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1984–85 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 19th World Cup season began in December 1984 in Italy and concluded in March 1985 in the United States. The overall champions were Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg and Michela Figini of Switzerland; both were first-time champions. A break in the schedule was for the 1985 World Championships, held in Bormio, northern Italy between January 31 and February 10, 1985. These were the first world championships held in an odd-numbered year. This was also the last year that Super G was included as part of the giant slalom discipline; beginning with the next season, Super G was treated as a separate discipline. Calendar Men Ladies Men Overall '' see complete table'' In Men's Overall World Cup 1984/85 the best five downhills, best five giant slaloms/Super G, best five slaloms and best three combined count. 27 racers had a point deduction. Downhill '' see complete table'' In Men's Downhill World Cup 1984/85 the best 5 results count. 11 racers had a point deductio ...
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Marc Girardelli
Marc Girardelli (born 18 July 1963) is an Austrian and Luxembourgish former alpine ski racer, a five-time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines. Biography Born in Lustenau, Austria, Girardelli started skiing at the age of five and was racing at seven. He enjoyed significant success at junior level, winning local competitions in not only alpine skiing but also ski jumping. He competed for Austria until 1976, then switched to Luxembourg due to disagreements about coaching – the Austrian skiing federation wanted Girardelli to attend a ski boarding school in Schruns, from Lustenau, while his parents preferred for him to stay in his hometown. In 1981, he started to make significant progress with his first podium (top-three finish) in Wengen, Switzerland, and from that moment was in contention for slalom and giant slalom podiums on a regular basis. He achieved his first World Cup victory in Sweden in February 1983, but incurred his first major inj ...
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Giant Slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up the technical events in alpine ski racing. This category separates them from the speed events of Super-G and downhill. The technical events are normally composed of two runs, held on different courses on the same ski run. Course The vertical drop for a GS course must be for men, and for women. The number of gates in this event is 56–70 for men and 46–58 for women. The number of direction changes in a GS course equals 11–15% of the vertical drop of the course in metres, 13–18% for children. As an example, a course with a vertical drop of would have 33–45 direction changes for an adult race. Speed Although giant slalom is not the fastest event in skiing, on average a well-trained racer may reach average speeds of . Equipmen ...
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Ivano Edalini
Ivano Edalini (born 20 August 1961) is an Italian former alpine skier. Career Born in Zug, Switzerland he competed under Italian flag. He made his World Cup debut in February 1982. He won two World Cup races, one parallel and one slalom and has been on 4 World Cup podiums in total. On January 6, 1986, he won his first World Cup parallel slalom race in Vienna, Austria and slalom in Madonna di Campiglio in December 1986. World Cup Race podiums *1 win – (1 SL) *3 podiums – (3 SL) *Note: On 6 January 1986 he won parallel slalom in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ..., which counted for Nations Cup only. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edalini, Ivano 1961 births Living people Italian male alpine skiers Sportspeople from Zug ...
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Richard Pramotton
Richard Pramotton (born 9 May 1964) is an Italian former alpine skier. Biography The brother of other alpine skier Roger, he was born at Courmayeur. He was a specialist of giant slalom, a discipline in which he scored three victories, all in 1986. He was the first Italian after the age of Gustav Thöni and Piero Gros to classify in the top five of the Alpine Skiing World Cup The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France ..., with a fifth position overall in 1987. Worls Cup results ;Race victories See also * Italy national alpine ski team at the Olympics * Italian skiers who closed in top 10 in overall World Cup References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pramotton, Richard 1964 births Living people Italian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers of Gruppo Sportivo Eser ...
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Martin Hangl
Martin Hangl (born June 17, 1962) is a retired Swiss alpine skier. He won the gold medal in the Super-G at the WC 1989 in Vail. In addition he won three other world cup competitions. He also competed in three events at the 1988 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 57 , athletes = 1,423 (1,122 men, 301 women) , events = 46 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) , opening = February 13, 1988 , closing = February 28, 1988 , opened_by = Governor General Jeanne Sauvé , cauldron .... Hangl withdrew from the 1988 Olympics men's giant slalom after he witnessed 47 year old Austrian Olympic Team physician Joerg Oberhammer's death from the chairlift. Oberhammer died after falling into the path of a snow-grooming machine after colliding with another skier between runs of the men's giant slalom. World Cup victories References External links * http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/martin_hangl_sui_hngma.asp 1962 births Living people Swiss male alpine skiers Place ...
