Piero Gros
 Gros in 2014 at the age of 60. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 October 1954(age69) Sauze d'Oulx,Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Technical events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Sci Club Sauze D'Oulx, G.S. Fiamme Gialle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Piero "Pierino" Gros(born 30 October 1954) is a formerWorld Cupalpine ski racerfrom northwesternItaly.He won the gold medal in slalom at the1976 Winter OlympicsinInnsbruck,and was the World Cup overall champion in1974.[1]
Biography
[edit]Gros was born atSauze d'Oulx,in theprovince of Turinin thePiedmontregion. He learned to ski at an early age, thanks to Aldo Monaci and Aldo Zulian. At the age of 8, he was for the first time on the podium of a local race. Gros made his debut in the World Cup at age 18 in December 1972. In that1973 season,he won two races inVal d'I sắc reandMadonna di Campiglio;he was the youngest Italian skier ever to win a World Cup race. Two years later he won the overall title, sharing this result in Italy only with his friend and rivalGustav Thöniand withAlberto Tomba.Thöni had won the overall title the three preceding seasons and would reclaim it in1975;he was the runner-up in 1974, and if not for Gros, would've won an unthinkable five consecutive overall titles. Gros also won the bronze medal in thegiant slalomat the1974 World ChampionshipsinSt. Moritz.
His most notable and best result was the gold medal in theslalomat the1976 Winter Olympics:he preceded the silver medalist Thöni, in the most successful race ever for Italy at the Winter Olympics. According to Gros, that race was also significant in which he defeated the then almost unbeatableIngemar StenmarkofSweden,to which Gros had been second six times in that1976 World Cupseason. Gros won another world championship medal in1978,taking silver in slalom. Stenmark's dominance was the major factor in Gros' limited success in the late 1970s.
During his career, Piero Gros won a total of 12 World Cup races; 7 in giant slalom and 5 in slalom. He had 35 World Cup podiums (top 3) and 98 top ten finishes.[2]Gros retired from international competition following the1982 season,at the age of 27.[1]
In 1985–1990 he was mayor of his native village of Sauze d'Oulx. In the meantime he worked as sport commentator for various television stations, includingRAI,the Italian State Network. He held various executive positions at the 1997 World Championships in Sestriere and was involved with the 2006 Winter Olympics as head of the volunteers and deputy mayor of the Olympic Village in Sestriere. He carried the Olympic torch at the Opening Ceremony.[1]
His son Giorgio (b. 1981) is also a former alpine ski racer; he raced on the European Cup circuit until 2006 and competed in over twenty World Cup speed events.[3]
World Cup results
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | not run |
— | not awarded |
| 1974 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | ||
| 1975 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | ||
| 1976 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 6 | |
| 1977 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 5 | — | not awarded | |
| 1978 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 9 | — | ||
| 1979 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 6 | — | ||
| 1980 | 25 | 29 | 18 | 24 | — | 11 | |
| 1981 | 26 | 28 | 8 | — | — | — | |
| 1982 | 27 | 50 | 15 | — | — | — |
Season titles
[edit]| Season | Discipline |
|---|---|
| 1974 | Overall |
| Giant slalom |
Individual races
[edit]| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 08 December 1972 |  Val d'I sắc re,France |
Giant slalom |
| 17 December 1972 |  Madonna di Campiglio,Italy |
Slalom | |
| 1974 | 17 December 1973 | Sterzing,Italy |
Slalom |
| 7 January 1974 |  Berchtesgaden,West Germany |
Giant slalom | |
| 13 January 1974 | Morzine,France |
Giant slalom | |
| 3 March 1974 |  Voss,Norway |
Slalom | |
| 9 March 1974 |  Vysoké Tatry,Czechoslovakia |
Giant slalom | |
| 1975 | 5 December 1974 | Val d'I sắc re, France |
Giant slalom |
| 18 December 1974 | Madonna di Campiglio, Italy |
Giant slalom | |
| 6 January 1975 | Garmisch,West Germany |
Slalom | |
| 13 January 1975 |  Adelboden,Switzerland |
Giant slalom | |
| 19 January 1975 |  Kitzbühel,Austria |
Slalom |
References
[edit]- ^abcEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Piero Gros".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.
- ^Piero Gros.ski-db
- ^FIS-ski– Giorgio Gros – accessed 20 March 2012
External links
[edit]- Piero GrosatFIS(alpine)
- Piero GrosatOlympedia
- Piero Grosat theItalian National Olympic Committee(in Italian)
Sauze d'Oulx
- 1954 births
- Living people
- People from Sauze d'Oulx
- Italian male alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers for Italy
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
- Alpine skiers of Fiamme Gialle
- Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin
- Skiers from Piedmont