Thomas Bergamelli (born 1973) is a retired
Italian
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alpine skier.
Career
He competed in three events at the
1992 Junior World Championships, managing a fourth place in the giant slalom. In the World Cup he would compete in the slalom and giant slalom exclusively.
[
He made his ]World Cup
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debut in December 1994 in Lech
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, later collecting his first World Cup points with a 20th place in the giant slalom at Tignes
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in November 1995. Managing once to equal his personal best World Cup placement of 20th, in January 1998 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm
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, he was a prolific competitor until his last World Cup race in January 2000 in Chamonix
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.
The four Bergamelli ski brothers
The Bergamellis were four brothers, Sergio (born 1970), Norman
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(born 1971), Thomas (born 1973) and Giancarlo
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* Giancarlo Agazzi (1933–1995), Italia ...
(born 1974), and all four were World Cup
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alpine skiers.
References
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1973 births
Living people
Italian male alpine skiers
Skiers from the Province of Bergamo
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