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Alberto Tomba (born 19 December 1966 in San Lazzaro di Savena) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier (slalom and giant slalom) in the late 1980s and 1990s. At 182 cm and 90 kg, his powerful build was a contrast to the lighter, more traditional technical skiers who prioritised agility over muscle.
Apr 23, 2024 · Alberto Tomba, Italian Alpine skier who earned five Olympic medals, including gold in both the slalom and the giant slalom at the 1988 Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and in the giant slalom at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France. He won the World Cup overall title in 1995.
Alberto Tomba was a charismatic sportsman who became the first Alpine skier to win medals at three Olympic Winter Games. Alberto Tomba was born in a non-Alpine area of Italy, close to Bologna. He was a natural sportsman and, after considering a career in several sports, he settled on Alpine skiing.
Alberto Tomba competed in his first Games at Calgary in 1988, and within the space of 48 hours, between 25 and 27 February, he won the giant slalom and the slalom. He became “La Bomba”, a huge star in Italy and within his sport, and continued to produce stellar performances for the next 10 years.
Dec 3, 2012 · 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Highlights as Alberto Tomba, affectionately known as "Tomba La Bomba", makes a sensational Olympic debut ...
Oct 5, 1998 · Alberto Tomba has retired, and skiing is hardly the better for it. He was not the most successful men's alpine skier in history: Ingemar Stenmark won 36 more World Cup races.
Aug 23, 2018 · A larger-than-life true character on and off slopes, Tomba secured eight discipline titles in his career but he had to wait the 1994/95 season to capture his first and only overall World Cup trophy, joining fellow countrymen Gustav Thoeni and Piero Gros.
Known almost universally as Tomba the Bomba, he was a graceful and technically superb skier who had won his first World Cup races – a slalom and a giant slalom - the season prior to Calgary 1988.
Dec 1, 1998 · For the first time in more than a decade, a world cup ski season has begun without Alberto Tomba in the gates, an absence that pains not just slalom.
An Olympic gold medalist in the slalom and giant slalom in 1988, Italy’s Alberto Tomba succesfully defended his giant slalom title in 1992 when he also took the silver medal in the slalom. At his third Winter Games in 1994 he placed second in the slalom giving him a total of five Olympic medals.
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