Peter Fill (born November 12 1982 in
KastelruthKastelruth is a comune in the province of Bolzano-Bozen in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 70 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 20 km northeast of the city of Bolzano .As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,166 and an area of 117.8 km²...
,
South TyrolThe Province of Bolzano-Bozen, also referred to as South Tyrol or Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two provinces that make up the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, which is itself an autonomous region. The province has an area of and a total...
) is an
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
alpine skierAlpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with nordic skiing, in which skiers use free-heel bindings...
.
Career
Peter Fill is an all-round skier. In the 2006/2007 season he was the first Italian athlete since
Alberto TombaAlberto Tomba is a retired champion alpine ski racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier in the late 1980s and 1990s. Tomba won three Olympic gold medals, two World Championships, and nine World Cup season titles; four in slalom, four in giant slalom, and one overall title...
in the leaders of the Ski World Cup.
At the age of 3 years old, he learned to ski with his first teacher Frieda Senoner. Fill obtained his first successes during his middle-school years, when he was coached by Peter Thomaseth.
In 1997/98 he came to the traing-centre Schlerngebiet, where he had his uncle Arnold as coach. In the same year he joined Bolzano-Bozen's B-Pool (coached by Sepp Steinwandter). One year later he advanced to the A-Pool under Stephan Feichter.
In 2000, Fill joined the national team for the first time. His coach was Ernst Pfeifhofer, who was also his coach the following year in the Italian B-Team. At the same time he became a member of the
CarabinieriThe Arma dei Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie of Italy, policing both the military and civilian populations. The Carabinieri is now a branch of the armed forces , thus ending their long standing role as the first corps of the Italian army.-Early history:The corps was created by King Victor...
sportsgroup.
In 2001 he achieved his first important success, a bronze medal in Super-G at the Juniores Alpine Ski World Championship.
In 2002/03 he was part of the A-Team of Flavio Roda for the first time. In February 2002, Fill won the World Juniors and, as a result, took place in his first Super-G race of Ski World Cup on March 7th 2000 at Altenmarkt in
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
, where he placed an impressive 12th preceding the Norwegian
Lasse KjusLasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian Alpine skier who has won the overall World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships...
for only one hundredth.
While Peter’s strengths are the downhill and Super-G, he is also competitive in the technical disciplines. On 13th January 2006 he stood 3rd on the Ski World Cup podium for the Super-Combined in Wengen (Switzerland).
During the 2005/2006 and 2006/2007 seasons, Peter achieved great results, being on the podium 7 times: 4 of them in
downhillThe downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....
and 2 in Super-G, unfortunately without winning any of these competitions.
On 21st March 2007 he became for the third time Italian Champion in different disciplines (2 times in Super-G and one in Giant Slalom).
During the season 2007/2008 he was not able reaching the podium, even if he was six times in the World Cup Top 10.
On the 29th of November 2008 in
Lake Louise-Canada:*Lake Louise , a lake in Alberta, Canada**Chateau Lake Louise, hotel in Alberta, Canada, one of Canada's Grand Railway Resorts**Lake Louise Mountain Resort, a ski resort in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada...
(Canada) he won his first World Cup competition, preceding the Swiss
Carlo JankaCarlo Janka is a Swiss alpine ski racer from Obersaxen, in the canton of Graubünden. He is considered a rising star of the Swiss team....
and the Swedish Hans Olsson, becoming the seventh Italian in World Cup history winning downhill competition.
On 4th February 2009, he won the silver medal in Super-G during the World Championships in Val d’Isère (France) on the icy and steep slope
Face del Bellevarde. He was able to place himself before the three-time World Champion Aksel Lund Svindal, but was not fast enough to beat the Swiss Didier Cuche.
Peter’s medal is the only one won by the
Azzurri in male competitions. Because of his excellent result, big celebrations were organized in his hometown Castelrotto. Peter was picked up at home and brought by horse in the town’s square, were he joined up with the major, his uncle Norbert Rier, leader of the folk group Kastelruther Spatzen, his family and fans.
Personal background
Son of Alois and Luzia, he’s got two sisters, Bettina and Sara. Peter’s cousin is the famous Giant Slalom Champion
Denise KarbonDenise Karbon is an Italian Alpine skier.-Biography:Denise Karbon debuted in Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1998, while the following year she was Junior World Champion...
.
After the junior high school he started working as an auto body mechanic attending the professional school, which he leaved after becoming more and more involved in Alpine ski competitions.
His mother tongue is German and he speaks very well both Italian and English.
His idol in everyday life is his uncle Norbert Rier, leader of the
Kastelruther SpatzenThe Kastelruther Spatzen are a musical group from South Tyrol who have won many honours and awards for their schlager in folk music style. The first word in the name of the group refers to their home town of Kastelruth.-Members:...
(really well-known folk group, especially in German speaking countries) who dedicated Fill the song “Wiedermal a super Zeit” for the Silver Medal achieved in World Ski Championships in Val d’Isère.
His favorite hobbies are soccer, golf, ice-hockey, mountain bike and fast luxurious sport sedans.
His favorite movie is Matrix, while his cult book is
Lance ArmstrongLance Edward Armstrong is an American professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support....
autobiography
It’s not about the bike. He loves listening the German singer Xavier Naidoo. He supprorts the Juventus football team.
Sports News
Since 2007 his manager is
Andreas GollerAndreas Goller is an Italian sports manager and entrepreneur.- Career :In winter season 2002/2003 the German multiple times World Champion and Olympic Medalist skier Martina Ertl became his first client in sports management field....
, who in the past looked after
Kristian GhedinaKristian Ghedina is an Italian former Alpine skier, currently a car racer. He was the most victorious downhill specialist ever for Italy in the Alpine skiing World Cup.-Career:...
’s business .
His ski man is the well-known South-Tyrolean Sepp Kuppelwieser (who was 10 years long
Kjetil André AamodtKjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, one of the most decorated in history....
’s ski man, the skier who won the most medals in alpine ski history). His favorite slope is the Lauberhorn in
WengenWengen may refer to:*Wengen, a village and winter resort in Switzerland*La Val, a commune in Bolzano-Bozen, Italy with the German name "Wengen"*in Germany:**Wengen , a village in the municipality of Nennslingen in Mittelfranken...
(
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
). His sports idol is
Lasse KjusLasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian Alpine skier who has won the overall World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships...
.
In the season 2008/09
AtomicAtomic may refer to:* Of or relating to the Atom, the smallest particle of a chemical element that retains its chemical properties* Atomic , an Australian computing and technology magazine* Atomic Skis, an Austrian ski producer...
, Briko, Finstral and Leki, as official sponsor and suppliers, decided to reward Fill for his excellent results achieved during the season, offering him the chance to win the Artega GT sport car if he captures the downhill during the Ski World Cup finals in Are on March 11th 2009.
World Juniors Championships
- 2001, Verbier: bronze in giant slalom
- 2002, Tarvisio: gold in super G
Alpine skiing World CupThe alpine skiing World Cup is a circuit of alpine skiing competitions launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France and the USA...
- Best Overall placement: 6° in 2007
- 9 podiums
- 1 victory
- 4 second-place finishes
- 4 third-place finishes
World Cup victories
| Date |
Location |
Race |
| 29 November 2008 |
Canada Lake LouiseLake Louise Mountain Resort is a ski resort located in Banff National Park, in the village of Lake Louise, Alberta. It can be reached from Banff, from where it is a 35 to 45 minute drive west on Trans-Canada Highway....
|
Downhill |
External links