Luigi Colturi

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Luigi Colturi Alpine skiing
nation ItalyItaly Italy
birthday March 13, 1967
place of birth Bormio , Italy
size 180 cm
Weight 80 kg
job police officer
date of death June 2, 2010
Place of death Bormio
Career
discipline Downhill , super-G
society CS Carabinieri
End of career 1997
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut January 23, 1988
 Overall World Cup 28. ( 1992/93 )
 Downhill World Cup 23. ( 1989/90 , 1993/94 )
 Super G World Cup 8. (1992/93)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Super G 0 0 1
 

Luigi Colturi (born March 13, 1967 in Bormio ; † June 2, 2010 ibid) was an Italian ski racer . He took part in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer and reached a podium in the World Cup . He specialized in the fast downhill and super-G disciplines. His younger brother Franco was also a ski racer.

biography

Luigi Colturi, who comes from Bormio, took part in the Junior World Championships in Jasná in 1985 and just barely missed a medal in fourth place. On January 23, 1988, he made his World Cup debut on the downhill from Leukerbad and won points straight away with 14th place. Two years later, he finished sixth in the downhill from Val-d'Isère for the first time in the top ten. His only World Cup podium was on December 5, 1992 in the Super-G of Val-d'Isère as third behind Jan Einar Thorsen and Franz Heinzer . That season he finished eighth in the discipline ranking.

In 1994 Colturi experienced the peak of his career. Thanks to a fifth downhill rank in Chamonix at the end of January , he was included in the Italian squad for the Olympic Games in Lillehammer . There he prevailed against Werner Perathoner in the team's internal qualification as part of the final training , but did not get beyond a 21st place in the race. It was his only appearance at a major event. In the 1994/95 season he got three more top 10 placements, after which his performance stalled. After a long break he contested his last races at the World Cup and FIS level in 1996/97 , but could no longer build on earlier results.

Luigi Colturi died in his hometown on June 2, 2010 at the age of 43. The circumstances of his death were not disclosed. In an obituary, he was described as a lover of thrills and adrenaline . At the beginning of October 2011, a mountain bike race for children was organized in his honor .

successes

Olympic games

World cup

  • 10 placements among the top ten, including 1 podium

World Cup ratings

season total Departure Super G
space Points space Points space Points
1987/88 97. 5 40. 5 - -
1989/90 73. 12 23. 12 - -
1992/93 28. 257 31. 76 8th. 181
1993/94 63. 97 23. 97 - -
1994/95 50. 134 28. 63 21st 71

Junior World Championships

More Achievements

  • Victory at the Argentine giant slalom championships in 1994

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Luigi Colturi. Sports Reference LLC, accessed March 26, 2019 .
  2. a b L. Begalli: Bormio, oggi l'addio al discesista Luigi Colturi. La Provincia di Sondrio, June 4, 2010, accessed March 26, 2019 (Italian).
  3. ^ Sport e solidarietà: Memorial Luigi Colturi di Mountain Bike. Alta Rezia News, October 7, 2011, accessed March 26, 2019 (Italian).