Luca Vidi (born 7 July 1976 in St. Gallen, Switzerland)FIS Athlete information sheet Retrieved 2011.12.03PM Institut für Jungunternehmen (IFJ), Article From 2003-09-22 by Schneider, Richard Retrieved on 2011.12.03 is a Swiss former alpine ski racer who competed in slalom, giant slalom, downhill, and super-G. After retiring from the sport in 2001 due to injury, Vidi is now primarily an entrepreneur.
Career in sports Starting with his first official competition under registry of the International Ski Federation in 1994 in Zermatt, Switzerland, Vidi competed until 2001, mainly in Switzerland, Austria and Italy - less frequently in France, Spain, Liechtenstein, Norway and South Korea. Notable performances include a 15th place in Super G at the European Cup in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, in 1996 as well as first and second place in Downhill and Super G respectively at the Universiade in Muju, South Korea, in 1997.Leonz Eder (2001) Universiaden, in Der Schneehase, 36th Yearbook of the SAS (Swiss Academic Skiclub) 1997-2001, p. 222, 2001 SAS Verlag, Zurich Vidi's equipment of choice included bindings by Atomic and boots by Lange.FIS Athlete information sheet Retrieved 2011.12.03
Career from 2001 Vidi retired from active sports in 2001 due to ever more frequent injuries and concentrated on studying business economics at University of St. Gallen. Still a student, he co-founded a subsidiary online-translation companySwiss branch of 24Translate Website Retrieved 2011.12.03 in 2002 of which he remains CEO to this day.
Other notable activities Vidi counts among the supporters of the NGO CCI (Centro de Convivência Infantil), who entertains a day school for children in Mogi-Mirim, Brazil.
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External links 24translate.ch International Ski Federation