Giuliano Razzoli (born 18 December 1984) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Italy. He specializes in the slalom; he won the Slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Biography Born at Castelnovo ne' Monti in Reggio Emilia, Razzoli took first place in slalom at the 2006 Italian Championships in Santa Caterina, Valfurva, which resulted in his automatic promotion to the Italian National A team. His World Cup debut was on his 22nd birthday, at a slalom in Alta Badia in December 2006.
Razzoli has nine World Cup podiums, all in slalom. His first World Cup victory came in January 2010 at Zagreb, Croatia,FIS-ski.com – results – Giuliano Razzoli and his second was in Switzerland at Lenzerheide in March 2011.
2010 Winter Olympics Razzoli became Olympic Champion at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning the men's slalom. He clocked a combined total of one minute 39.32 seconds over the two runs, 0.16 seconds ahead of Croatia's Ivica Kostelic with Andre Myhrer of Sweden a further 0.28 seconds adrift.BBC Sport – 2010-02-27
25-year-old Razzoli, who was quickest in the first leg through fog and sleet at Whistler, became the first Italian man to win the Olympic Slalom title since Alberto Tomba, 22 years earlier at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It was the only gold medal won by Italy at those Games.
World Cup results
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 2007 22 138 57 — — — — 2008 23 100 38 — — — — 2009 24 43 13 — — — — 2010 25 33 11 — — — — 2011 26 35 9 — — — — 2012 27 47 13 — — — — 2013 28 45 16 — — — — 2014 29 78 27 — — — — 2015 30 25 8 — — — — 2016 31 61 19 — — — — 2017 32 58 19 — — — — 2018 33No World Cup points 2019 34 55 18 — — — — 2020 35 85 29 — — — — 2021 36 89 31 — — — — 2022 373215——— —
Race podiums 2 wins – (2 SL) 11 podiums – (11 SL) Season Date Location Discipline Place2009 6 Jan 2009 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 3rd1 Mar 2009 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom 2nd2010 6 Jan 2010 Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 1st24 Jan 2010 Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom 3rd2011 23 Jan 2011 Slalom 3rd19 Mar 2011 Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom 1st2012 19 Dec 2011 Alta Badia, Italy Slalom 2nd2015 15 Mar 2015 Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom2nd22 Mar 2015 Méribel, France Slalom 2nd 2016 17 Jan 2016 Wengen, Switzerland Slalom 2nd 2022 16 Jan 2022 Slalom 3rd
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2009 24 DNF1 — — — — 2011 26 DNF2 — — — — 2013 28 DNF1 — — — — 2015 30 DNF1 — — — — 2017 32 22 — — — — 2019 34 22 — — — — 2021 36 DSQ1 — — — —
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2010 251 — — — — 2014 29DNF2 — — — — 2022 378 — — — —
References
External links
Giuliano Razzoli at the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI)