| TOMBA Alberto (ITA) |
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19.12.1966 San Lazzaro di Savena
182cm / 90kg
SKI: Rossignol
BOOTS: Lange
BINDING: Look/Rossignol
1998. retired
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| Calgary OWG 88 SL/Gord |
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| Sierra Nevada WM 96 SL/Gold |
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| 1987,Nov,27 Sestriere SL/1st |
Lech 95 SL/1st |
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| Kitzbuhel 92 SL/1st |
Are 93 SL/2nd |
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| Schladming 98 Night SL/1st |
Crans Montana 98 SL/Last Win |
Crans Montana 1998
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World Cup Ranking
General
1986/51st, 1987/15th, 1988/2th, 1989/3rd,
1990/9th, 1991/2nd,
1992/2nd, 1993/5th, 1994/3rd, 1995/1st, 1996/5th, 1997/25th, 1998/14th.
Special
1988 SL/1st, GS/1st, 1989SL/2nd, 1990 SL/2nd, 1991 GS/1st,
1992 SL/1st, GS/1st, 1993 SL/2nd, GS/2nd, 1994 SL/1st,
1995 SL/1st, GS/1st, 1996 SL/2nd, GS/8th. 1997 SL/5th. 1998 SL/7th, GS/13th.
World Championships
1987 Crans Montana GS/3rd, SG/14th.
1989 Vail Gs/7th, SG/6th.
1991 Saalbach SL/4th, SG/DNF.
1993 Morioka GS/DNF, SL/DNS.
1996 Sierra Nevada SL/1st, GS/1st.
1997 Sestriere SL/3rd.
Olympic Games
1988 Calgary SL/1st, GS/1st.
1992 Albertvill SL/2nd, GS/1st.
1994 Lillehammer SL/2nd.
1998 Nagano SL/DNF, GS/DNF.
World Cup -50 w. (35 SL. 15 GS)
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Sestriere 88, 91, 92, 95, 95. Madonna di Campiglio 88, 89, 96,
Kranjska Gora 88, 92, 96. Bad Kleinkirchheim 88, Are 88, Oppdal 88.
Watervill 90, Geilo 90, Saelen 90, Park City 92, Kitzbuhel 92, 95,
Wengen 92, 95, Crans Montana 92, Garmisch 93, 94, 95, Stoneham 94,
Chamonix 94, Tignes 95, Lech 95 I,II, Flachau 96, Schladming 97, 98,
Crans Montana 98. |
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Sestriere 88,, Alta Badia 88, 91, 92, 95, Saas Fee 88, Kranjska Gora 91, 95,
Lillehammer 91, Aspen 91, Watervill 91, Park City 92, Crans Montana 92,
Adelboden 95, Bormio 95 |
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The cheer was always there at the races -- "Al-ber-to, Al-ber-to!" never has one athlete captivated an entire country and most of the ski world than the flamboyant, superstar Alberto Tomba.
The "sunny-boy" of Bologna...Tomba used his movie star looks
and his rich kid attitude to almost single-handedly carry the World Cup
ski tour on his broad shoulders. Along the way he re-invented giant slalom
racing with his NFL linebacker approach to bashing through the gates. And
the women! And the fights! It was all a public relations godsend for race
organizers. Alberto was the king and we were just his servants. Son of
a wealthy textile tycoon of Bologna, Albert grew up away from the Alps,
in a superb mansion located on a small hill overlooking the fields near
Bologna. He learned to ski with his parents in the nearby Apennine mountains
or during the winter holidays at Cortina d'Ampezzo. His passion for racing
helped him to fight hard make the Italian national team, a tough task since
he wasn't from a traditional ski region. But he finally convinced the coaches
by winning bronze in GS at the 1997 FIS World Championships in Crans-Montana.
Eight months later he won his first race in Sestriere - and a star was
born.
Alberto's fame goes beyond the list of his records, World Cups and Olympic
and World Championship gold medals (5). Because he doesn't race DH or Super-G,
it was tough for him to score enough points for the Overall World Cup title.
But in 1995 at the age of 28, Alberto finally reached his goal. Winning
a total of eleven technical races that winter, he became the third Italian
after Gustavo Thoeni and Piero Gros to conquer the Crystal globe. A year
after, he crowned his career in clinching his first gold medals at FIS
World Championships. A decade after scoring his first World Cup points
in Sweden's Are, and eight years after his first Olympic triumphs in Calgary,
the city kid from Bologna joined the exclusive group of top athletes having
reached all major goals in Alpine Ski Racing. In 1998, after having won
his 50th World Cup race at the finals at Crans-Montana, he decided it was
time for him to move out of the "White Circus". A very exciting
era came an end with his departure. Alberto Tomba will always be skiing's
most glamorous legend.
Patrick Lang |
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