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unusual facts about Giant Slalom skiing



Adrian Amstutz

As a young man, he served in the elite parachute reconnaissance unit of the Swiss Air Force and won the 1978 Parachuting World Cup in the parachuting/giant slalom combination discipline.

Ciro Mancuso

His daughter, Julia Mancuso, is a current member of the U.S. Ski Team, won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy and the silver medal in the downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

Kentaro Minagawa

His first international successes were at the 1996 Junior World Championships in Schwyz, with a 5th rank in Slalom, and a 9th rank in Giant Slalom.

Lucienne Schmith

Schmith received a gold medal at the 1954 World Championships in Åre, winning the giant slalom.

Markus Wasmeier

At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he surprisingly won the Giant Slalom at age 21, before recording a World Cup victory.

Sylviane Berthod

Sylviane Berthod (born 25 April 1977 in Salins) is a female alpine skier from Switzerland, who was Swiss champion in downhill skiing (1997, 1998, 1999) and Giant Slalom (1998).


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