Richard Pramotton

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Richard Pramotton
Alpine skier
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Club C.S. Esercito
Born(1964-05-09)9 May 1964
Courmayeur, Italy
World Cup debut1984
Retired1995
World Cup
Seasons10
Wins3
Podiums10
Overall titles0 (best 5th 1987)
Discipline titles0 (best 3rd GS 1987)

Richard Pramotton (born 9 May 1964) is an Italian former alpine skier.

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Biography

The brother of other alpine skier Roger, [1] 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. [2]

Worls Cup

Race victories

DateLocationDiscipline
28 January 1986 Flag of Switzerland.svg Adelboden, Switzerland Giant Slalom
30 November 1986 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, Italy Giant Slalom
14 December 1986 Flag of Italy.svg Alta Badia, Italy Giant Slalom

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References

  1. "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”
  2. "Tutte le coppe di specialità e i piazzamenti nella storia dello sci maschile e femminile". fisi.org. Retrieved 3 February 2018.