Alberto Tomba
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"Alberto Tomba" is a former FIS Alpine Ski World Cup/World Cup Alpine skiing/alpine ski racer from Italy. He was the dominant technical skier (slalom skiing/slalom and giant slalom) in the late 1980s and 1990s. Tomba won three Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics/Olympic gold medals, two FIS Alpine World Ski Championships/World Championships, and nine Alpine Skiing World Cup/World Cup season titles: four in slalom, four in giant slalom, and one overall title. He was popularly called Tomba la Bomba ("Tomba the Bomb").

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It's typical of Italian culture that we only start to feel emotional about something when we have the possibility to see it in front of us. By February, Italy will have Olympic fever.

This is another good sign for Turin.

Giorgio tried to push away from the gates during the race as I suggested to him. But unfortunately he was wrong. He made a mistake. It shouldn't have happened.

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.