Lara Colturi

Lara Colturi (born 15 November 2006) is an Italian naturalized Albanian World Cup alpine ski racer who specializes in technical and speed events. She won the 2022 FIS Alpine Ski South American Cup.^[2][3][4]

Lara Colturi

Colturi in 2023
Personal information
Born	(2006-11-15) 15 November 2006 (age 18)[1] Turin, Italy
Occupation	Alpine skier
Sport
Country	Albania
Skiing career
Disciplines	Giant slalom, Slalom, Super-G
Club	Golden Team Ceccarelli
World Cup debut	19 November 2022 (age 16)
Olympics
Teams	0
World Championships
Teams	1 – (2025)
Medals	0
World Cup
Wins	0
Podiums	3 – (2 GS, 1 SL)
Overall titles	0 – (8th in 2025)
Discipline titles	0 – (5th in GS, 2025)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Albania World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 0 1 0 Giant slalom 0 1 1 Total 0 2 1 South American Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 2 0 0 Giant slalom 3 0 0 Super-G 0 2 0 Combined 1 0 0 Total 6 2 0 International competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Junior World Championships 1 0 2 Junior World Championships 2023 St. Anton Super-G 2023 St. Anton Giant slalom 2024 Port du Soleil Giant slalom

Biography

Colturi with her parents.

Colturi in action in January 2023.

Lara Colturi is the daughter of former Olympic champion Daniela Ceccarelli and ski coach Alessandro Colturi. She was born in Turin and grew up in Cesana Torinese in the Susa Valley.^[5][6] She has one younger brother, Yuri.

Her mother started consulting for the Albanian Ski Federation ^[d] in 2020, and became Technical Director of their women's alpine team the following season. In May 2022, Colturi received an FIS affiliation with the ASF and she began to represent Albania internationally.^[6][7][8]

Colturi won the overall, slalom, giant slalom, and alpine combined at the South American Alpine Ski Cup [de] titles.^[3] She made her World Cup debut on 22 October 2022 in Sölden in Austria.^[9][10]

On 19 November 2022 during the 2023 Alpine Ski World Cup, Colturi made her slalom debut in Levi, Finland, missing qualifications for the second heat.^[11] She finished 17th in the following week in the giant slalom, earning her first points in the Alpine Ski World Cup.^[12]

Colturi was the third ever youngest gold medalist at Junior World Championships 2023, in St. Anton, Austria (Super-G).^[2]

On 7 February 2023, Lara tore the cruciate ligament in her right knee while training.^[13] Less than nine months later, she returned to World Cup ski racing in Sölden (giant slalom) on 28 October 2023.^[14]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill
2023[a]	16	78	50	30	—	—
2024	17	45	25	22	—	—
2025	18	8	10	5	—	—

Race podiums

• 0 wins
• 3 podiums (2 GS, 1 SL), 11 top tens (7 GS, 4 SL)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2025	23 Nov 2024	Gurgl, Austria	Slalom	2nd
	4 Jan 2025	Kranjska Gora, Slovenia	Giant slalom	2nd
	8 Mar 2025	Åre, Sweden	Giant slalom	3rd

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Team Combined	Team  event
2023	16	Injured, did not compete
2025	18	DNF1	7	—	—	—	—

South American Cup results

Colturi has won an overall South American Cup and three specialty standings.^[3]

• FIS Alpine Ski South American Cup [de]
  • Overall: 2022
  • Slalom: 2022
  • Giant slalom: 2022
  • Combined: 2022

World Junior Championships results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill
2023	16	-			4
2024	17	DNF2		-	-

Notes

1. 2023 season interrupted due to injury February 7th