Fulvio Valbusa

Fulvio Valbusa
Fulvio Valbusa
	Valbusa in 2006
Country	Italy
Born	15 February 1969; Verona, Italy
Ski club	G.S. Forestale
World Cup career
Seasons	1992–2006
Individual wins	2
Team wins	7
Indiv. podiums	13
Team podiums	22
Indiv. starts	187
Team starts	45
Overall titles	0 – (3rd in 1997)
Discipline titles	0
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
World Championships
Junior World Championships

Fulvio Valbusa (born February 15, 1969 in Verona) is an Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2006. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a gold in 2006 and a silver in 1998. He also finished 5th in three other cross-country events at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano (10 km + 15 km combined pursuit, 30 km, and 50 km).

Valbusa also won five medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including one silver (15 km: 2005) and four bronzes (10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1999, 4 × 10 km relay: 1995, 1997, 1999). He also won three FIS races at 15 km in 1996, 1997, and 2004.

He is the older brother of cross-country skier Sabina Valbusa.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[1]

World Cup standings

Season	Age	Season standings
Season	Age	Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
1992	23	30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1993	24	30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1994	25	42	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1995	26	22	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1996	27	6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1997	28	3	N/A	7	N/A	2
1998	29	6	N/A	14	N/A	5
1999	30	12	N/A	7	N/A	33
2000	31	33	N/A	26	36	20
2001	32	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	9
2002	33	48	N/A	N/A	N/A	65
2003	34	14	N/A	N/A	N/A	66
2004	35	8	7	N/A	N/A	50
2005	36	49	29	N/A	N/A	NC
2006	37	82	56	N/A	N/A	—

Individual podiums

2 victories
13 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1995–96	2 February 1996	Seefeld, Austria	10 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
2	1995–96	10 March 1996	Falun, Sweden	15 km Pursuit C	World Cup	2nd
3	1996–97	7 December 1996	Davos, Switzerland	10 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
4		14 December 1996	Brusson, Italy	15 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
5		4 January 1997	Kavgolovo, Russia	30 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
6	1997–98	16 March 2008	Val di Fiemme, Italy	15 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
7	1998–99	23 February 1999	Ramsau, Austria	15 km Pursuit F	World Championships^[1]	3rd
8	2000–01	13 January 2001	Soldier Hollow, United States	15 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
9	2002–03	23 November 2002	Kiruna, Sweden	10 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
10		7 December 2002	Davos, Switzerland	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
11		15 February 2003	Asiago, Italy	10 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
12	2003–04	6 February 2004	La Clusaz, France	15 km Individual F	World Cup	1st
13	2003–04	28 February 2004	Oslo, Norway	50 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd

Team podiums

7 victories – (5 RL, 2 TS)
22 podiums – (20 RL, 2 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	1994–95	17 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	3rd	Albarello / Maj / Fauner
2	1995–96	14 January 1996	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Maj / Vanzetta / Godioz
3		3 February 1996	Seefeld, Austria	12 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Fauner
4		25 February 1996	Trondheim, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Di Centa / Albarello / Fauner
5		1 March 1996	Lahti, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Albarello / Fauner / Maj
6	1996–97	24 November 1996	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Maj / Fauner / Piller
7		15 December 1996	Brusson, Italy	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Pozzi / Godioz / Fauner
8		28 February 1997	Trondheim, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	3rd	Di Centa / Fauner / Piller Cottrer
9	1997–98	11 January 1998	Ramsau, Austria	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Maj / Piller Cottrer / Fauner
10	1998–99	10 January 1999	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Maj / Piller Cottrer / Fauner
11		26 February 1999	Ramsau, Austria	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships^[1]	3rd	Di Centa / Maj / Fauner
12		21 March 1999	Oslo, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Fauner / Di Centa / Maj
13	1999–00	28 November 1999	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Pozzi / Maj / Fauner
14	1999–00	27 February 2000	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Maj / Piller Cottrer / Zorzi
15	2000–01	13 December 2000	Clusone, Italy	10 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Maj
16	2002–03	24 November 2002	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Di Centa / Piller Cottrer / Zorzi
17		1 December 2002	Rukatunturi, Finland	2 × 5 km / 2 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Paruzzi / S. Valbusa / Piller Cottrer
18		19 January 2003	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Di Centa / Zorzi / Schwienbacher
19		23 March 2003	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Di Centa / Piller Cottrer / Zorzi
20	2003–04	11 January 2004	Otepää, Estonia	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Carrara / Checchi / Piller Cottrer
21	2004–05	21 November 2004	Gällivare, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Di Centa / Piller Cottrer / Zorzi
22	2004–05	12 December 2004	Val di Fiemme, Italy	4 ×10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Di Centa / Piller Cottrer / Zorzi

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

^ "Athlete : VALBUSA Fulvio". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

External links

Fulvio Valbusa at the International Ski Federation
Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-05-22) (in Italian)
Fulvio Valbusa at the International Olympic Committee
Fulvio Valbusa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[FISprofile-1] "Athlete : VALBUSA Fulvio". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2018.

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