- Kristian Ghedina
Kristian Ghedina (born
November 20 ,1969 ) is an Italian former Alpine skier, currently a car racer. He was the most victorious downhill specialist ever forItaly in theAlpine skiing World Cup .Career
Ghedina was born in
Cortina d'Ampezzo in theprovince of Belluno . His mother tongue is Ladin.He studied in
Innsbruck and debuted in theFIS World Cup in 1989. The following year, after a series of initial podiums and a ruinous fall, he won the last two downhills of the season. In 1991 he won the silver medal in the Combined race of the Alpine World Ski Championships atSaalbach ; 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.
Ghedina retired from skiing in 2006.
He will race with a
BMW in the Italian Superturismo Championship and, driving a Lola, in theF3000 International Masters .
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