Gustavo Thoeni (ITA)
17.03.1951 Trafoi
172cm 65kg
SKI: Spolding

1978. retired
Vald'Isere 75 GS/1st Kitzbuhel SL
Val d'Isere 1975 GS/1st Kitzbuhel SL
Garmisch 75 SL SunValley75 SL/1st
Garmisch 75 SL Sun Valley 75 SL/1st
ThoenaFace World Cup Ranking
General
1970/3rd, 1971/1st, 1972/1st, 1973/1st, 1974/2nd, 1975/1st, 1976/3rd,
1977/6th, 1978/26th.
Special
1970 GS/1st, 1971 SL/2nd,GS/2nd, 1972 GS/1st, 1973 SL/1st, 1974 SL/1st,
1975 SL/3rd, 1976 SL/3rd,GS/2nd, 1977 SL/5th,GS/10th.
World Championships
1970 Val Gardena SL/4th.
1974 St.Moritz SL/1st,GS/1st.
Olympic Games
1972 Sapporo GS/1st, SL/2nd, K/1st(WCS).
1976 Innsbruck SL/2nd, GS/4th, K/1st(WCS)
World Cup - 24 w. (11 GS, 8 SL, 4 K, 1 P)
1. GS: Val d'Isere 70, 75, Madonna 70, 70, Sugerloaf 71,
Heavenly 71, 72, Adelboden 73, 74, 76, Voss 74
SL: Hindelang 70, Madonna 71, Heavenly 71, St.Anton 73,
Mt.Ste.Anne 73, Vysoke Tatry 74, Chamonix 75, Sun Valley 75
K : Wengen 75, Kitzbuhel 75, 77, Chamonix 75
P : Val Gardena 75
Italy's Gustavo Thoeni was one of the first leaders of a new generation of skiers produced by the World Cup tour.
Thoeni dominated the sport from the early 1970's and was a huge hero in his own country.
A four-time Overall World Cup champion from 1971 to 1975, he also clinched five gold medals at Olympics and FIS World Championships from 1972 to 1976.
Gustavo helped launch one of the strongest Ski Teams on the World Cup, the famous "Valanga Azzurra" who set an impressive record in 1975 by taking all top-5 spots in a GS in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
His technique was extremely smooth and precise and he was very cool under pressure.
Thoeni had some of his greatest wins in key race for World Cup standings or attacking for gold at medal races.
The Italian nearly defeated the great Franz Klammer in 1975 on the treacherous Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbuhel.
He lost the race by only 1/100 of a second.
Gustavo competed until the Olympics in 1980 but returned to ski racing later on as a coach.
He helped Alberto Tomba back to the top in the early 1990's when he was in charge of the technical training of the superstar from Bologna.
Thoeni is now the head-coach of the Italian men's team. He is married and has two daughters.
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