Richard Pramotton

Richard Pramotton

Personal information
Born	(1964-05-09)9 May 1964 Courmayeur, Italy
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Club	C.S. Esercito
World Cup debut	1984
Retired	1995
World Cup
Seasons	10
Wins	3
Podiums	10
Overall titles	0 (best 5th 1987)
Discipline titles	0 (best 3rd GS 1987)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing   Italy World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 0 1 1 Giant slalom 3 1 3 Super-G 0 1 0 Total 3 3 4

Richard Pramotton (born 9 May 1964) is an Italian former alpine skier. ^[1]

Biography

The brother of other alpine skier Roger, ^[2] he was born at Courmayeur. He was a specialist of giant slalom, a discipline in which he scored three victories, all in 1986. He was the first Italian after the age of Gustav Thöni and Piero Gros to classify in the top five of the Alpine Skiing World Cup, with a fifth position overall in 1987. ^[3]

World Cup results

Race victories

Date	Location	Discipline
28 January 1986	Adelboden, Switzerland	Giant slalom
30 November 1986	Sestriere, Italy	Giant slalom
14 December 1986	Alta Badia, Italy	Giant slalom

See also

• Italy national alpine ski team at the Olympics
• Italian skiers who closed in top 10 in overall World Cup

References

1. "Richard Pramotton profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
2. "Le memorie di Pramotton Luigi" (in Italian). mail.libero.it. Retrieved 8 March 2020. Nel 1970 ritornai a vivere in Valle, a Dolonne (Courmayeur), dove ho comprato casa e dove i miei figli, Roger e Richard, andarono a scuola e diventarono famosi e abili sciatori di Coppa del Mondo"
3. "Tutte le coppe di specialità e i piazzamenti nella storia dello sci maschile e femminile". fisi.org. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

External links

• Richard Pramotton at FIS (alpine)
• Richard Pramotton at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database