Pietro Piller Cottrer

Pietro Piller Cottrer ( born December 20, 1974 in Pieve di Cadore ) is an Italian former cross-country skier.

Pietro Piller Cottrer took at the age of eight years for the first time at a FIS race in part. In 1994 he then for the first time in the World Cup. Three years later, the Italians in the 50 km race at the Holmenkollen ski festival celebrated his first World Cup victory. In the same year he won the bronze medal in the relay at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 in Oberstdorf Piller Cottrer won the gold medal over 15 km in free style. A year later at the Olympic Winter Games in Torino, he won the bronze medal in the 30 km pursuit and gold in the relay. In the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo 2007 he won the bronze medal in the 30 km pursuit again. In February 2013 he finished his career.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • 4th place over 30 kilometers in Salt Lake City (2002)
  • Silver team in Salt Lake City (2002)
  • Bronze persecution in Turin ( 2006)
  • 5th Place about 30 km in Turin (2006)
  • Season with gold (4 x 10 km) in Turin (2006)
  • Silver 15 km in Vancouver (2010)

World Championships

  • Bronze team in Trondheim ( 1997)
  • Gold over 15 km in Oberstdorf (2005)
  • 4th place with the season in Oberstdorf (2005)
  • 3rd place persecution in Sapporo ( 2007)

World Cup

  • A total of 17 podium finishes
  • A total of four World Cup victories

World Cup wins

Singles

( DS ) = stage win in the course of Tour de Ski (WCF ) = stage win in the course of a World Cup Finals

Team

1 with Giorgio Di Centa, Fulvio Valbusa and Cristian Zorzi 2 with Giorgio Di Centa, Valerio Checchi and Cristian Zorzi

Italy Winter Olympic Games Nordic skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics Nordic skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2007–08 Tour de Ski 2008–09 Tour de Ski List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Sulo Nurmela Klaes Karppinen Gunnar Eriksson Urpo Korhonen Fyodor Terentyev Toimi Alatalo Veikko Hakulinen Janne Stefansson Odd Martinsen Yuri Skobov Vasily Pavlovich Rochev Nikolay Zimyatov Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg Gunde Svan Terje Langli Kristen Skjeldal Marco Albarello Giorgio Vanzetta Sture Sivertsen Anders Aukland Frode Estil Daniel Richardsson Marcus Hellner List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Hallgeir Brenden Gjermund Eggen Magne Myrmo Harri Kirvesniemi Per Elofsson Axel Teichmann Lars Berger Andrus Veerpalu Matti Heikkinen Petter Northug
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