{{Short description|Italian alpine skier (2004–2024)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox alpine ski racer |name = Matilde Lorenzi |disciplines = Downhill, super-G |club = CS Esercito |birth_date = {{birth date|2004|11|15|df=y}} |birth_place = Turin, Piedmont, Italy |death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|28|2004|11|15|df=y}} |death_place = Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy |retired = |website = }}
'''Matilde Lorenzi''' (15 November 2004 – 28 October 2024) was an Italian alpine ski racer.
==Biography== Born in Turin and raised in hometown Valgioie, Matilde Lorenzi began skiing at a young age alongside her sister, Lucrezia, also an international alpine skier. To support their training, the Lorenzi family relocated to Sestriere, where Matilde and Lucrezia honed their skills with the Sci Club Sestriere before joining the Centro Sportivo Esercito (the sports club of the Italian Army).<ref>[https://www.sciaremag.it/garesci/matilde-lorenzi-con-una-seconda-monstre-vince-il-gigente-fis-gpi-di-la-thuile/ Matilde Lorenzi con una seconda monstre vince il gigente Fis GPI di La Thuile] - ''sciaremag.it'', 12 January 2023</ref>
In the 2023–24 season, Lorenzi achieved significant milestones, including winning the Italian national titles in both the élite and junior categories in super-G at Sarntal. She also secured a sixth-place finish in downhill and eighth in super-G at the Junior World Championships in Châtel, Haute-Savoie. Her best race result in the Europa Cup was an eleventh-place finish in super-G at St. Moritz in December 2023.<ref name="sky">[https://sport.sky.it/altri-sport/sci/2024/10/28/matilde-lorenzi-incidente-sci-news Matilde Lorenzi, incidente con gli sci per l'atleta dell'Esercito] - ''sport.sky.it'', 28 October 2024</ref>
On 28 October 2024, during a giant slalom training session on the Grawand G1 slope in Schnalstal (South Tyrol), Lorenzi suffered a severe fall. She lost control of her skis and was ejected outside the slope, resulting in a violent impact with the icy surface. Despite prompt medical attention and being airlifted to the hospital in Bolzano, she succumbed to her injuries during the night. Lorenzi was 19.<ref>[https://www.repubblica.it/sport/2024/10/29/news/matilde_lorenzi_morta_sci_alto_adige-423583781/ Matilde Lorenzi è morta: fatale la caduta in allenamento in Val Senales] - ''Sport - La Repubblica'', 29 October 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/ComitatoFisiAlpiOccidentali/posts/pfbid0NXqh8zTnYRCGXo1XmR2q2UqeFuTNmmBVKfjNeMdGjo38D2StfGQBq9AMEFSMLRtml Matilde Lorenzi Obituary] - ''facebook.com/ComitatoFisiAlpiOccidentali'', 29 October 2024</ref>
After the funeral service, held in Giaveno on 31 October 2024, Lorenzi was buried in Valgioie cemetery.<ref>[https://www.ecodelchisone.it/node/53916/ Funerali di Matilde Lorenzi, in tanti a Giaveno per l'ultimo saluto alla campionessa dello sci] - ''Eco del Chisone'', 31 October 2024</ref>
==Europa Cup results== *Best overall ranking: 81st in 2024
==National titles== *Italian Alpine Ski Championships **Super-G: 2024
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lorenzi, Matilde}} Category:2004 births Category:2024 deaths Category:Italian female alpine skiers Category:Skiers from Turin Category:Alpine skiers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Category:21st-century Italian sportswomen Category:Sport deaths in Italy