Personal information | |
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Full name | Giulio Giovanni Bosca |
Born | Turin, Italy | 3 February 1990
Occupation | Alpine skier |
Skiing career | |
Disciplines | Polyvalent |
Club | G.S. Esercito [1] |
World Cup debut | 2013 |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 9 |
Giulio Bosca (born 3 February 1990) is a retired Italian World Cup alpine ski racer who won three medals at the Winter Universiade and won two Italian National Titles. [2] He is now an announcer for National television RAI and a wine producer at his family winery Tosti1820.
He is the brother of Guglielmo, himself a high-level alpine skier. [3]
In 2021, still in the midst of his competitive activity, on 8 February he had won a FIS giant slalom race in Les Gets in France, [4] he was called by RAI to replace Paolo De Chiesa, who fell ill with COVID-19, as technical commentator for the races of the Cortina 2021 ski world championships. [1]
Best result in World Cup obtained in Kranjska Gora on 3 March 2018, where he finished 18th. His last World Cup race was Lenzerheide 2 March 2020, where he did not finish the first run.
Date | Place | Discipline | Rank |
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27-02-2018 | Soldeu | Giant slalom | 3rd |
14-03-2018 | St. Moritz | Giant slalom | 2nd |
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