Alessandro Roberto (born 22 May 1977) is an Italian former

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether ...

who competed predominantly in the

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ...

discipline between 1995 and 2009.

Career

He began to compete in

International Ski Federation The International Ski and Snowboard Federation, also known as FIS (), is the highest international governing body for skiing and snowboarding. It was previously known as the International Ski Federation () until 26 May 2022 when the name was cha ...

sanctioned events in 1995. He competed at the 2001 FIS World Alpine Ski Championships finishing in 13th position in the giant slalom. Roberto went on to qualify for the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

. There he finished in 22nd position in the giant slalom. He continued to ski competitively until 2009.

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* 1977 births Living people Italian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Italian alpine skiing coaches Sportspeople from Merano Skiers from South Tyrol {{italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub