| Denise Karbon | |
| Disciplines: | Giant slalom, slalom |
| Club: | G.S. Fiamme Gialle |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy |
| Height: | 160 cm |
| Wcdebut: | 6 January 1998 (age 17) |
| Retired: | 16 March 2014 (age 33) |
| Olympicteams: | 4 – (2002–2014) |
| Olympicmedals: | 0 |
| Worldsteams: | 6 – (2001–2013) |
| Worldsmedals: | 2 |
| Worldsgolds: | 0 |
| Wcseasons: | 14 – (2000–2014) |
| Wcwins: | 6 |
| Wcpodiums: | 16 |
| Wcoveralls: | 0 – (10th in 2008) |
| Wctitles: | 1 – (GS, 2008) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Denise Karbon (born 16 August 1980) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from South Tyrol, Italy. She competed in the technical events and specialized in giant slalom.
Born in Brixen, South Tyrol, Karbon made her World Cup debut in 1998 at age 17, while the following year she was Junior World Champion. She won a total of six World Cup giant slaloms: in December 2003 at Alta Badia and five of the first six races in the 2008 season. She obtained ten other podiums for a total of sixteen.
Karbon won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships in giant slalom, followed by a bronze in 2007 in the same discipline.
In the 2008 season, Karbon won 5 of the 7 giant slalom races (and took third in another) to win the GS season title with 592 points, 113 points ahead of runner-up Elisabeth Görgl. She finished tenth in the overall standings.
At age 33, Karbon retired in March 2014, after the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide.[1]
Karbon is the niece of Norbert Rier, leader of the Kastelruther Spatzen, and the cousin of fellow alpine ski racer Peter Fill.[2]
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 41 | 27 | 18 | — | — | — | ||
| 20 | 48 | 27 | 24 | — | — | — | ||
| 21 | 80 | 42 | 31 | — | — | — | ||
| 22 | 26 | 50 | 6 | — | — | — | ||
| 23 | 23 | — | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| 24 | injured, out for season | |||||||
| 25 | 85 | — | 33 | — | — | — | ||
| 26 | 53 | — | 15 | — | — | — | ||
| 27 | 10 | 29 | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| 28 | 18 | 24 | 6 | — | — | — | ||
| 29 | 32 | 44 | 9 | — | — | — | ||
| 30 | 57 | — | 15 | — | — | — | ||
| 31 | 53 | — | 14 | — | — | — | ||
| 32 | 60 | — | 21 | — | — | — | ||
| 33 | 63 | — | 21 | — | — | — | ||
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Race | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=3 | 2003 | 28 Dec 2002 | Semmering, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||
| 6 Mar 2003 | Åre, Sweden | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||||
| 16 Mar 2003 | Hafjell, Norway | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 2004 | 28 Nov 2003 | Park City, USA | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||
| align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 13 Dec 2003 | Alta Badia, Italy | align=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| 14 Mar 2004 | Sestriere, Italy | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2007 | 21 Jan 2007 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||
| align=center rowspan=6 | 2008 | align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 27 Oct 2007 | Sölden, Austria | align=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Giant slalom | 1st |
| align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 24 Nov 2007 | Panorama, Canada | align=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 28 Dec 2007 | Lienz, Austria | align=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 5 Jan 2008 | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep. | align=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| 12 Jan 2008 | Maribor, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||||
| align=right bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | 26 Jan 2008 | Ofterschwang, Germany | align=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6" | Giant slalom | 1st | ||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2009 | 10 Jan 2009 | Maribor, Slovenia | Giant slalom | 2nd | ||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2010 | 24 Oct 2009 | Sölden, Austria | Giant slalom | 3rd | ||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2011 | 11 Mar 2011 | Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Rep. | Giant slalom | 2nd |
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | DNF1 | DSQ2 | — | — | — | ||
| 22 | 27 | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| 24 | injured, did not compete | ||||||
| 26 | — | ||||||
| 28 | — | ||||||
| 30 | — | ||||||
| 32 | — | ||||||
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | — | ||||||
| 25 | — | ||||||
| 29 | — | ||||||
| 33 | — |