Roland Thöni

Roland Thöni

— Alpine skier —
Born	(1950-01-17)17 January 1950 Trafoi, Italy
World Cup debut	1970
Retired	1976
Olympics
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Wins	2
Podiums	3
Overall titles	0 (7th in 1972)
Discipline titles	0 (3rd in 1972 SL)
Medal record Olympic Games 1972 Sapporo Slalom

Roland Thöni (born 17 January 1950) is a former alpine ski racer from northern Italy. A cousin of Gustav Thöni, Roland competed on the World Cup circuit during the 1970s.

Biography

Roland Thöni was born in Trafoi, a frazione of Stilfs (South Tyrol). His World Cup debut was on February 7, 1971 was a top ten finish; he took seventh place in the slalom at Mürren, Switzerland.

His best year was 1972, which he opened with a bronze medal in the slalom at the Winter Olympics in Sapporo, finishing behind his cousin Gustav and Francisco Fernández Ochoa, the gold medalist from Spain.^[1] In mid-March, Thöni also obtained his only two World cup victories; he won the slaloms at Madonna di Campiglio and Pra-Loup on consecutive days.

He did not reach the podium in the following World Cup seasons. His last international race was the downhill at the 1976 Winter Olympics, won by Franz Klammer.

World cup

All top 10 results

Race date	Place	Discipline	Position
18-03-1972	Pra Loup	Slalom	1st
17-03-1972	Madonna di Campiglio	Slalom	1st
16-03-1972	Val Gardena	Giant Slalom	3rd
19-12-1971	Sestriere	Slalom	4th
12-01-1975	Wengen	Combined	5th
23-01-1972	Wengen	Slalom	5th
28-01-1973	Kitzbuehel	Slalom	6th
16-01-1972	Kitzbuehel	Slalom	6th
21-03-1975	Val Gardena	Downhill	7th
07-02-1971	Muerren	Slalom	7th
15-03-1972	Val Gardena	Downhill	8th
14-01-1973	Wengen	Slalom	10th

Victories

Date	Location	Race
March 17, 1972	Madonna di Campiglio	Slalom
March 18, 1972	Pra-Loup	Slalom

See also

• Italy national alpine ski team at the Olympics

References

External links

• Roland Thöni at the International Ski Federation (in English) (in German) (in French)