GROS Piero (ITA)
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30.10.1954 Sauze d'Oulx
180cm 70kg
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SKI: Rossignol
BINDING: Salomon
1979 Retired
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| Val d'Isere 75 GS/1st |
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| Mt.St. Anne 76 GS/2nd |
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World Cup Ranking
General
1973/10th, 1974/1st, 1975/4th, 1976/2nd, 1977/4th, 1978/8th.
Special
1974 GS/1st, 1975 SL/2nd, GS/2nd,
1976 SL/2nd, GS/3rd.
World Championships
1974 Val Gardena GS/3rd.
1978 Garmisch SL/2nd, GS/13th.
Olympic Games
1976 Innsbruck SL/1st.
World Cup - 12 w. (7 GS, 5 SL)
| 1. |
GS: |
Val d'Isere 73, 75, Berchtesgaden 74, Morzine 74, Vysoke Tatry 74,
Madonna 75, Adelboden 75, |
| SL: |
Madonna 73, Sterzing 74, Voss 74, Garmisch 75, Kitzbuhel 75, |
| 2. |
GS: |
Sun Valley 75, Morzine 76, Mt.st.Anne 76, Val d'Isere 77-II, Voss 77, |
| SL: |
Wengen 75, Sun Valley 75, garmisch 76, Wengen 76, Madonna 77,
Kitzbuhel 77, Voss 77, |
| 3. |
GS: |
Val d'Isere 76, Adelboden 78, |
| SL: |
Vipiteno 76, Schladming 76, Copper Mtn. 76, Oberstaufen 78, |
| 4. |
GS: |
Geribardi 75, Val d'Isere 77-I, Sun Valley 77, Heavenly Valley 79, |
| SL: |
Kitzbuhel 73, Aspen 76, Zwiesel 78, Kitzbuhel 78, |
| K: |
Arlberg-Kandahar 79, Hahnenkamm 79, |
| 5. |
GS: |
Megeve 73, Quebec 73, Naeba 73, Vysoke Tatry 74, Zwiesel 76,
Ebnat Kappel 77, Planai 79, Kranjska gora 79, |
| SL: |
St.Anton 77, Are 77, Garmisch 79, Oslo 79, |
| 6. |
GS: |
Furano 79, |
| SL: |
Berchtesgaden 77, Stratton Mtn. 78, Madonna 79, Crans Montana 79, |
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| The youngest winner of the Overall World Cup in 1974, "Pierino"
Gros is also the youngest to have won a race at that time. He was only
18 in December 1972 when he beat all the favorites in the GS at Val d'Isere.
It was his very first World Cup appearance and he wore bib number 45! A
week later he beat everybody again in slalom at Madonna di Campiglio. A
silver medal winner in GS in St Moritz at the 1974' FIS World Championships,
the skier from Piedmont became Olympic Champion in slalom in 1976 at Innsbruck.
It was also his last major victory. Gros competed until 1982 and accumulated
a series of top-3 finishes but he could never win a top race again. A very
aggressive and spectacular racer on course, the outspoken Piero was the
perfect opposite of his teammate Gustavo Thoeni. It was very important
for him to become the first to beat Thoeni in the Overall World Cup in
1974 at a race in the former Czechoslovakia. "Pierirno" was strong
again during the 1974/75 campaign and won his final World Cup race at Kitzbuhel
in January that winter. He settled for in 4th place for the season "helping"
Thoeni to win his fourth Crystal Trophy. Gros did so by taking 2nd place
in a race in the USA ahead of their rival Ingemar Stenmark. He gave up
racing at 28 after the 1982' FIS World Championships at Schladming, Austria.
Piero Gros was mayor in his hometown and now manages a sports-shop and
is a commentator on Swiss TV (the Italian speaking TSI Channel). His son
Giorgio has also started to compete at the junior level. |
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