Fulvio Valbusa

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Fulvio Valbusa Cross-country skiing
Fulvio Valbusa (2006)

Fulvio Valbusa (2006)

nation ItalyItaly Italy
birthday 15th February 1969 (age 51)
place of birth Verona , Italy
size 172 cm
Weight 72 kg
Career
society GS Forestale
National squad since 1992
status resigned
End of career 2006
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 4 × bronze
JWM medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1998 Nagano Season
gold 2006 Turin Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze 1995 Thunder Bay Season
bronze 1997 Trondheim Season
bronze 1999 Ramsau 25 km pursuit
bronze 1999 Ramsau Season
silver 2005 Oberstdorf 15 km freestyle
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
silver 1988 Saalfelden 30 km
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup 4th January 1992
 World Cup victories in individual 2 ( details )
 World Cup victories in the team 1 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 3. ( 1996/97 )
 Sprint World Cup 2. ( 1996/97 )
 Distance World Cup 7th ( 2003/04 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 2 5 5
 Season 1 5 1
Placements in the marathon or Worldloppet Cup
 Worldloppet Cup victories 1 ( details )
 

Fulvio Valbusa (born February 15, 1969 in Verona ) is a former Italian cross-country skier . Between 1992 and 2001 he was one of the most successful cross-country skiers in his country and won several Olympic medals and medals at Nordic World Ski Championships. However, he could not win a major individual title. His greatest success is winning the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with the Italian cross-country relay.

Career

Valbusa, who started for the GS Forestale club , made his international debut at the Junior World Championship in Saalfelden in 1988 , where he won silver over 30 kilometers. As part of the cross-country world cup , it started for the first time on January 4, 1992 in Kawgolowo . After he was able to draw attention to himself for the first time as fourth in Cogne just a week later, he traveled with the Italian team to the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville . There he started in the individual race over the 30 km and achieved a good 17th place.

From the 1992/93 season Valbusa was a permanent member of the Italian senior squad and collected World Cup points in the second World Cup of the season in Ramsau am Dachstein as 28th. In Bohinj , Slovenia , he finished ninth in January 2013, again in the top ten, before traveling with the team to the 1993 Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun . After Valbusa crossed the finish line in 19th place over the 10 km individual distance, he finished eleventh in the subsequent pursuit. After the World Cup, Valbusa was unable to place in the top of the world for over a year, but still traveled with the team to the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . After 29th place in the individual, he was only 22nd in the pursuit.

At the beginning of the 1994/95 season Valbusa was able to place himself in the top 10 again for the first time in seventh place in Sappada . However, it remained the only top finish of the season. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1995 , he was able to improve slightly compared to Falun in 1993 and twice achieved 16th place in the individual and in the pursuit. With the relay he won the bronze medal. In the following winter 1995/96 Valbusa started with the start of two FIS races in Beitostølen , which he was able to finish in seventh and sixth. On February 2, 1996, in Seefeld in Tirol, he made it onto a World Cup podium for the first time with a second place over 10 km. A few weeks later, in Valsassina , he won the race in the Cross-Country Continental Cup over 15 km in free style. At the following World Cup in Trondheim , Valbusa narrowly missed another World Cup podium in fourth. At the end of the season, the Italian was consistently in the top 10 and celebrated his second World Cup podium as second from Falun.

In the 1996/97 season Valbusa could start with good results. He was on the podium twice at the World Cups in Davos and Brusson . After a rather weak 14th place in Oberstdorf , another podium followed in Kawgolowo. At the following World Championships in Trondheim, Valbusa convinced with a good fifth place over the 30 km before finishing the 10 km race in the classic style in sixth. In the pursuit race he advanced to fifth place. As in 1995, he again secured the silver medal with the relay. After two more top 10 placements in the World Cup in March, he finished the 1996/97 season third in the overall World Cup ranking.

On December 16, 1997 Valbusa celebrated his first of two World Cup victories at the World Cup race in Val di Fiemme . At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan Nagano , he won together with Marco Albarello , Fabio Maj and Silvio Fauner the silver medal in the relay race after three fifth places in the individual disciplines. The Italian relay was in the lead up to 150 meters from the finish but had to admit defeat to the Norwegians by two tenths of a second in the final sprint.

