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Alberto Tomba

1966 - Today

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Alberto Tomba Golden Collar of Sports Merit - Army Gold Cross of Merit (born 19 December 1966) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier (slalom and giant slalom) in the late 1980s and 1990s. At 182 cm and 90 kg, his powerful build was a contrast to the lighter, more traditional technical skiers who prioritised agility over muscle. Tomba was able to take advantage of the introduction of spring-loaded ski gates which replaced the older, solid gates in the early 1980s by using his power to maintain a faster, more direct line through courses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Tomba is the 7th most popular skier, the 2,012th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,107th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Alberto Tomba ranks 7 out of 817. Before him are Ingemar Stenmark, Jean-Claude Killy, Heikki Hasu, Matti Nykänen, Toni Sailer, and Eddie the Eagle. After him are Bjørn Dæhlie, Franz Klammer, Sixten Jernberg, Birger Ruud, Annemarie Moser-Pröll, and Jiří Raška.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Alberto Tomba ranks 58. Before him are David Schwimmer, Paul Ritter, Enrique Peña Nieto, Cecilia Bartoli, Rinat Akhmetov, and Jorge Campos. After him are GZA, Oleksii Reznikov, Paulo Futre, Erdoğan Atalay, Max Richter, and Yoshihiro Togashi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alberto Tomba ranks 2,012 out of 5,161. Before him are Antonio Rosmini (1797), Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (1781), Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895), Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580), Giovanni Baglione (1566), and Giovanni Battista Donati (1826). After him are Gaius Nymphidius Sabinus (100), Luca Toni (1977), Antonio Cabrini (1957), Ira von Fürstenberg (1940), Riccardo Chailly (1953), and Francesco Maurolico (1494).

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Among SKIERS In Italy

Among skiers born in Italy, Alberto Tomba ranks 1. After him are Gustav Thöni (1951), Giuliana Minuzzo (1931), Franco Nones (1941), Stefania Belmondo (1969), Giorgio Di Centa (1972), Marco Albarello (1960), Federica Brignone (1990), Deborah Compagnoni (1970), Giorgio Vanzetta (1959), Pietro Piller Cottrer (1974), and Federico Pellegrino (1990).

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