Armin Bittner (born November 28, 1964) is a German former

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

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Alberto Tomba Alberto Tomba (born 19 December 1966 in San Lazzaro di Savena) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier ( slalom and giant slalom) in the late 1980s and 1990s. At 182 cm and 90 kg, his powerfu ...

era'' he was one of his most difficult opponents, capable of beating him twice in the ranking of slalom specialties, in 1989 and

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Career

He won a total of 7

Alpine Skiing World Cup The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France ( ...

races, all in

Slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

. He competed in the

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Winter Olympic Games, but did not win any medals.sports-reference.com
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World Cup victories

World Cups

Individual races

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bittner, Armin 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Garmisch-Partenkirchen German male alpine skiers FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Olympic alpine skiers of Germany Olympic alpine skiers of West Germany Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics 20th-century German people