Thomas Prugger

Thomas Prugger ( born October 23, 1971 in San Candido, South Tyrol ) is an Italian former snowboarder.

Prugger began in 1985 with the snowboarding and was on 24 November 1994 his debut in the Snowboard World Cup. In Zell am See, he reached it in the parallel slalom went straight to seventh place and first World Cup points. On 14 January 1995, he reached in Les Deux Alpes with third place in the parallel slalom podium for the first time in a World Cup race. In the Parallel World Cup standings, he finished at the end of season 1994 /95, the 11th Place. In the slalom standings, he was ranked 41 and in the giant slalom standings 42nd place In the Snowboard World Cup 1996 in Lienz Prugger reached in the giant slalom as well as in the parallel slalom eighth. For the season 1996/97 he started additionally in snowboard cross but was able to initially occupy only rear placements. In the Snowboard World Cup in 1997 in his native San Candido he became world champion in giant slalom. In slalom, he reached number six and Parallel slalom course 29 After the World Cup drove Prugger in the giant slalom at the World Cup regularly in the top ten. At the end of the season, he finished eighth in the giant slalom standings. For the 1997/98 season Prugger succeeded for the first time in snowboard cross the ride in the World Cup points ranking. Also in the other disciplines he scored regularly so that he reached the 11th place in the overall World Cup at the end. At the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998, he won silver in the parallel giant slalom. After the games, he was able to build only rarely on earlier successes. In the Snowboard World Championship 1999 in Berchtesgaden, he was disqualified in the giant slalom. In parallel slalom he reached number 16 and in the parallel giant slalom course 29 After another mediocre season ended Prugger 2000, his active snowboarders career.