Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Alberto Tomba is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier in the late 1980s and 1990s. At 182 cm and 90 kg, his powerful build was a contrast to the lighter, more traditional technical skiers who prioritised agility over muscle. Tomba was able to take advantage of the introduction of spring-loaded ski gates which replaced the older, solid gates in the early 1980s by using his power to maintain a faster, more direct line through courses. Tomba won three Olympic gold medals, two World Championships, and nine World Cup season titles: four in slalom, four in giant slalom, and one overall title. He was popularly called Tomba la Bomba.
Deborah Compagnoni is an Italian former Alpine skier who won three gold medals at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics.
Massimiliano "Max" Blardone is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He specialized in the discipline of giant slalom. Since 2016 he has been a sports commentator for RAI.
Federica Brignone is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in all alpine disciplines, with a focus on giant slalom and super-G. Brignone won the World Cup overall title in 2020, becoming the first Italian female to achieve this feat. She is also an Olympic and World Championship medalist. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a silver medal in the giant slalom and a bronze in the combined.
Stefano Anzi is a retired Italian alpine skier who specialized in the downhill event. He competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics and finished in 11th place. Anzi had three podium positions at individual world cup stages: first and third in 1971 and second in 1974.
Giuliano Besson is an Italian former alpine skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Erwin Stricker was an Italian alpine skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics and 1976 Winter Olympics.
Franco Bieler is an Italian former alpine skier.
Wanda Bieler is an Italian former alpine skier who competed internationally in the 1970s and 1980s including at two consecutive Winter Olympic Games.
Celina Seghi was an Italian alpine skier. Born in Abetone, Tuscany, she was the youngest child in a family of nine and earned her first Italian championship medal, a bronze in the slalom, in 1934.
Marta Bassino is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in all disciplines, with a focus in giant slalom, in which she has six World Cup wins.
The Italy national alpine ski team represents Italy in international alpine skiing competitions such as Winter Olympic Games, FIS Alpine Ski World Cup and FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
Alice Robinson is a New Zealand World Cup alpine ski racer. At age sixteen, she competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, in giant slalom and slalom. She represented New Zealand in the giant slalom event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Lisae Agerer is an Italian female alpine skier, who won the Alpine Skiing Europa Cup in 2012.
Nina Ortlieb is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer, and specializes in the speed events of downhill and super-G. She is the daughter of Patrick Ortlieb, the Olympic gold medalist in downhill in 1992 and world champion in 1996.
Cristina Tisot married Arrigoni is a former Italian World Cup alpine ski racer who was 6th in downhill at the World Ski Championships 1974.
Michael Gufler is a former Italian alpine skier who won the Europa Cup overall title in 2006.
Attilio Barcella is a former Italian alpine skier.
Lara Colturi is an Italian-Albanian World Cup alpine skier competing from 2022 for Albania in technical and speed events, winner at senior level, of the 2022 FIS Alpine Ski South American Cup.
