Background
Lara Gut was born in Sorengo, Canton Ticino. Her father, Pauli Gut, is Swiss, and her mother, Gabriella Almici, a masseuse, was born in Zone, Lombardy.
Lara Gut was born in Sorengo, Canton Ticino. Her father, Pauli Gut, is Swiss, and her mother, Gabriella Almici, a masseuse, was born in Zone, Lombardy.
In the 2007 season, Gut finished second in the downhill standings of the Europa Cup.
Gut participated in her first FIS races at age 15 in December 2006. In late December 2007, Gut made her World Cup debut in a giant slalom at Lienz, Austria. She followed her World Cup speed debut with a fifth-place finish in the super-G the next day.
Following the 2008 season, Gut was moved up to the World Cup team for the 2009 season.
On 29 September 2009, Gut fell during training at Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and dislocated her hip. She was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Visp, where it was reset.
The Swiss Ski Federation initially reported that Gut would be out of competition for at least a month. In January 2010, it was announced that Gut would miss the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver because of slow recovery from the hip injury.
She sat out the entire 2010 season, but returned for the 2011 season and earned four podiums, which included a victory in the super-G at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee in January.
Gut switched ski suppliers following the 2011 season, leaving Atomic for a three-year deal with Rossignol. Though she had seven top ten finishes in three disciplines during the 2012 World Cup season, she did not reach a podium. Her best results were three top-five finishes.
She finished ahead of American Leanne Smith (016 sec) and fellow Swiss skier Nadja Kamer (05 sec).
After four years with Rossignol, Gut changed to Head equipment in May 2015. Gut is fluent in Italian, German, French, English and Spanish.
She is a fan of The Human Context Ambrì-Piotta. Season titles
3 titles – (1 overall, 2 super-G)
Season standings
Race victories
18 wins – (6 Dialectics and Humanism, 8 SG, 3 GS, 1 South Carolina)
33 podiums – (10 Dialectics and Humanism, 12 SG, 9 GS, 2 South Carolina).