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Federica Brignone leaves Carabinieri and returns to Ski Club Courmayeur
Federica Brignone has left the Carabinieri sports corps and will continue her skiing career with Ski Club Courmayeur, the club where she began.
She announced the decision in a post, thanking the Carabinieri for supporting her through years of success.
Brignone had held the rank of marshal in the force’s sports corps.
She is recovering from surgery on her left knee, where doctors removed a plate and screws placed after a serious injury in April 2025.
She has been training in the gym and doing physiotherapy, but has not yet returned to skiing on snow.
Her hoped-for target is the world championships at Crans-Montana in February, though no return date has been set.
Her departure from the Carabinieri does not itself mean she is retiring from competition.
Federica Brignone has left the Carabinieri and will continue her skiing career with Ski Club Courmayeur.
She announced the decision in an Instagram post on November 2, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Brignone thanked the Carabinieri sports centre for supporting her during years of success.
She is recovering from late-August knee surgery and has not yet returned to skiing on snow this season.
Her hoped-for return is at the World Championships in Crans-Montana next February, but no return date has been set.
- Who
- Federica Brignone, an Italian skier and Carabinieri marshal.
- What
- She left the Carabinieri and will continue her sporting activity with Ski Club Courmayeur.
- When
- She announced the decision on November 2, 2026. The departure was formalized on November 2, according to an article published the following day.
- Where
- She is returning to Ski Club Courmayeur, where she began skiing.
- Why
- She said she had decided to leave the Carabinieri at this point in her career and return to the club where she grew up.
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Brignone suffered a serious injury, after which a plate and screws were inserted in her left knee.
She underwent surgery to remove the plate and screws; paperwork for her departure from the Carabinieri was also started that month.
Brignone announced that she was leaving the Carabinieri and returning to Ski Club Courmayeur.
Her departure was formalized, according to il Giornale, published the next day.
- New club
- Ski Club Courmayeur
- Former service
- Carabinieri; Brignone had reached the rank of marshal
- Announcement
- November 2, 2026
- Surgery
- Late August 2026; removal of a plate and screws from her left knee
- Hoped-for return
- World Championships in Crans-Montana next February
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What people are saying
Thanks to the Carabinieri Sports Centre, which has accompanied me for so many years, full of successes. At this point in my career I have decided to leave, and I will return to skiing for the colours of the ski club where I grew up.
Thank you to the Carabinieri and the sports centre for the valuable support I have received throughout all these successful years. Now, as I continue my career, I am returning under the colours of Ski Club Courmayeur.