Giuliano Razzoli (born 18 December 1984) is a

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alpine ski racer and

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gold medalist from

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. He specializes in the slalom; he won the Slalom at the

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in Vancouver.

Biography

Born at

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in Reggio Emilia, Razzoli took the first place in slalom at the 2006 Italian Championships in Santa Caterina,

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, 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

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, and his second was in Switzerland at

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in March 2011.

2010 Winter Olympics

Razzoli became Olympic Champion at the

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, 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

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'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

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, 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

Race podiums

* 2 wins – (2 SL) * 11 podiums – (11 SL)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Giuliano Razzoli
at the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) ' * ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Razzoli, Giuliano Living people 1984 births Sportspeople from the Province of Reggio Emilia Italian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Alpine skiers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics