Luigi Weiss Explained

Luigi Weiss
Fullname:Luigi Weiss
Nickname:Gigi
Birth Date:1951 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Vattaro, Italy
Disciplines:Biathlon
Wcdebut:13 January 1978
Olympicteams:2 (1976, 1980)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:7 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983)
Worldsmedals:1
Worldsgolds:0
Wcseasons:7 (1977/78–1983/84)
Wcwins:0
Wcpodiums:1

Luigi "Gigi" Weiss (born 17 December 1951) is a former Italian biathlete and ski mountaineer.

Weiss was born in Vattaro. Together with Angelo Genuin and Bruno Bonaldi, he placed first in the military team category in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama edition, which was carried out as the first World Championship of Skimountaineering.[1]

At the 1979 Biathlon World Championships, Weiss won bronze in the 10 km sprint. This was the first medal for an Italian at the Biathlon World Championships, and as the race also counted in the World Cup, it was also the first podium finish for an Italian in the World Cup.[2]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[3]

Olympic Games

EventIndividualSprintRelay
align=left 1976 Innsbruck6th
align=left 1980 Lake Placid18th9th

World Championships

1 medal (1 bronze)

EventIndividualSprintRelay
align=left 1975 Antholz-Anterselva49th
align=left 1977 Lillehammer25th27th7th
align=left 1978 Hochfilzen11th7th8th
align=left 1979 Ruhpolding57thBronze5th
align=left 1981 Lahti36th38th9th
align=left 1982 Minsk37th14th5th
align=left 1983 Antholz-Anterselva27th10th
Further achievements

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809172431/http://www.old.inalto.org/magazine/trofeo_mezzalama_2005_04.shtml Albo d'oro
  2. Web site: World Championship Biathlon 1979 - Ruhpolding/Ruhpolding (GER) – Men 10 km Sprint . . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 18 July 2015.
  3. Web site: Search results . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 18 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150627121310/http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx . 27 June 2015 .