Pia Riva
Pia Riva 
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 Italy
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| birthday | 4th April 1935 (age 85) | ||||||
| place of birth | Piovene Rocchette , Italy | ||||||
| size | 162 cm | ||||||
| Weight | 58 kg | ||||||
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| discipline |
Downhill , combined , giant slalom , slalom |
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| status | resigned | ||||||
| End of career | 1964 | ||||||
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| last change: February 13, 2014 | |||||||
Pia Riva (born April 4, 1935 in Piovene Rocchette , Vicenza Province ) is a former Italian ski racer .
Career
The giant slalom and downhill specialist won the Italian national championship five times in each of these disciplines .
When she took part in a major international competition for the first time, she finished 4th in the downhill at the 1958 Alpine World Ski Championships in Bad Gastein . Her greatest sporting success was winning the silver medal in the downhill at the 1962 World Ski Championships in Chamonix, France .
She took part in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and 1964 in Innsbruck , but could not win a medal there.
In 1964 she won the Silver Belt .
resignation
After the end of her career , she emigrated to the United States in 1964 .
successes
World championships
- Bad Gastein 1958 : 4th descent
- Chamonix 1962 : 2nd departure
Olympic games
- Squaw Valley 1960 : 4th downhill, 17th giant slalom
- Innsbruck 1964 : 18th descent, 9th giant slalom, 9th slalom, 6th combination
Italian championships
- Departure (5): 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964
- Giant Slalom (5): 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
Web links
- Pia Riva in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Pia Riva in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Pia Riva in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Riva, Pia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Piovene Rocchette , Italy |