Gianfranco Martin
Gianfranco Martin ( * February 15, 1970 in Genoa ) is an Italian former Alpine skier. He won the silver medal in the combined at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games.
Career
Martin was a member from 1987 to 1995 of the Italian national ski team. When it / gave 92 points for the top 30 in the World Cup from the 1991 season, he won on December 8, 1991 as the 29 Super G in Val d'Isere first World Cup points. A month later he reached eleventh place in the combination of Garmisch -Partenkirchen his best World Cup result ever. Apart from combining ratings was a 16th place in the downhill in Bormio in December 1993, his best result, a month after he won the last time the World Cup points.
For Martin, who did not reach the top places in the World Cup, participation in the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville in 1992 was outstanding in his career. By winning the silver medal behind fellow countryman Josef pole he made in the combination of an Italian double success. In the Olympic super-G, he was also 12th in the DH 14 Two years later, at the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, he was 15th in the combination and 29th in the giant slalom; In 1993 he had achieved at the World Championships in Morioka the 17th place in the combination.
After ending his playing career, Martin trained as a ski instructor and took over temporarily the training of the Italian Behindertenskinationalmannschaft. Martin is the founder of Free White Ski team, whose president and technical director he is.
Sporting successes
Olympic Winter Games
- 1992 Albertville: 2 combination, 12 Super -G, downhill 14
- Lillehammer 1994: 15 combined, 29 giant slalom
World Championships
- Morioka 1993: 17 combination
World Cup
- 5 placings in the top 20
Italian Championships
- Two-time Italian champion in the combined 1992 and 1994