Alex Giorgi
Alex Giorgi 
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| Full name | Alessandro Giorgi | ||||||||||||
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| birthday | 9th December 1957 (age 62) | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Bressanone , Italy | ||||||||||||
| job | Merchant | ||||||||||||
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| discipline | Giant slalom , slalom , combination | ||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
| End of career | 1987 | ||||||||||||
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Alex Giorgi (born Alessandro Giorgi on December 9, 1957 in Bressanone ) is a former Italian ski racer .
biography
Giorgi was a member of the Italian national ski team from the end of the 1970s and one of the most consistent runners in his country in the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom . He scored his first points in a World Cup race on January 16, 1979 as eighth of the giant slalom in Adelboden . In the following seven years he finished 52 times in the World Cup . His best season was the Olympic winter 1983/84, which he finished in 9th place in the overall World Cup. This season he also achieved the two only placings on the podium: on December 20, 1983 in the combination of the 3-tre races in Madonna di Campiglio and three months later, on March 23, 1984, in the giant slalom in Oslo .
He took part in the Winter Olympic Games twice, in 1980 and 1984. At the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo , he finished seventh in the giant slalom. In 1982 and 1985 he also took part in the World Ski Championships. The best result is a tenth place in slalom at the 1985 World Championships in Bormio . He won three titles at the Italian Championships between 1982 and 1987.
Today Giorgi runs a sports shop in his home town of Selva di Val Gardena .
successes
Olympic games
- Lake Placid 1980 : Giant Slalom (eliminated)
- Sarajevo 1984 : 7th giant slalom, slalom (eliminated)
World championships
- Schladming 1982 : Giant Slalom (eliminated)
- Bormio 1985 : 10th slalom, giant slalom (eliminated)
World cup
- 25 placements among the top ten, including two podium places
Italian championships
- Giant slalom: 1982, 1984
- Slalom: 1987
Web links
- Alex Giorgi in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Alex Giorgi in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Alex Giorgi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Giorgi, Alex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giorgi, Alessandro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Val Gardena |