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Alberto Tomba
Alberto Tomba, "Tomba la Bomba" (born 1966, Bologna area), Italian alpine skier; three Olympic golds in slalom/giant slalom, 50 World Cup wins, 88 podiums, Overall World Cup 1995.
Daniela Ceccarelli
Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian alpine skier born 1975 in Frascati, won the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Super G gold by 0.05 seconds over Janica Kostelić; mother and coach of Lara Colturi, who races for Albania.
Deborah Compagnoni
Deborah Compagnoni, Italian alpine skier born 1970 in Bormio; first to win alpine skiing gold at three consecutive Winter Olympics (1992 super-G, 1994 and 1998 giant slalom) plus 1998 slalom silver.
Giuliano Razzoli
Giuliano Razzoli, "Razzo del circo bianco", Italian alpine skier born 1984; 2010 Vancouver Olympic slalom gold (1:39.32), third Italian Olympic slalom champion after Gros and Tomba; 2014 DNF, 2022 8th.
Gustavo Thoeni
Gustavo Thoeni (Gustav Thöni), born 1951 in Trafoi, Italy, is a retired alpine ski racer who won four overall World Cups (1971-73, 1975), Olympic giant slalom gold at Sapporo 1972, and five world titles, later coaching Alberto Tomba.
Josef Polig
Josef Polig, Italian alpine skier born 1968 in Vipiteno (Sterzing), won surprise gold in the combined at the 1992 Albertville Olympics; World Cup racer 1988–95, nicknamed Joe-Speck, later a food-products distributor.
Paola Magoni Sforza
Paola Magoni Sforza, called Paoletta, Italian alpine skier born 1964 in Selvino; won the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic slalom gold, the first for an Italian female alpine skier, plus 1985 Pfronten World Cup win and Bormio Worlds bronze.
Piero Gros
Piero Gros, Italian alpine skier of the Valanga azzurra; 1974 overall and giant slalom World Cup champion and 1976 Innsbruck Olympic slalom gold medalist, rival of Gustav Thöni.
Sofia Goggia
Sofia Goggia (born 1992, Bergamo) is an Italian alpine skier, Olympic downhill champion PyeongChang 2018, silver Beijing 2022, bronze Milano Cortina 2026, four downhill World Cup titles.
Zeno Colo
Zeno Colò (Zeno Colo), Italian alpine skier (1920-1993) from Abetone; 1950 Aspen world champion in downhill and giant slalom, 1952 Oslo Olympic downhill gold, Italy's first alpine skiing Olympic gold, flying-kilometer record holder, disqualified for professionalism in 1954.