Kristian Ghedina

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Medal record
Men’s alpine skiing
World Championships
Silver	1991 Saalbach	Combined
Silver	1996 Sierra Nevada	Downhill
Bronze	1997 Sestrières	Downhill

Kristian Ghedina (born November 20, 1969) is an Italian former Alpine skier), currently a car racer. He was the most victorious downhill specialist ever for Italy in the Alpine skiing World Cup.

[edit] Career

Ghedina was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo in the province of Belluno, of Ladin motherlanguage.

He studied in Innsbruck and debuted in the FIS World Cup in 1989. The following year, after a series of initial podiums and a ruinous fall, he won the last two downhills of the season. In 1991 he won the silver medal in the Combined race of the Alpine World Ski Championships at Saalbach; however, the following year he suffered a serious car crash.

Ghedina returned to high levels only in 1995, remaining among the best specialists of fast races until 2001, when he obtained the last of his 13 World Cup victories (12 Downhills and one Super-G, for a total of 33 podiums). He won also another silver medal at the 1996 and a bronze in the 1997 championships, both in downhill.

Ghedina retired from skiing in 2006.

He will race with a BMW in the Italian Superturismo Championship and, riding a Lola, in the F3000 International Masters.

Date	Location	Race
3 February 1990	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Downhill
15 March 1990	Åre	Downhill
20 January 1995	Wengen	Downhill
25 February 1995	Whistler Mountain	Downhill
21 December 1996	Val Gardena	Downhill
11 January 1997	Chamonix	Downhill
18 January 1997	Wengen	Downhill
4 December 1997	Beaver Creek	Downhill
24 January 1998	Kitzbühel	Downhill
19 December 1998	Val Gardena	Downhill
17 December 1999	Val Gardena	Downhill
5 March 2000	Kvitfjell	Super-G
14 December 2001	Val Gardena	Downhill