Cecilia Pizzinato

Cecilia Pizzinato giant slalom Colorado Invitational Aspen 2026 January 15

Photo by: Adri Meyer

Cecilia Pizzinato giant slalom CU Invitational 2026 January 15

Photo by: Adri Meyer

Position:
Alpine
Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Courmayeur, Italy
High School:
Liceo Linguistico di Courmayeur
Prev Team:
Sci Club Courmayeur Monte Bianco ASD / ASIVA

Race-by-Race Results

Honors & Awards:
2026 All-RMISA First Team (Women’s Alpine) ... RMISA Skier of the Meet (2026 Utah/Montana RMISA Alpine Qualifiers) ... National Collegiate All-Academic Ski Team (2026) ... DU Athletics Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award (2025-26) ... DU Skiing’s 2026 Alpine Rookie of the Year

2026 (Freshman): Earned 11 top-10 results and placed on the podium four times while qualifying for the NCAA Championships during her freshman season … Had four top-five results, all of which were in giant slalom … Placed seventh in slalom four times, tying her season best in the discipline … Registered 10 straight top-10 results from Jan. 14-Feb. 26 … Finished 15-of-16 races, with the only DNF coming in the second run of slalom at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 27 … Made her collegiate debut and placed 13th in slalom on Jan. 12 at the Denver Invitational at Loveland Ski Area … Came in 13th on Jan. 13 in slalom at the CU Invitational … Recorded her first career top 10 in 10th in giant slalom at the DU Invite on Jan. 14 at Aspen Highlands before earning her first career podium in third place in the Colorado Invitational’s GS on Jan. 15 in Aspen … Placed in the top 10 in all four races at Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe, coming in seventh in both slalom events for the RMISA Alpine Qualifier and Nevada Invitational on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 before taking a podium spot in third place in giant slalom in another RMISA Qualifier on Feb. 2 … Recorded a season-best result and first runner-up placement in second at the Nevada Invitational giant slalom on Feb. 3 … Tied for sixth in the GS race at the Utah Invite on Feb. 22 and came in third in the discipline in a RMISA Alpine Qualifier on the same Utah Olympic Park course in Park City on Feb. 23 … Finished seventh in slalom to wrap up the UU Invitational on Feb. 24 … Also placed seventh in the RMISA Alpine Qualifier at Bridger Bowl Ski Area in Montana two days later on Feb. 26 … Came in sixth in giant slalom at the RMISA Championships on Feb. 28 after posting a DNF in slalom the previous day … Made her debut at the NCAA Championships in giant slalom on March 11 and just finished outside of the top 10 in 11th … Finished her collegiate season by coming in 20th in slalom but posted the third-fastest second run of the final alpine event at the national championships on March 13.

Before Denver: Previously competed with Sci Club Courmayeur Monte Bianco ASD (local) and ASIVA (regional) clubs … Registered 39 total podiums and 15 wins in FIS races from 2021-2025 (slalom, giant slalom and super G) … Finished third overall during the 2024-25 season in the Italian Grand Prix technical disciplines (slalom, giant slalom) … Earned a fifth-place finish in slalom at the Latvian National Championships and third in slalom at the Estonian National Championships during the Baltic Cup in Pozza di Fassa, Italy, on March 20-21, 2025 … Placed 10th in slalom and 11th in giant slalom at the 2025 Italian Junior National Championship … Raced in slalom at Europa Cup races at the Valle Aurina-Ahrntal in December 2024 … Represented Italy at the FISU Winter World University Games in January 2024 in Bardonecchia, Italy, coming in 15th in slalom and 20th in giant slalom … Came in seventh in slalom and eighth in GS at the 2022 Italian Jr. Nationals and was 11th in slalom and eighth in giant slalom at the 2021 event.

Personal: Graduated high school from Liceo Linguistico di Courmayeur in 2023 … Previous took college classes at Bocconi University … Intends to major in business at DU … Enjoys reading and walking in the mountains with her dog … Volunteered at the 2022 UTMB Mont Blanc trail race.

Why DU: “The ski program seems amazing. After skiing all over Europe, I thought that skiing in Colorado would be a great opportunity to see new places, ski on different snow and live in a new and supportive environment. Furthermore I know that DU's business school is very valid. DU can give me the chance to pursue excellence both in school and on skis.”