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Roland Thöni (17 January 1951 – 4 April 2021) was an Italian
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. A cousin of
Gustav Thöni Gustav Thöni (; sometimes listed as Gustavo Thoeni; born 28 February 1951) is an Italian retired World Cup alpine ski racer. Career Thöni was born in the German-speaking province of South Tyrol, in the hamlet of Trafoi of the Stilfs munici ...
, Roland competed on the
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circuit during the 1970s.


Biography

Roland Thöni was born in
Trafoi Stilfs (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is located near the northern ramp of the eponymous Stelvio Pass. The municipality of Stilfs contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages a ...
, a ''frazione'' of
Stilfs Stilfs (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is located near the northern ramp of the eponymous Stelvio Pass. The municipality of Stilfs contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages ...
(
South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...
). His World Cup debut on 7 February 1971 was a top ten finish; he took seventh place in the slalom at
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,
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. His best year was
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, which he opened with a bronze medal in the slalom at the
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in
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, finishing behind his cousin Gustav and
Francisco Fernández Ochoa Francisco "Paquito" Fernández Ochoa (25 February 1950 – 6 November 2006) was a World Cup alpine ski racer from Spain. Born in Madrid and raised north of the city in Cercedilla, he was the eldest of eight children whose father ran a ski schoo ...
, the gold medalist from
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. In mid-March 1972, Thöni also obtained his only two World cup victories; he won the slaloms at
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and
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on consecutive days. He did not reach the podium in the following World Cup seasons. His last international race was the downhill at the
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, won by
Franz Klammer Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. He dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975– 78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, ...
.


World cup


All top 10 results


Victories


See also

* Italy national alpine ski team at the Olympics


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thoni, Roland 1951 births 2021 deaths People from Stilfs Italian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Germanophone Italian people Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Alpine skiers of Fiamme Gialle Skiers from South Tyrol 20th-century Italian sportsmen