In the 2014 snowboard cross, she was 19th in the seeding round, and then 4th in her quarterfinal, not advancing and ending 16th overall. As of September 2014, her best showing at the

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is 6th, in

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. Brutto made her

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debut in January 2006. As of September 2014, she has two World Cup podium finishes, with her best a silver at

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in 2012–13. Her best overall finish is 7th, in 2012–13.

World Cup Podiums

References

1988 births Living people Olympic snowboarders of Italy Snowboarders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Genoa Italian female snowboarders Universiade medalists in snowboarding Universiade bronze medalists for Italy Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-snowboarding-bio-stub