In the winter of 1998/99 Valbusa did not come off well, but after mixed World Cup results traveled to the 1999 World Championships in Ramsau with hopes for medals . After he narrowly missed a medal in fourth over the 30 km, he ran the 10 km individual distance in the classic style to tenth place. In the pursuit race that took place one day later, after a good run, he was able to secure the bronze medal. He was also able to secure bronze again with the relay, before finishing in 15th place in the final 50 km race.

In the following four years Valbusa could not build on the good performances of his first seven years in competitive sports and ended up mostly in the middle of the field. At the 2001 World Championships in Lahti and the 2003 World Championships in Val di Fiemme and also at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , he remained without an individual and without a relay medal. In Falun in March 2003, he finished second with the relay and thus secured a relay World Cup podium for the first time in a long time, after having already made it onto the podium in the Asisago individual race before the World Championship.

On February 6, 2004, Valbusa achieved his second and last individual World Cup victory in his career in La Clusaz . A few days later in Oberstdorf he narrowly missed the podium twice in fourth place. At the beginning of the 2004/05 season , Valbusa managed the relay twice with second place on the podium. In the individual races he had to admit defeat to the young competition and sometimes only ended up in the back of the field. In February, the now 36-year-old traveled to the world championships in Oberstdorf. There he surprised the competition with strong performances and secured the silver medal over the 15 km individual distance in freestyle . With the season he just missed another medal in fourth.

A year later, Valbusa ended his active cross-country skiing career at the age of 37 with the start of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . With them he secured the relay, which also included Cristian Zorzi , Pietro Piller Cottrer and Giorgio Di Centa , four days after his birthday with the gold medal in his own country, one of the greatest successes in Italian cross-country skiing. The Italian season only narrowly prevailed against the German season. It was also the only big title in his career. The last international race was contested by Valbusa with the 50 km individual race at the end of the games, in which he reached 30th place again.

successes

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. December 16, 1997 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme 15 km freestyle
2. February 6, 2004 FranceFrance La Clusaz 15 km freestyle

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. November 24, 2002 SwedenSweden Kiruna 4 × 10 km relay 1

Victories in Worldloppet Cup races

Note: Before the 2015/16 season, the Worldloppet Cup was still called the Marathon Cup .

No. date place run discipline
1. January 30, 2000 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme Marcialonga 70 km freestyle mass start

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. February 14, 1996 ItalyItaly Valsassina 15 km freestyle Continental Cup

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

  • 1992 Albertville : 17th place 30 km classic
  • 1994 Lillehammer : 22nd place 25 km pursuit, 29th place 10 km classic
  • 1998 Nagano : 2nd place relay, 5th place 30 km classic, 5th place 25 km pursuit, 5th place 50 km freestyle, 11th place 10 km classic
  • 2002 Salt Lake City : 18th place 20 km pursuit, 27th place sprint freestyle, 31st place 15 km classic
  • 2006 Turin : 1st place relay, 12th place 15 km classic, 30th place 50 km freestyle mass start

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • 1993 Falun : 11th place 25 km persecution, 19th place 10 km classic
  • 1995 Thunder Bay : 3rd place relay, 16th place 25 km pursuit, 16th place 10 km classic
  • 1997 Trondheim : 3rd place relay, 5th place 25 km pursuit, 5th place 30 km freestyle, 6th place 10 km classic
  • 1999 Ramsau : 3rd place relay, 3rd place 25 km pursuit, 4th place 30 km freestyle, 10th place 10 km classic, 15th place 50 km classic
  • 2001 Lahti : 6th place relay, 8th place 20 km pursuit, 14th place 50 km freestyle, 26th place 15 km classic
  • 2003 Val di Fiemme : 10th place relay, 18th place 50 km freestyle, 48th place 15 km classic
  • 2005 Oberstdorf : 2nd place 15 km freestyle, 4th place relay, 9th place 30 km pursuit

