Werner Perathoner

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Werner Perathoner
Alpine skier
DisciplinesSpeed events
Club C.S. Carabinieri
Born (1967-09-21) 21 September 1967 (age 54)
Brixen, Italy
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Retired1999
Olympics
Teams3
World Championships
Teams4
World Cup
Seasons8
Wins2
Podiums11
Medal record
World Cup race podiums
Event1st2nd3rd
Super-G213
Downhill032
Total245

Werner Perathoner (born September 21, 1967) is an Italian former Alpine skier, who specialized in downhill and super-G disciplines.

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Although he is also from South Tyrol, he is not a relative of the other Italian skier Lukas Perathoner.

Biography

Born in Selva di Val Gardena, in the Province of Bolzano, he obtained his first podium in World Cup in 1988, at the Leukerbad downhill, one of his country's most memorable races ever with three Italians occupying the whole podium. A victim of numerous accidents,[ citation needed ] he won two World Cup races, both in Super-G.

He competed at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. [1]

World Cup victories

DateLocationRace
March 11, 1995 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell Super-G
February 5, 1996 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Super-G

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