Werner Perathoner

Italian former Alpine skier (born 1967)

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Werner Perathoner

Personal information

Born

(1967-09-21) 21 September 1967 (age 56)
Brixen, Italy

Occupation

Alpine skier

Height

1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)

Skiing career

Disciplines

Speed events

Club

C.S. Carabinieri

Retired

1999

Olympics

Teams

World Championships

Teams

World Cup

Seasons

Wins

Podiums

Medal record

World Cup race podiums

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
Super-G	2	1	3
Downhill	0	3	2
Total	2	4	5

Werner Perathoner (born 21 September 1967) is an Italian former Alpine skier, who specialized in downhill and super-G disciplines.

Although he is also from South Tyrol, he is not a relative of the other Italian skier Lukas Perathoner.

Biography

Born in Selva di Val Gardena, in the Province of Bolzano, he obtained his first podium in World Cup in 1988, at the Leukerbad downhill, one of his country's most memorable races ever with three Italians occupying the whole podium. A victim of numerous accidents,^{[citation needed]} he won two World Cup races, both in Super-G.

He competed at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics.^[1]