Placements in the World Cup

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

  • 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
  • Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.
placement Distance races a Skiathlon
pursuit 		sprint Stage
race b 		total Team c
≤ 5 km ≤ 10 km ≤ 15 km ≤ 30 km > 30 km sprint Season
1st place 2 2 1
2nd place 1 2 1 1 5 5
3rd place 3 2 5 1
Top 10 12 19th 7th 3 3 7th 51 3 12
Scoring 22nd 37 23 4th 9 17th 112 3 13
Starts 32 57 32 8th 11 23 163 3 13
Status: end of career
a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification
bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale
c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

World Cup overall placements

season total distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
1991/92 12 30th - - - -
1992/93 88 30th - - - -
1993/94 50 40. - - - -
1994/95 129 22nd - - - -
1995/96 482 6th - - - -
1996/97 523 3. 102 7. (LD) 335 2.
1997/98 310 6th 84 (LD) 14. (LD) 226 5.
1998/99 273 12. 157 (LD) 7. (LD) 72 33.
1999/00 180 33. 44 (LD)
70 (MD)		 26. (LD)
36. (MD)		 72 33.
2000/01 378 7th - - 154 9.
2001/02 106 47. - - 9 65.
2002/03 309 14th - - 6th 66.
2003/04 462 8th. 439 7th 23 50.
2004/05 89 49. 89 29 - -
2005/06 52 82. 52 56. - -

Private

Valbusa is married and has two children. His sister Sabina Valbusa is also a cross-country skier. After the end of his career he became an employee of the troops of the State Forest Service. He also supports his wife at work in the family restaurant in Bosco Chiesanuova . Valbusa competes in rally races in his spare time. In 2006 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in the rank of Commander. Valbusa works for the broadcaster Eurosport Italy as an expert in cross-country skiing races. Since 2012 he has been looking after young cross-country skiers as a teacher in a ski school in the Aosta Valley.

In 2007 he was the top candidate for the right wing of the Alleanza Nazionale in Verona in the regional elections.

Web links

Commons : Fulvio Valbusa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fulvio VALBUSA. In: grupposportivoforestale.it. Retrieved November 14, 2015 (Italian).
  2. ↑ World Ski Championships 1993 - Men's 10 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  3. ↑ World Ski Championships 1993 - Men's 25 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  4. ↑ World Ski Championships 1995 - Men's 10km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  5. ↑ World Ski Championships 1995 - Men's 25 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  6. ↑ World Ski Championships 1997 - Men's 30km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  7. ↑ World Ski Championships 1997 - Men's 10km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  8. ↑ World Ski Championships 1997 - Men's 25 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  9. ^ Italy Cross Country Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 14, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Cross Country Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 4 × 10 kilometers Relay. In: sports-reference.com. February 18, 1998, accessed November 14, 2015 .
  11. ↑ World Ski Championships 1999 - Men's 30km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  12. ↑ World Ski Championships 1999 - Men's 10km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  13. ↑ World Ski Championships 1999 - Men's 25 km M Pursuit in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  14. ↑ World Ski Championships 1999 - Men's 50km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  15. ↑ World Ski Championships 2005 - Men's 15 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  16. ↑ World Ski Championships 2005 - Men's Rel 4x10 km M in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on November 14, 2015
  17. ↑ Flaminio Nisco: Torino 2006: Cristian Zorzi, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Giorgio Di Centa, Fulvio Valbusa: la leggenda del fondo italiano continua - Fiamme Gialle. (No longer available online.) In: fiammegialle.org. February 19, 2006, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 14, 2015 (Italian).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fiammegialle.org  
  18. ^ Sci di fondo, la staffetta azzurra vince in Val di Fiemme. In: repubblica.it. Retrieved November 14, 2015 .
  19. ↑ Onorificenze - Dettaglio del conferimento. In: quirinale.it. Retrieved November 14, 2015 (Italian).
  20. ↑ Valbusa e la crisi dello sci di fondo - Panorama. In: panorama.it. February 5, 2014, accessed November 14, 2015 (Italian).
  21. ^ Studenti a scuola di fondo con Fulvio Valbusa. In: aostasera.it. Retrieved November 14, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Valbusa, Fulvio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH 15th February 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Verona , Italy