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Italian alpine skier

Richard Pramotton

Personal information
Born (1964-05-09)9 May 1964Courmayeur, Italy
Occupation Alpine skier
Skiing career
Club C.S. Esercito
World Cup debut 1984
Retired 1995
World Cup
Seasons 10
Wins 3
Podiums 10
Overall titles 0 (best 5th 1987)
Discipline titles 0 (best 3rd GS 1987)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing Italy World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 0 1 1 Giant slalom 3 1 3 Super-G 0 1 0 Total 3 3 4

Richard Pramotton (born 9 May 1964) is an Italian former alpine skier.[1]

The brother of other alpine skier Roger,[2] he was born at Courmayeur. He was a specialist of giant slalom, a discipline in which he scored three victories, all in 1986. He was the first Italian after the age of Gustav Thöni and Piero Gros to classify in the top five of the Alpine Skiing World Cup, with a fifth position overall in 1987.[3]

Race victories

Date Location Discipline
28 January 1986 Switzerland Adelboden, Switzerland Giant slalom
30 November 1986 Italy Sestriere, Italy Giant slalom
14 December 1986 Italy Alta Badia, Italy Giant slalom
  1. ^ "Richard Pramotton profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Le memorie di Pramotton Luigi" (in Italian). mail.libero.it. Retrieved 8 March 2020. Nel 1970 ritornai a vivere in Valle, a Dolonne (Courmayeur), dove ho comprato casa e dove i miei figli, Roger e Richard, andarono a scuola e diventarono famosi e abili sciatori di Coppa del Mondo"
  3. ^ "Tutte le coppe di specialità e i piazzamenti nella storia dello sci maschile e femminile". fisi.org. Retrieved 3 February 2018.