Thomas Grandi

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Thomas Grandi Alpine skiing
Thomas Grandi
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday 27th December 1972 (age 47)
place of birth Bolzano , Italy
size 178 cm
Career
discipline Giant slalom , slalom
society Banff Alpine Racers
status resigned
End of career March 16, 2009
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual world cup victories 2
 Overall World Cup 11. ( 2005/06 )
 Super G World Cup 47th ( 1995/96 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 3rd ( 2004/05 )
 Slalom World Cup 5th (2005/06)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Giant slalom 2 0 2
 slalom 0 2 3
 

Thomas Grandi (born December 27, 1972 in Bozen , Italy ) is a former Canadian ski racer . He specialized in the disciplines of giant slalom and slalom . During his career, he won two world cup races.

biography

Thomas Grandi, whose parents are also from Bolzano, won the overall and giant slalom classification of the Nor-Am Cup in the 1992/93 and 1993/94 seasons . He won his first points in the World Cup in March 1993 in the giant slalom in Oppdal . He reached the first World Cup podium on November 22, 1997 as third in the Park City giant slalom . In the following years he achieved top 10 placings again and again, but only after more than six years did he achieve a podium again on January 25, 2004 in the slalom in Kitzbühel with second place behind the Finn Kalle Palander .

In the 2004/05 season , the Canadian managed the big surprise. He won the two giant slaloms in Alta Badia and Flachau within 48 hours . At the end of the season he was able to place third in the Giant Slalom World Cup behind Benjamin Raich and Bode Miller . At the Alpine World Ski Championships in 2005 , he took fifth place in the giant slalom and the newly created team competition , and he finished sixth in the slalom.

Grandi is married to cross-country skier Sara Renner and became a father for the first time in February 2007. A month later, he announced his temporary retirement from ski racing and then took over the management of the Ski Association of the Province of Alberta . In the summer of 2008, he announced his comeback as he planned to take part in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . During the 2008/09 season, however, he could only classify himself twice in the points. In mid-March 2009, he finally announced his final resignation.

Grandi is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right To Play .

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World Cup ratings

season total Super G Giant slalom slalom
space Points space Points space Points space Points
1992/93 123. 13 - - 41. 13 - -
1993/94 80. 61 - - 27. 50 48. 11
1994/95 109. 19th - - 47. 5 39. 14th
1995/96 71. 68 47. 10 25th 58 - -
1996/97 50. 134 - - 20th 113 42. 21st
1997/98 36. 279 - - 15th 161 21st 118
1998/99 49. 129 - - 30th 36 25th 93
2000/01 96. 42 - - 39. 29 48. 13
2001/02 56. 116 - - 20th 79 38. 37
2002/03 34. 265 - - 18th 111 16. 154
2003/04 21st 366 - - 13. 145 10. 221
2004/05 12. 500 - - 3. 366 16. 134
2005/06 11. 619 - - 6th 259 5. 360
2006/07 43. 193 - - 20th 67 18th 126
2008/09 114. 20th - - - - 44. 20th

World Cup victories

Grandi achieved 9 podiums, including 2 victories:

date place country discipline
December 19, 2004 Alta Badia Italy Giant slalom
December 21, 2004 Flachau Austria Giant slalom

Nor-Am Cup

  • Season 1992/93 : 1. Appreciation, the first giant slalom rating
  • Season 1993/94 : 1. Appreciation, the first giant slalom rating

Canadian Championships

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tom Grandi's second resignation , Aargauer Zeitung, March 16, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Grandi, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Bolzano , Italy