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Kristian Ghedina

Ghedina in 2020.
Personal information
Born	(1969-11-20) 20 November 1969 (age 55) Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
World Championships
Medals	3 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	17
Wins	13
Podiums	33
Overall titles	0 (4th 1997, 2000)
Discipline titles	0 (2nd DH 1995, 1997, 2000)
Medal record International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 0 World Championships 0 2 1 Total 0 2 1 World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Downhill 12 9 8 Super-G 1 2 1 Total 13 11 9 World Championships 1996 Sierra Nevada Downhill 1991 Saalbach Combined 1997 Sestriere Downhill

Kristian Ghedina (Italian pronunciation: [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). 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.

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.

World Cup results

Podium

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

Date	Place	Discipline	Rank
16/12/1989	Val Gardena	Downhill	3rd
11/01/1990	Schladming	Downhill	2nd
03/02/1990	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Downhill	1st
15/03/1990	Åre	Downhill	1st
13/01/1995	Kitzbühel	Downhill	3rd
20/01/1995	Wengen	Downhill	1st
25/02/1995	Whistler, BC	Downhill	1st
10/03/1995	Kvitfjell	Super G	2nd
11/03/1995	Kvitfjell	Downhill	2nd
06/03/1996	Kvitfjell	Downhill	3rd
20/12/1996	Val Gardena	Downhill	3rd
21/12/1996	Val Gardena	Downhill	1st
29/12/1996	Bormio	Downhill	3rd
11/01/1997	Chamonix	Downhill	1st
18/01/1997	Wengen	Downhill	1st
22/02/1997	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Downhill	3rd
23/02/1997	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Super G	2nd
12/03/1997	Vail, CO	Downhill	2nd
13/03/1997	Vail, CO	Super G	3rd
04/12/1997	Beaver Creek, CO	Downhill	1st
24/01/1998	Kitzbühel	Downhill	1st
19/12/1998	Val Gardena	Downhill	1st
27/11/1999	Vail, CO	Downhill	3rd
17/12/1999	Val Gardena	Downhill	1st
18/12/1999	Val Gardena	Downhill	2nd
22/01/2000	Kitzbühel	Downhill	2nd
29/01/2000	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Downhill	2nd
04/03/2000	Kvitfjell	Downhill	2nd
05/03/2000	Kvitfjell	Super G	1st
16/12/2000	Val d'Isere	Downhill	2nd
14/12/2001	Val Gardena	Downhill	1st
02/03/2002	Kvitfjell	Downhill	3rd
08/01/2005	Chamonix	Downhill	2nd

Overall

See also

• Italian skiers who closed in top 10 in overall World Cup

References

1. Ski-db.com – Kristian Ghedina – accessed 9 March 2010
2. shown on YouTube-Videos - one in German followed by an interview, the other one in French
3. "Ivica Kostelic and Kristian Ghedina team up at Colmar". International Ski Federation. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2014.

External links

• Kristian Ghedina at DriverDB.com
• Kristian Ghedina at FIS (alpine)
• Kristian Ghedina at Olympedia
• ghedina.com – personal site – (in Italian)
• YouTube.com – victory (and crash) at Wengen – 1997-01-18
• YouTube.com – spread eagle at Kitzbühel – 2004-01-24

• 1969 births
• Living people
• Italian male alpine skiers
• Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
• Olympic alpine skiers for Italy
• Italian racing drivers
• Porsche Supercup drivers
• Superstars Series drivers
• Ladin people
• Alpine skiers of Fiamme Gialle
• Italian alpine skiing coaches
• Sportspeople from Cortina d'Ampezzo
• Skiers from Veneto
• 20th-century Italian sportsmen