Giuliano Razzoli
Introduction '''Giuliano Razzoli''' (born 18 December 1984) is a World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Italy. He specializes in the slalom; he won the Slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Biography Born at Castelnovo ne' Monti in Reggio Emilia, Razzoli took first place in slalom at the 2006 Italian Championships in Santa Caterina, Valfurva, which resulted in his automatic promotion to the Italian National A team. His World Cup debut was on his 22nd birthday, at a slalom in Alta Badia in December 2006.Razzoli has nine World Cup podiums, all in slalom. His first World Cup victory came in January 2010 at Zagreb, Croatia, and his second was in Switzerland at Lenzerheide in March 2011.
2010 Winter Olympics Razzoli became Olympic Champion at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, winning the men's slalom. He clocked a combined total of one minute 39.32 seconds over the two runs, 0.16 seconds ahead of Croatia's Ivica Kostelic with Andre Myhrer of Sweden a further 0.28 seconds adrift.25-year-old Razzoli, who was quickest in the first leg through fog and sleet at Whistler, became the first Italian man to win the Olympic Slalom title since Alberto Tomba, 22 years earlier at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It was the only gold medal won by Italy at those Games.
World Cup results ===Season standings===Season  Age  Overall  Slalom  GiantSlalom  Super G  Downhill Combined 2007 ''22'' 138  57  —  — — — 2008 ''23'' 100  38  — — — — 2009 ''24'' 43  13  —  — — — 2010 ''25'' 33  11  — — — — 2011 ''26'' 35  9  — — — — 2012 ''27'' 47  13  — — — — 2013 ''28'' 45  16  — — — — 2014 ''29'' 78  27  — — — — 2015 ''30'' 25  8  — — — — 2016 ''31'' 61  19  — — — — 2017 ''32'' 58  19  — — — — 2018 ''33''''No World Cup points'' 2019 ''34'' 55  18  — — — — 2020 ''35'' 85  29  — — — — 2021 ''36'' 89  31 — — — — 2022 ''37''3215——— — :===Race podiums===* 2 wins – (2 SL)* 11 podiums – (11 SL) Season Date Location Discipline Place'''2009''' 6 Jan 2009  Zagreb, Croatia Slalom 3rd1 Mar 2009  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom  2nd'''2010''' 6 Jan 2010  Zagreb, Croatia  Slalom '''1st'''24 Jan 2010  Kitzbühel, Austria Slalom  3rd'''2011''' 23 Jan 2011  Slalom  3rd19 Mar 2011    Lenzerheide, Switzerland Slalom '''1st''''''2012''' 19 Dec 2011  Alta Badia, Italy Slalom  2nd'''2015''' 15 Mar 2015  Kranjska Gora, Slovenia Slalom2nd22 Mar 2015  Méribel, France Slalom  2nd '''2016''' 17 Jan 2016    Wengen, Switzerland Slalom  2nd '''2022''' 16 Jan 2022 Slalom  3rd==World Championship results==   Year     Age    Slalom    Giant  slalom   Super-G  Downhill Combined 2009 ''24'' DNF1  —  —  —  — 2011 ''26'' DNF2  —  —  —  — 2013 ''28'' DNF1  —  —  —  — 2015 ''30'' DNF1  —  —  —  —  2017 ''32'' 22  —  —  —  —  2019 ''34'' 22  —  —  —  —  2021 ''36'' DSQ1  —  —  —  —
Olympic results   Year     Age    Slalom    Giant  slalom   Super-G  Downhill Combined 2010 ''25''1 —  — —  — 2014 ''29''DNF2 —  — —  — 2022 ''37''8 —  — —  —
References
External links * * *  Giuliano Razzoli at the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) ''''*  ''''