Sandro Viletta

Sandro Viletta

Personal information
Born	(1986-01-23) 23 January 1986 (age 39) Graubünden, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Super G, Combined
Club	La Punt Chamues-ch
World Cup debut	12 November 2006 (age 20)
Retired	2018
Website	sandroviletta.ch
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	3 – (2009, 2011, 2013)
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	7th – (2008–14)
Wins	1 – (1 SG)
Podiums	1 – (1 SG)
Overall titles	0 – (45th in 2015)
Discipline titles	0 – (4th in SC, 2014)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing   Switzerland Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Combined Junior World Championships 2006 Quebec Slalom

Sandro Viletta (born 23 January 1986) is a Swiss former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist.

From the village of La Punt Chamues-ch, near St. Moritz in the canton of Graubünden, he made his World Cup debut in November 2006 and won his first race in December 2011. Viletta competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver ^[1] and at the World Championships in 2009, 2011 and 2013. He won the super combined at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. ^[2]

Viletta stopped competing after knee injuries in 2016, unable to defend his Olympic title, and retired in 2018. ^[3]

World Cup results

Race victories

• 2 wins – (1 SG, 1 SC)

Date	Competition	Location	Discipline
3 Dec 2011	2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup	Beaver Creek, USA	Super G
14 Feb 2014	2014 Winter Olympics	Sochi, Russia	Super combined

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant  Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2007	21	113	44	–	–	–	—
2008	22	186	33	50	–	–	—
2009	23	53	44	28	–	–	14
2010	24	53	–	16	–	–	15
2011	25	67	–	23	33	–	33
2012	26	57	–	47	18	–	30
2013	27	85	–	–	34	–	14
2014	28	47	–	–	36	33	4
2015	29	45	–	–	29	23	14
2016	30	122	–	–	39	–	–

References

1. "Sandro Viletta, Alpine Skiing". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
2. Etchells, Tim (14 February 2014). "Switzerland's Sandro Viletta is golden in super combined". Ski Racing. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
3. Sochi Olympic champion skiier[sic] Sandro Viletta retires over injuries

External links

• Sandro Viletta at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Sandro Viletta World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Sandro Viletta at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Sandro Viletta at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• sandroviletta.ch Archived 6 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine – personal site – (in German)
• Swiss Ski team Archived 3 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine – official site – (in German)
• Salomon Racing.com Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – team – alpine skiing – Sandro Viletta