Paolo De Chiesa (born March 14, 1956) is an Italian journalist and 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 ...

who competed in the

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and in the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

. De Chiesa has been a technical commentator for

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in ski races for several years.

Biography

He was born in

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. De Chiesa competed in two Olympic slalom events but was not able to finish one of these races. He also scored several podium placements in the

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 ( ...

Journalistic career

After retiring from competitions, he devoted himself to

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, first in

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and then as a contributor to various specialized magazines. Since 1993 he has been a sports commentator for

Rai RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terr ...

, for which he deals with the commentary of men's

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competitions, supporting first Furio Focolari, then Carlo Gobbo, then

Davide Labate Davide Labate (born 18 April 1972) is an Italian journalist from 1993 and alpine skiing commentator, broadcasting for Rai Sport from 2009. Biography A native of Messina, in the summer he returns to his Torre Faro, a seaside village near the ...

World Championships results

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Chiesa, Paolo 1956 births Living people People from Saluzzo Italian male alpine skiers Italian journalists Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in alpine skiing FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy Competitors at the 1978 Winter Universiade Alpine skiers of Fiamme Gialle Sportspeople from the Province of Cuneo Skiers from Piedmont