Men's Alpine Skiiing
Gold medal	1976 Innsbruck	Men's Slalom

Piero Gros (October 30, 1954, Sauze d'Oulx, Province of Turin) is a former Italian Alpine Skiing champion who won one gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, as well as one Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1974. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... The XII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Turin (It. ... Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ... The XII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ... The alpine skiing World Cup is a circuit of alpine skiing competitions regulated by the FIS. Held at ski resorts across Europe, the continental US, and Canada, competitors compete to achieve the best time in four disciplines: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, and Downhill. ...

Gros started very early to ski, thanks to Aldo Monaci and Aldo Zulian. At the age of 8 he was for the first time on the podium of local race. Gros made his debut in the Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1972. In that season he won two races in Val d'Isère and Madonna di Campiglio: at 18 y.o. he was the youngest Italian skier ever to obtain a victory in the world cup. Two years later he won the general cup, sharing this result in Italy only with his friend and rival Gustav Thöni, and with Alberto Tomba. In 1974 he won also the bronze medal in the Giant Slalom at the [[1974 Alpine Skkiing World Championship] in St. Moritz. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ... Val dIsère is a famous ski resort and a commune located (45°27′ N 6°58′ E) in the Savoie département, in France, near the Italian border. ... Alberto Tomba (popularly called Tomba la Bomba) is a retired professional alpine skier of Italian nationality. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Giant Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. ... St. ...

His most oustanding result was the gold medal in the Slalom race at the 1976 Winter Olympics: he preceded the silver medallist Thöni, in the most successful race ever for Italy at the Winter Olympics. According to Gros, that race was also significant in which he defeated the then almost unbeatable Ingemar Stenmark, to which Gros had been second for six times in that season. Slalom refers to a sport in which participants attempt to complete a course, in the fastest time, while passing through marked channels known as gates. ... Ingemar Stenmark (March 18, 1956, Joesjö, Storumans kommun) was a Swedish Slalom and Giant Slalom skiier, competing for Fjällvinden Tärnaby. ...

In his career Gros won a total of 12 races in the World Cup, 7 in Giant Slalom and 5 in Slalom. He retreated in 1982, when he was only 28 y.o., after another silver medal at the 1978 Alpine Skiing World Championship, in slalom. Slalom refers to a sport in which participants attempt to complete a course, in the fastest time, while passing through marked channels known as gates. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From 1985 to 1990 he was major of the native commune of Sauze d'Oulx. In the meantime he worked as sport commentator for various televisions, including RAI, the Italian State Network. This article is about the year. ... RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana) is the Italian public service broadcaster. ...

His son Giorgio is also a skier who took part to several World Cup races.

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Career profile