Gabriella Paruzzi

Born

21 June 1969 (age 47)
Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Height

173 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Ski club

G.S. Forestale

World Cup career

Seasons

1991–2006

Individual wins

Indiv. podiums

Overall titles

1 (2003/04)

Medal record

Women's cross-country skiing
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
	2002 Salt Lake City	30 km classical
	1992 Albertville	4 x 5 km
	1994 Lillehammer	4 x 5 km
	1998 Nagano	4 x 5 km
	2006 Turin	4 x 5 km
World Championships
	1991 Val di Fiemme	4 x 5 km
	1993 Falun	4 x 5 km
	1999 Ramsau	4 x 5 km
	2001 Lahti	4 x 5 km
	2005 Oberstdorf	4 x 5 km

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.

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 are Rottefella R3's. Her boots and bindings are of the New Nordic Norm (NNN) system.

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.

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