Thomas Degasperi
Born and raised in northern Italy Thomas Degasperi is one of the most accomplished water skiers ever. With two world Championships titles six European championships titles a world games title and 13 pro tour stops titles it puts him on top of the list of one of the best Slalom skiers ever. Born on January 18 th 1981 in Trento Italy Thomas was always coached by his father Marco which runs a ski school there and his mother Traudi. At the age of 21 Thomas received a scholarship at University of Louisiana at Monroe at the age of 21 Thomas received a scholarship at University of Louisiana at Monroe where he competed with the water ski team for 4 years and won 2 nationals titles and an obtained his marketing degree. He then moved to Orlando Florida to pursue his dream of pro water skier, and that's when the wins started to arrive one after another. In 2012 he was selected to be a contestant on the Italian version of dancing with the stars where you want the ward for best star of the year and put water skiing on television again.
But that was not the only time that Thomas gave exposure to his beautiful sport. In 2014 also thanks to his sponsor five hour energy he was on a national commercial throughout the United States and Canada for over three months over 30 major channels with an estimate of 30 million viewers
His other sponsors are Malibu Boats Lotto sport Goode skis Eagle sports Oakley Masterline USA. Thomas is also famous for his modeling career which put Him on major magazines like Vogue GQ playboy sport week and many many more
Tournaments results:
2007 world champion
2011 world champion
ranked number 1 in the world
2009 silver at the world championships
2002-2005-2006-2007-2009-2012 European champion
second place at Europeans 2008-2010-2014
bronze at Europeans 2013
2014 Moomba masters champion
2014 Us masters champion
2011 pro tour Grabd Rapids champion
2013 World Games champion
2006 Ski West pro champion
2006 Malibu Open champion
2007 and 2008 New Zealand pro champion
2012 Mexico Pro champion
over 15 Pro podiums mans World cups
2 times athlete of the year
2014 Ambassador of the year
7 times national champion