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Kristian Ghedina

{{Short description|Italian alpine skier (born 1969)}}

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{{Infobox alpine ski racer

|name = Kristian Ghedina

|image = KristianMover2020.jpg

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|caption = Ghedina in 2020.

|disciplines = Downhill

|club = G.S. Fiamme Gialle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|11|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

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|worldsmedals = 3

|worldsgolds = 0

|wcseasons = 17

|wcwins = 13

|wcpodiums = 33

|wcoveralls = 0 (4th 1997, 2000)

|wctitles = 0 (2nd DH 1995, 1997, 2000)

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|Olympic Games|0|0|0

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{{Medal|Competition|World Cup race podiums}}

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| Downhill | 12 | 9 | 8

| Super-G | 1 | 2 | 1

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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver| 1996 Sierra Nevada | Downhill}}

{{MedalSilver| 1991 Saalbach | Combined}}

{{MedalBronze| 1997 Sestriere | Downhill}}

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Kristian Ghedina ({{IPA|it|ˈkristjaŋ ɡeˈdiːna}}; born 20 November 1969) is an Italian alpine skiing coach and former competitive racer. His 13 victories are the second most by an Italian downhill specialist in World Cup history: the first is Dominik Paris with 21 victories. He is currently an auto racer.

Biography

Ghedina was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo in the province of Belluno, and his mother tongue is Ladin. He studied in Innsbruck and made his World Cup debut in 1989. The following year, after a series of initial podiums and a ruinous fall, he won the last two downhills of the season. He won the silver medal in the Combined race of the 1991 World Championships at Saalbach, Austria; however, the following year he suffered a serious car crash.

Ghedina returned to his best form only in 1995, remaining among the best specialists in the speed disciplines until 2001, when he obtained the last of his 13 World Cup victories (12 Downhills and one Super-G, with a total of 33 podiums).[http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/kristian_ghedina_ita_ghdkr.asp Ski-db.com] – Kristian Ghedina – accessed 9 March 2010 He won also another silver medal at the 1996 and a bronze in the 1997 championships, both in downhill. After his last World Cup victory he kept on racing for another 5 seasons, reaching 15 top-ten results, two of them podiums.

He probably gave his most remarkable performance on 24 January 2004 at the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel: on the last jump, approaching the finish line at a speed of 137,6 km/h, he produced a straddle in the air ("spread eagle") which amazed spectators and TV commentators; nevertheless he gained a temporary lead in the race, which he finished sixth in the end.shown on YouTube-Videos - one [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wqu5NTyvKk|: in German] followed by an interview, the other one [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_onJpunYHO4|: in French]

Ghedina retired from ski racing following the 2006 season. He has raced a BMW in the Italian Superturismo Championship and, driving a Lola, in the Formula 3000 International Masters. In 2012 he started working with the Croatian national ski team, advising the team on the alpine speed disciplines.{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/alpine-skiing/news-multimedia/news/article=ivica-kostelic-and-kristian-ghedina-team-colmar.html |title=Ivica Kostelic and Kristian Ghedina team up at Colmar |author= |date=5 July 2012 |website=International Ski Federation |access-date=14 February 2014}}

World Cup results

=Podium=

  • 13 wins (12 DH, 1 SG)
  • 33 podiums (29 DH, 4 SG)

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!Date!!Place!!Discipline!!Rank

16/12/1989align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Val GardenaDownhillbgcolor=cc9966|3rd
11/01/1990align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} SchladmingDownhillbgcolor=silver|2nd
03/02/1990align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
15/03/1990align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} ÅreDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
13/01/1995align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} KitzbühelDownhillbgcolor=cc9966|3rd
20/01/1995align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} WengenDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
25/02/1995align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Whistler, BCDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
10/03/1995align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} KvitfjellSuper Gbgcolor=silver|2nd
11/03/1995align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} KvitfjellDownhillbgcolor=silver|2nd
06/03/1996align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} KvitfjellDownhillbgcolor=cc9966|3rd
20/12/1996align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Val GardenaDownhillbgcolor=cc9966|3rd
21/12/1996align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Val GardenaDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
29/12/1996align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} BormioDownhillbgcolor=cc9966|3rd
11/01/1997align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} ChamonixDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
18/01/1997align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} WengenDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
22/02/1997align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Garmisch-PartenkirchenDownhillbgcolor=cc9966|3rd
23/02/1997align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Garmisch-PartenkirchenSuper Gbgcolor=silver|2nd
12/03/1997align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Vail, CODownhillbgcolor=silver|2nd
13/03/1997align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Vail, COSuper Gbgcolor=cc9966|3rd
04/12/1997align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Beaver Creek, CODownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
24/01/1998align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} KitzbühelDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
19/12/1998align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Val GardenaDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
27/11/1999align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Vail, CODownhillbgcolor=cc9966|3rd
17/12/1999align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Val GardenaDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
18/12/1999align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Val GardenaDownhillbgcolor=silver|2nd
22/01/2000align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} KitzbühelDownhillbgcolor=silver|2nd
29/01/2000align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} Garmisch-PartenkirchenDownhillbgcolor=silver|2nd
04/03/2000align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} KvitfjellDownhillbgcolor=silver|2nd
05/03/2000align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} KvitfjellSuper Gbgcolor=gold|1st
16/12/2000align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Val d'IsereDownhillbgcolor=silver|2nd
14/12/2001align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Val GardenaDownhillbgcolor=gold|1st
02/03/2002align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} KvitfjellDownhillbgcolor=cc9966|3rd
08/01/2005align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} ChamonixDownhillbgcolor=silver|2nd

=Overall=

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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year/Rank

! scope="col" colspan="2" |Overall

! scope="col" colspan="2" |Downhill

! scope="col" colspan="2" |Giant

! scope="col" colspan="2" |Super-G

! scope="col" colspan="2" |Combined

scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Points

! scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Points

! scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Points

! scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Points

! scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Points

199015th976th98----7th10
199122nd6311th4032nd319th106th10
199243rd20615th147--39th3329th26
199357th13927th110----20th29
199440th20719th146--39th97th52
19957th628bgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="silver"|47332nd297th126--
199615th4928th23746th910th1705th76
19974th990bgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="silver"|700--5th2186th72
199811th5446th412--10th114--
199920th3558th296--36th149th45
20004th958bgcolor="silver"|2ndbgcolor="silver"|677--8th2168th65
200160th9521st95------
200210th505bgcolor="CC9966"|3rdbgcolor="CC9966"|381--15th8812th36
200398th3836th35--57th3--
200449th16920th169------
200532nd25712th225--34th32--
200635th23510th235------

See also

References

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External links

  • {{sports links}}
  • [http://www.ghedina.com ghedina.com] – personal site – {{in lang|it}}
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3dr7F56rg YouTube.com] – victory (and crash) at Wengen – 1997-01-18
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_onJpunYHO4 YouTube.com] – spread eagle at Kitzbühel – 2004-01-24

{{Italian Alpine Ski Champions in men's downhill}}

{{Italian Alpine Ski Champions in men's super-G}}

{{Italian Alpine Ski Champions in men's combined}}

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