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Roberto Erlacher
Robert Erlacher (born 16 September 1963) is an Italian former alpine skier. Career He won a race in World Cup and competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки иг� .... References External links * * 1963 births Living people Italian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Italy Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Germanophone Italian people People from Corvara, South Tyrol Sportspeople from Südtirol {{Skiing-bio-stub ...
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Thomas Bürgler
Thomas Bürgler (born March 3, 1960, in Illgau, Schwyz) is a retired Swiss alpine skier. He competed in two events at the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр .... World Cup victories References 1960 births Living people Swiss male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ...
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Pirmin Zurbriggen
Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the most successful ski racers ever, he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill, and nine World Championships medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze). Biography Zurbriggen was born in Saas-Almagell in the canton of Valais, the son of Alois, an innkeeper, and Ida. His father competed as a ski racer in local competitions in the 1940s and 1950s, but quit the sport after his brother was killed in a training accident. Zurbriggen made his World Cup debut in January 1981, a month before his 18th birthday. With his victory in the downhill at Kitzbühel in January 1985 at age 21, he became the first to win World Cup races in all five disciplines. (The fifth discipline, Super G, was added in December 1982.) Incidentally Marc Girardelli, the second to enter this exclusive circle, won his first downhill race four years later at the same venue. ...
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Puy-Saint-Vincent
Puy-Saint-Vincent (; oc, Puei Sant Vincent) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Alpes department The following is a list of the 162 communes of the Hautes-Alpes department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Hautes-Alpes {{HautesAlpes-geo-stub ...
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Paolo De Chiesa
Paolo De Chiesa (born March 14, 1956) is an Italian journalist and former alpine skier who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics and in the 1984 Winter Olympics. De Chiesa has been a technical commentator for RAI in ski races for several years. Biography He was born in Saluzzo, Piedmont. De Chiesa competed in two Olympic slalom events but was not able to finish one of these races. He also scored several podium placements in the Alpine Skiing World Cup. Journalistic career After retiring from competitions, he devoted himself to journalism, first in Telemontecarlo and then as a contributor to various specialized magazines. Since 1993 he has been a sports commentator for Rai, for which he deals with the commentary of men's alpine skiing competitions, supporting first Furio Focolari, then Carlo Gobbo, then Davide Labate Davide Labate (born 18 April 1972) is an Italian journalist from 1993 and alpine skiing commentator, broadcasting for Rai Sport from 2009. Biography A native o ...
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Jonas Nilsson
Lars Jonas Nilsson (born 7 March 1963 in Hedemora, Dalarna) is a Swedish former alpine skier. He was born in Hedemora, which is located in Sweden. He competed at three Winter Olympics. He raced in the Alpine Skiing World Cup from 1983 to 1992, obtaining two victories, both in slalom. He won the gold medal in Alpine World Ski Championships The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). History The inaugural world championships in alpine skiing were held in 1931. During the 1930s, the event was held annuall ... of 1985, in the same discipline. World Cup victories References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Jonas 1963 births Swedish male alpine skiers People from Hedemora Municipality Living people Olympic alpine skiers of Sweden Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Dalarna County ...
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Sestriere
Sestriere (/se'strjɛre/) ( oc, Sestrieras, pms, Ël Sestrier, french: Sestrières) is a ski resort in Piedmont, Italy, a ''comune'' (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is situated in Val Susa, from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ''ad petram sistrariam'', that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin. Geography Sestriere has 929 inhabitants as of 1 January 2021 and is located on the pass that links Val Chisone and Val Susa, at above mean sea level The village is completely surrounded by mountains, which have been exploited to build one of the biggest ski resorts in Italy. The main mountains around Sestriere are: Monte Fraiteve in the north-east, Monte Sises , Punta Rognosa di Sestriere and Monte Motta in the south-east. Sestriere is divided into several smaller hamlets: Sestriere Colle, on the pass top, Sestriere Borgata, in Val Chisone, Champlas du Col and Champlas Janvier, in Val Susa. History Formerly, the pass belonged to the munic ...
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