Herbert Plank
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Born | (1954-09-03) 3 September 1954 (age 69) Sterzing, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Retired | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medals | 1 (0 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Herbert Plank (born 3 September 1954) is a former Italian alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics and in the 1980 Winter Olympics.[1]
Biography
In 1976 he won the bronze medal in the Alpine downhill event.[2] That event did also count as a FIS Alpine World Championship. Four years later he finished sixth in the 1980 downhill competition.
Mr. Plank is the youngest winner of a male downhill race (Val d'Isère, December 10, 1973). He did win five downhill races in the World Cup; in the downhill races he could achieve to be second in nine and to be third in six times; he also did become second in the Alpine Combined at St. Anton am Arlberg on December 1, 1981. In other 25 races (within 6 Combined) he could finish in the Top Ten. He became second in the Downhill World Cup 1975/76 and third in the Downhill World Cup in the seasons 1973/74, 1974/75, 1977/78 and 1979/80. Because retiring after the season 1981/82, he didn't compete in Super-Gs. His son Andreas Plank (nickname Andy) is also an Alpine Skiing Racer; he became World Champion in the Downhill in the FIS Alpine Junior World Championships 2009.
See also
- Italy national alpine ski team at the Olympics
- Italian skiers who closed in top 10 in overall World Cup
References
External links
- Herbert Plank at FIS (alpine)
- Herbert Plank at Olympics.com
- Herbert Plank at Olympedia
- Herbert Plank at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
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- 1931: Severino Menardi
- 1932: Ferdinando Valle
- 1933: Sisto Gillarduzzi
- 1934: Enrico Lacedelli
- 1935: Severino Menardi
- 1936: Vittorio Chierroni
- 1937: Alberto Marcellin
- 1938: Vittorio Chierroni
- 1939: Hans Nogler
- 1940: Vittorio Chierroni
- 1941: Zeno Colò
- 1942: Roberto Lacedelli
- 1943: Vittorio Chierroni
- 1944: not assigned
- 1945: not assigned
- 1946: Alberto Marcellin
- 1947: Vittorio Chierroni & Roberto Lacedelli
- 1948: Zeno Colò
- 1949: Zeno Colò
- 1950: Roberto Lacedelli
- 1951: Rolando Zanni
- 1952: Bruno Burrini
- 1953: Davide David
- 1954: Zeno Colò
- 1955: Zeno Colò
- 1956: Gino Burrini
- 1957: Davide David
- 1958: Bruno Alberti
- 1959: Bruno Alberti
- 1960: Francesco De Florian
- 1961: Bruno Alberti
- 1962: Bruno Alberti
- 1963: Gildo Siorpaes
- 1964: Felice De Nicolò
- 1965: Ivo Mahlknecht
- 1966: Ivo Mahlknecht
- 1967: not assigned
- 1968: Ivo Mahlknecht
- 1969: Stefano Anzi
- 1970: Stefano Anzi
- 1971: Marcello Varallo
- 1972: not assigned
- 1973: Roland Thöni
- 1974: Giuliano Besson
- 1975: Herbert Plank
- 1976: Erwin Stricker
- 1977: Herbert Plank
- 1978: Bruno Gattai
- 1979: Herbert Plank
- 1980: Herbert Plank
- 1981: Herbert Plank
- 1982: Danilo Sbardellotto
- 1983: Michael Mair
- 1984: Mauro Cornaz
- 1985: Alberto Ghidoni
- 1986: Michael Mair
- 1987: Michael Mair
- 1988: Pietro Vitalini
- 1989: not assigned
- 1990: Kristian Ghedina
- 1991: not assigned
- 1992: Pietro Vitalini
- 1993: Kristian Ghedina
- 1994: Kristian Ghedina
- 1995: Kristian Ghedina
- 1996: Luca Cattaneo
- 1997: Erik Seletto
- 1998: Kristian Ghedina
- 1999: Matteo Berbenni
- 2000: Kristian Ghedina
- 2001: Matteo Berbenni
- 2002: not assigned
- 2003: Kurt Sulzenbacher
- 2004: Roland Fischnaller
- 2005: Stefan Thanei
- 2006: Walter Girardi
- 2007: Walter Girardi
- 2008: Elmar Hofer
- 2009: Stefan Thanei
- 2010: Patrick Staudacher
- 2011: Matteo Marsaglia
- 2012: Hagen Patscheider
- 2013: Paolo Pangrazzi
- 2014: Peter Fill & Werner Heel
- 2015: Matteo Marsaglia
- 2016: Christof Innerhofer
- 2017: Peter Fill
- 2018: Christof Innerhofer
- 2019: Matteo Marsaglia
- 2020: not disputed
- 2021: Dominik Paris
- 2022: Dominik Paris