Roland Clara

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Roland Clara Cross-country skiing
Roland Clara (Tour de Ski, 2010)

Roland Clara (Tour de Ski, 2010)

nation ItalyItaly Italy
birthday 8th March 1982 (age 38)
place of birth Brunico , Italy
size 174 cm
Weight 65 kg
Career
job Police officer
society GS Fiamme Gialle
National squad since 2005
status active
Medal table
National championships 6 × gold 4 × silver 4 × bronze
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup March 6, 2005
 Overall World Cup 15th ( 2010/11 )
 Distance World Cup 10. ( 2012/13 )
 Tour de Ski 5th ( 2010/11 , 2015 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 0 1 1
 Season 0 2 1
last change: July 23, 2016

Roland Clara (born March 8, 1982 in Bruneck , South Tyrol ) is an Italian cross-country skier .

life and career

Clara first appeared internationally at the Junior World Championships 2002 in Schonach . Over the classic distance of 30 kilometers, he finished 18th. In the next few years he mainly started in the Continental Cup . After several podium places in the Continental Cup, at the end of the 2004/05 season he was given the opportunity to start in the Cross-Country World Cup . Right at his first start over the classic distance of 50 kilometers, he surprised the world leaders and scored his first World Cup points in eleventh place. He was also able to place in the top thirty in the following competitions. He was unable to confirm these good results in the following Olympic season and placed himself far outside the World Cup points ranks and was therefore unable to qualify for the Olympic Games in his home country. Only at the end of the season did his form improve and he achieved tenth place over 50 kilometers of freestyle in Oslo .

In the 2006/07 season he was able to qualify for a first major international event with several placements among the top thirty. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo he started in the pursuit competition and finished 21st in the double victory of the Germans Axel Teichmann and Tobias Angerer . In the 2007/08 season , Clara managed to establish herself more and more in the extended world elite. At the end of the season in Bormio, he fought eighth place. He finished the Tour de Ski 2008/09 in 27th place. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 he reached 27th place over 15 km classic, fifth place in the 30 km pursuit race and fourth place with the relay. In the 2009/10 season he came in 21st place in the Tour de Ski and in 16th place in the World Cup finals in Falun . In his first Olympic participation in 2010 in Vancouver , he finished 36th in the 50 km mass start race.

At the beginning of the 2010/11 season, Clara took 37th place at the Nordic Opening in Kuusamo . After a weaker start in the following Tour de Ski 2010/11 , Clara achieved fifth place in the overall standings due to a strong final stage with second place. In February 2011 he took second place with the relay in Rybinsk . In the same month he came at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo on the 28th place in the 50 km mass start race, on the seventh place in the 30 km pursuit race and fifth place with the relay. At the beginning of the following season he finished third in Sjusjoen over 15 km freestyle. In the further course of the season he came in 14th place at the Nordic Opening and 19th place in the Tour de Ski 2011/12 . In February 2012 he won the 42 km freestyle at the Gsieser Tal-Lauf . At the World Cup finals, he finished eighth and thus reached 18th place in the overall World Cup. In the 2012/13 season he achieved 32nd place at the Nordic Opening and 30th place at the Tour de Ski 2012/13 . At the World Cup race in Canmore , he took second place in the skiathlon. In February 2013, as in the previous year, he won the Gsieser Tal-Lauf over 42 km freestyle. At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme , he came in 21st place over 15 km freestyle, 20th place in the skiathlon and fourth place with the relay. He finished the season in tenth place in the Distance World Cup. In February 2014 he took part in the Winter Olympics in Sochi . There he reached the 29th place in the skiathlon, the 11th place in the 50 km mass start race and the fifth place with the relay. At the beginning of the 2014/15 season, he finished 33rd at the Nordic Opening in Lillehammer . This was followed by fifth place in the Tour de Ski 2015 ; while he won the final mountain pursuit. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun in 2015 , he achieved 27th place in the 15 km freestyle, 17th place in the skiathlon and sixth place with the relay. He finished the season in 16th place in the overall World Cup.

Clara lives in Reischach near Bruneck.

successes

Stage victories in world cup races

No. date place discipline run
1. January 11, 2015 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme 9 km mountain pursuit freestyle 1 Tour de Ski 2015
1 Counted as the winner due to the fastest running time.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. February 27, 2005 ItalyItaly Schilpario 10 km freestyle Alpine Cup
2. December 21, 2008 AustriaAustria St. Ulrich am Pillersee 10 km classic Alpine Cup
3. March 13, 2016 ItalyItaly Toblach Overall standings stage race Alpine Cup

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  
2nd place 1 1 2
3rd place 1 1
Top 10 3 1 3 6th 3 16 14th
Scoring 1 21st 5 7th 15th 11 60 18th
Starts 1 40 9 7th 17th 1 16 91 18th
Status: end of season 2014/15
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
2004/05 53 70. 53 45. - -
2005/06 54 80. 54 54. - -
2006/07 74 58. 74 34. - -
2007/08 137 48. 130 29 7th 97.
2008/09 190 39. 174 24. - -
2009/10 168 46. 98 38. - -
2010/11 446 15th 248 14th 6th 95.
2011/12 463 18th 315 15th - -
2012/13 389 17th 361 10. - -
2013/14 101 61. 81 40. - -
2014/15 376 16. 196 21st - -
2015/16 18th 109. 18th 65. - -

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Result Gsieser Tal-Lauf 2012
  2. ^ Result Gsieser Tal-Lauf 2013

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Clara, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Brunico , Italy