Sandro Viletta

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Sandro Viletta
Alpine skier
2020-01-10 Men's Super G (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank-1471.jpg
Disciplines Super G, Combined
Club La Punt Chamues-ch
Born (1986-01-23) 23 January 1986 (age 36)
Graubünden, Switzerland
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup debut12 November 2006
(age 20)
Retired2018
Website sandroviletta.ch
Olympics
Teams2 – (2010, 2014)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2009, 2011, 2013)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons7th – (200814)
Wins1 – (1 SG)
Podiums1 – (1 SG)
Overall titles0 – (45th in 2015)
Discipline titles0 – (4th in SC, 2014)

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

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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

DateCompetitionLocationDiscipline
3 Dec 2011 2012 Alpine Skiing World Cup Flag of the United States.svg Beaver Creek, USA Super G
14 Feb 2014 2014 Winter Olympics Flag of Russia.svg Sochi, Russia Super combined

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 Slalom 
Super GDownhillCombined
2007 2111344    
2008 221863350   
2009 23534428  14
2010 2453 16  15
2011 2567 2333 33
2012 2657 4718 30
2013 2785  34 14
2014 2847  36334
2015 2945  292314
2016 30122  39  

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References

  1. "Sandro Viletta, Alpine Skiing". Vancouver2010.com. Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games . 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