Richard Pramotton
Richard Pramotton 
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 Italy
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| birthday | 9th May 1964 (age 56) | ||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Courmayeur , Italy | ||||||||||||||||
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Giant slalom , slalom , super-G |
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| status | resigned | ||||||||||||||||
| End of career | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
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Richard Pramotton (born May 9, 1964 in Courmayeur ) is a former Italian ski racer with a French mother tongue.
biography
His strongest discipline was the giant slalom , in which he won three World Cups and made it onto the podium four times. He also achieved a few podiums in the Super-G and in the slalom . In his best season, 1986/87 , he was third in the Giant Slalom World Cup and fifth in the overall World Cup. From 1983 to 1987 he won a total of four Italian championship titles.
At the 1985 World Ski Championships in Bormio , he came 13th in the giant slalom, and in the 1987 Super-G in Crans-Montana , he finished eleventh. Two days later in the giant slalom he was eliminated in the first run, and in the slalom, too, after finishing 22nd in the first run, he did not finish. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , he suffered a meniscus damage in a fall during downhill training and was unable to participate in the competitions.
Pramotton holds a leading position in the winter sports promotion group of the Italian military.
successes
World Cup victories
| date | place | Country | discipline |
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| January 28, 1986 | Adelboden | Switzerland | Giant slalom |
| November 30, 1986 | Sestriere | Italy | Giant slalom |
| December 14, 1986 | Alta Badia | Italy | Giant slalom |
Italian championships
A total of four Italian championship titles:
- Slalom: 1986
- Giant slalom: 1986
- Combination: 1983, 1987
Web links
- Richard Pramotton in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Richard Pramotton in the database of Ski-DB (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Mair joked", Sport Zürich, No. 20 of February 17, 1988, page 4
- ^ "Olympia-Allerlei - Pramotton: Aus", Sport Zürich, No. 22 of February 22, 1988.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pramotton, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Courmayeur |