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May 01, 1971 Faido, Ticino, Switzerland 53 years old
Swiss cross-country skier and ski mountaineer
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About Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
- Natascia Leonardi Cortesi (born 1 May 1971) is a Swiss cross-country skier and ski mountaineer who has competed since 1988 in the World Cup circuit.
- She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 10th place in the 30 km event at those same games.
- This was the first olympic medal ever for a Swiss woman cross-country team.
- Leonardi Cortesi's best score at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was a 5th place in the 4 x 5 km relay in 1999. In Ski mountaineering she won 2005 the Trofeo Mezzalama with Gloriana Pellisier and Christiane Nex.
- 2006 she was vertical race world champion. At the Worldloppet she won three times her home-race the Engadin Skimarathon in 2003, 2005 and 2006.
- She was the first Swiss woman to win the Kangaroo Hoppet 2006 in Australia and 2011 the Transjurassienne in France.
