Alberto Tomba
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Tomba at Snow Queen Trophy, Zagreb, 2009
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| Disciplines |
Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super G |
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| Club | C.S. Carabinieri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
19 December 1966 San Lazzaro di Savena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
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| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 16 December 1985 (age 18) |
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| Retired | March 1998 (age 31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | albertotomba.it | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 4 (1988–98) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 5 (3 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 6 (1987–97) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 4 (2 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 13 (1986–98) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 50 (15 GS, 35 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 88 (31 GS, 57 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 (1995) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 8 (4 GS, 4 SL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alberto Tomba (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 6 ft tall and 90 kg, his powerful build was a contrast to the lighter, more traditional technical skiers who prioritised agility over muscle, however 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. Tomba won three Olympic gold medals, two World Championships, and nine World Cup season titles: four in slalom, four in giant slalom, and one overall title. He was popularly called Tomba la Bomba ("Tomba the Bomb").
Alberto Tomba was born in Bologna and raised in Castel de Britti, a village in the municipality of San Lazzaro di Savena – an area without strong alpine traditions, but not far from the appenninic piste of Monte Cimone and Corno alle Scale. His father Franco, a businessman in the textile industry, had been a keen skier since attending college in Switzerland and passed his love of the sport to his sons, driving Alberto and his older brother Marco from their home to Sestola so they could ski. Alberto learned to ski at the age of three and started racing at the age of seven. As a child, he participated in sports like tennis, soccer, and dirt biking, but he found that his greatest passion was for skiing.
In 1984 he took part in the Junior World Championships, where a fourth-place finish won him a position on the national B team. That year, in an exhibition parallel slalom competition in San Siro, Milan, he surprised everyone by beating every member of the A team. After three wins on the Europa Cup circuit, Tomba made his World Cup debut in December 1985 at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, three days before his nineteenth birthday. Two months later, in Åre, Sweden, he surprised the skiing world by finishing sixth from a bib number of 62. His first podium came the following season in Alta Badia, Italy in December 1986, and later that winter he won bronze in the giant slalom at the 1987 World Championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland - the only medal won by the Italian team at that World Championships.
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