Sabrina Fanchini (born 17 August 1988) is a retired

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. She is a sister of

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and

Nadia Fanchini Nadia Fanchini (born 25 June 1986) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in Lovere, she lives in Val Camonica. Her sisters Elena and Sabrina Fanchini were also members of the Italian World Cup team. Career Fanchini represented Ital ...

Career

She made her

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debut in December 2010 in

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, also collecting her first World Cup points with a 28th place. She followed up with two 26th places before improving to an 8th place in the December 2011

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giant slalom. Her last World Cup points came in the same race two years later, where she finished 16th, but she then proceeded to compete in the 2014–15 and 2015–16 World Cup circuits without finishing any races. She represented the military sports club CS Esercito.

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* * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Bergamo Skiers from Lombardy Italian female alpine skiers People from Lovere 21st-century Italian women Alpine skiers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito {{Italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub