Gabriella Paruzzi

Gabriella Paruzzi (born 21 June 1969 in Udine) is a retired Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1991 to 2006 and formerly skied with the G.S. Forestale. She skied in World Cup events, and won the Women's Overall World Cup in 2004.

Equipment
She was sponsored by Rossignol, and skied with Rossignol X-IUM skis for both skate and classic disciplines. Her boots were also named Rossignol X-IUM's, and the bindings were Rottefella R3's. Her boots and bindings were of the New Nordic Norm (NNN) system.

2002 Winter Olympics
At the 2002 Olympics, she was in the women's 30 km classical event, when one of her poles broke. Luckily, her coach was nearby, and she took his pole, which was too long. She kept on racing and near the end the coach came back to give her the right size pole. She caught the pack of skiers and ended up winning gold by 4.5 seconds in that race.

Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

 * 5 medals – (1 gold, 4 bronze)

World Championships

 * 5 medals – (3 silver, 2 bronze)


 * a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

Individual podiums

 * 4 victories
 * 18 podiums

Team podiums

 * 3 victories – (2 RL, 1 TS)
 * 29 podiums – (25 RL, 4 TS)

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Trivia

 * The ski stadium in Tarvisio is named in her honor.