Lorenzo Gritti

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Venetian diplomat of the same name, see Lorenzo Gritti (Diplomat) (1498–1539).

Lorenzo Gritti
Lorenzo Gritti at the 2009 World Cup
nation	Italy
birthday	June 9, 1985
place of birth	Trescore Balneario
size	174 cm
Weight	70 kg
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom , super-G , combination
society	GAV Vertova
National squad	since 2001
status	active
Medal table
Junior World Championship 3 × 2 × 2 ×
Grass ski junior world championships gold Rettenbach 2004 Giant slalom silver Rettenbach 2004 Super G silver Rettenbach 2004 combination bronze Rettenbach 2004 slalom gold Nové Město 2005 slalom gold Nové Město 2005 combination bronze Nové Město 2005 Giant slalom
Placements in the World Cup
Overall World Cup 10. ( 2005 )
last change: October 22, 2012

Lorenzo Gritti (born June 9, 1985 in Trescore Balneario , Bergamo province ) is an Italian grass skier . He is a three-time junior world champion and a member of the national grass ski team of the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI).

Career

After winning several top 10 results at the Junior World Championships in 2002 and 2003 , Gritti celebrated his first major successes at the 2004 Junior World Championships in Rettenbach , where he was among the top three in all competitions. In the giant slalom he won the gold medal in front of the two Austrians Peter Paukovits and Marc Zickbauer , in the super-G and in the combination he took silver and in the slalom he took third place at the same time as the Swiss Stefan Portmann . A year later he won two gold medals in slalom and in combination and bronze in giant slalom at the Junior World Championships in 2005 in Nové Město na Moravě .

In the general class, Gritti achieved a place among the fastest ten for the first time at the 2005 World Championships in Dizin with seventh place in the giant slalom. At the 2007 World Championships in Olešnice v Orlických horách , his best result was sixth place in the super combination. The Italian drove into the top 10 twice at the 2009 World Cup in Rettenbach. He was seventh in the super combined and tenth in the slalom. He did not take part in the 2011 World Cup.

In the World Cup , Gritti was among the top ten in numerous races. From 2003 to 2007 he was able to place four times among the top 15 in the overall ranking. The exception was the year 2006, in which the Italian had not contested any races. His best overall result so far is tenth in the 2005 season .

successes

World championships

• Castione della Presolana 2003 : 29th Super-G
• Dizin 2005 : 7th giant slalom, 14th Super-G, 20th combination, 24th slalom
• Olešnice v Orlických horách 2007 : 6th super combined, 20th giant slalom, 25th super G
• Rettenbach 2009 : 7th super combination, 10th slalom, 15th giant slalom, 20th super-G

Junior World Championships

(Results only known from 2002)

• Nové Město na Moravě 2002 : 6th slalom, 6th combination, 7th giant slalom, 14th super-G
• Goldingen 2003 : 4th Super-G, 6th giant slalom
• Rettenbach 2004 : 1st giant slalom, 2nd super-G, 2nd combination, 3rd slalom
• Nové Město na Moravě 2005 : 1st slalom, 1st combination, 3rd giant slalom, 8th super-G

World cup

• Best overall result: 10th overall in the 2005 season

Web links

Commons : Lorenzo Gritti  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lorenzo Gritti in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) - results only registered since 2004