Piero Gros

Piero Gros
	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
International alpine ski competitions
World Cup race podiums
Olympic Games
World Championships

Piero "Pierino" Gros (born 30 October 1954) is a former

1974.^[1]

Biography

Gros was born at

1975; 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 the giant slalom at the 1974 World Championships in St. Moritz

.

His most notable and best result was the gold medal in the

1976 World Cup season. Gros won another world championship medal in 1978

, 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.

1982 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, including RAI, 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

Season standings

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

Season	Discipline
1974	Overall
1974	Giant slalom

Individual races

12 wins – (7
GS, 5 SL
)

35 podiums – (16 GS, 17, 2 K)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline
1973	08 December 1972	Val d'Isère, France	Giant slalom
1973	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'Isère, 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

^ ^a ^b ^c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Piero Gros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ Piero Gros. ski-db.com
^ FIS-ski.com – Giorgio Gros – accessed 20 March 2012

External links

Piero Gros at FIS (alpine)
Piero Gros at
Olympedia

Piero Gros at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)

Sauze d'Oulx

[sr-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Piero Gros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

[2] Piero Gros. ski-db.com

[3] FIS-ski.com – Giorgio Gros – accessed 20 March 2012

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