Carezza Snowboard Alpine World Cup: Stats Preview

2025/26 Visa FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup – Carezza Statistics Sheet

● This race in Carezza will mark the 15th anniversary of the Carezza World Cup event, which was held for the first time in December 2011.

● Aaron March (ITA) won the Cortina Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom last weekend, ahead of Benjamin Karl (AUT) and Maurizio Bormolini (ITA). This was the first career Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup win for March, he had won four PSL races prior.

● Sabine Payer (AUT) won the Cortina Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom last weekend, ahead of Kaylie Buck (CAN) and Zuzana Maderova (CZE). Payer defended her victory from last season, topping the Cortina podium once again. Buck reached her first World Cup podium in her 79th start.

● Roland Fischnaller (ITA) won the first ever men’s World Cup Parallel Giant Slalom in Carezza back in 2011, ahead of Benjamin Karl (AUT) and Rok Flander (SLO). Both Fischnaller and Karl are still active 15 years after that race, and they are two contenders for the World Cup title and an Olympic medal this season.

● Caroline Calve (CAN) won the first ever women’s World Cup Parallel Giant Slalom in Carezza in 2011, ahead of Amelie Kober (GER) and Marion Kreiner (AUT). They are all retired now. Julie Zogg (SUI), finished fourth in that race, she was 19 years old and is on the start list this week.

● Last year's Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Word Cup race in Carezza was won by Radoslav Yankov (BUL), ahead of Tim Mastnak (SLO) and Benjamin Karl (AUT). This was the only World Cup win for Yankov last season, and his only win since the 2016-17 season. It was also the last time Mastnak made the podium.

● Last year’s Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup race in Carezza was won by Jasmin Coratti (ITA), ahead of Aleksandra Krol-Walas (POL) and Tsubaki Miki (JPN). This is the only World Cup win for Coratti, who also has a second place and two third places in her career.

● Last season overall Parallel World Cup winner Maurizio Bormolini (ITA) is leading the Men’s Parallel standings once again, 15 points ahead of his countryman Aaron March (ITA). There are currently three Italian athletes in the top four, and there are no non-European male athletes in the top 10. The top non-European athlete is Sangho Lee (KOR) in 11th position.

● Sabine Payer (AUT) is leading the overall Women’s Parallel standing, 11 points ahead of last season Women’s Parallel champion Tsubaki Miki (JPN). Lucia Dalmasso (ITA) is currently in third position. These three athletes are also the three athletes who won the first three races of the season.

● Maurizio Bormolini (ITA) won the 2024-25 Men’s overall Parallel title ahead of Andreas Prommegger (AUT) and Daniele Bagozza (ITA). Only Italy and Austria were represented in the top 5 of the final 2024-25 season Parallel standings. Fourth and fifth place were taken

by Italian and Austrian athletes: Gabriel Messner (ITA), fourth, and Benjamin Karl (AUT), the current Olympic champion, fifth.

● Tsubaki Miki (JPN) won the 2024-25 Women’s Parallel title ahead of Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) and Sabine Payer (AUT). This was Miki’s first Parallel title after she finished second the previous season. The same three athletes were in the first three positions of the 2023-24 season Parallel standings, with Hofmeister first, Miki second and Payer third.

● The current Olympic champion Benjamin Karl (AUT) is the athlete with the most Men’s Parallel titles, with four: 2007-08, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2023-24.

● Andreas Prommegger (AUT) won the Men’s Parallel title three times, and could tie his countryman Benjamin Karl (AUT) at four titles should he win the title this season. Prommegger has the most career top 3 finishes in the overall Men’s Parallel standings: he finished second five times and third twice.

● The last time there were no Italians or Austrian athletes in the top three of the Men’s Parallel standing was in the 2005-06 season, when Switzerland placed three athletes in the top three.

● By winning the 2024-25 Parallel title, Tsubaki Miki (JPN) became the first non-European female athlete to win the Women’s Parallel title.

● Ramona Theresia Hofmeister (GER) and Ester Ledecka (CZE) have won four Women’s Parallel titles each, no other female athlete has ever won more than three Parallel titles. Ledecka is the only athlete, in both genders, to have won four consecutive Parallel titles, between 2015-16 and 2018-19.