Giorgio Rocca

Giorgio Rocca (born 6 August 1975) is an Italian former alpine skier, a specialist in slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli, Ingemar Stenmark and Marcel Hirscher, he is one of four skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba (7) has won more World Cup slaloms consecutively. He is currently ninth in the list of all-time slalom winners, with a total of 11 victories.

Giorgio Rocca
Personal information
Born (1975-08-06) 6 August 1975
Chur, Grisons, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesTechnical events
ClubC.S. Carabinieri
World Cup debut1993
Retired2010
Olympics
Teams2
Medals0
World Championships
Teams6
Medals3 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons18
Wins11
Podiums22
Overall titles0
Discipline titles1
Medal record
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 0 3
World Junior Championships 0 0 1
Total 0 0 4
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 11 6 4
Combined 0 1 0
Total 11 7 4
World Championships
2003 St. Moritz Slalom
2005 Bormio Slalom
2005 Bormio Combined
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.