Pietro Piller Cottrer
Piller Cottrer at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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| Born | December 20, 1974 (age 49) Pieve di Cadore, Italy |
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Medal record
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Pietro Piller Cottrer (born 20 December 1974) is an Italian former cross-country skier who won gold medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was born at Sappada, province of Belluno.
Piller Cottrer's first relevant success in the cross-country skiing world cup came in 1997, when he won the 50 km race at the Holmenkollen ski festival. In the same year he won the bronze medal with the Italian relay at the world championships in Trondheim. Thanks to Piller Cottrer's presence, the Italian relay confirmed as one of the best in the world winning silver medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics and, better, to gold medal in the home Olympics of Turin. He also won an Olympic bronze medal in the 15 + 15 km pursuit.
His successes include a World Championship gold medal in the 15 km freestyle pursuit at Oberstdorf (2005), and a total of seven victories in the World Cup. The latest in Vancouver 2009.
Piller Cottrer won a bronze medal in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Piller Cottrer skied a 34:00.9 in the 15 km freestyle event and won the silver medal. In February 2013, Piller Cottrer announced his retirement.
Career highlights
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- Olympic Winter Games
- 1998 - Nagano, 16th, 50km freestyle
- 2002 - Salt Lake City, 4th, 30km freestyle mass start
- 2002 - Salt Lake City, 6th, 2x10km pursuit
- 2002 - Salt Lake City,
, 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Maj / Di Centa / Zorzi) - 2006 - Torino,
, 3rd, 2x15km pursuit - 2006 - Torino, 5th, 50km freestyle
- 2006 - Torino,
, 1st, 4x10km relay (with Valbusa / Di Centa / Zorzi) - 2010 - Vancouver, , 2nd, 15 km freestyle
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- 1995 - Thunder Bay, 38th, 30km classic
- 1997 - Trondheim, 3rd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Fauner / Valbusa)
- 2001 - Lahti, 9th, 2x10km pursuit
- 2001 - Lahti, 8th, 50km freestyle
- 2003 - Val di Fiemme, 9th, 2x10km pursuit
- 2003 - Val di Fiemme, 10th, 4x10km relay (with Maj / Valbusa / Zorzi)
- 2003 - Val di Fiemme, 14th, 50km freestyle
- 2005 - Oberstdorf, 1st, 15km freestyle
- 2005 - Oberstdorf, 20th, 2x15km pursuit
- 2005 - Oberstdorf, 4th, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Valbusa / Zorzi)
- 2007 - Sapporo, 3rd, 2x15km pursuit
- 2007 - Sapporo, 9th, 15km freestyle
- World Cup
- 1997 - Oslo, 1st, 50km freestyle
- 2000 - Trondheim, 3rd, 10km freestyle
- 2000 - Falun, 3rd, 15km freestyle
- 2001 - Borlänge, 2nd, 10km freestyle
- 2001 - Kuopio, 2nd, 60km freestyle
- 2002 - Oslo, 3rd, 50km freestyle
- 2002 - Kiruna, 2nd, 10km freestyle
- 2002 - Kiruna, 1st, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Valbusa / Zorzi)
- 2002 - Kuusamo, 3rd, mixed relay (with Paruzzi / F. Valbusa / S. Valbusa)
- 2002 - Davos, 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Schwienbacher / Zorzi)
- 2003 - Lahti, 3rd, 15km freestyle
- 2003 - Falun, 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Valbusa / Zorzi)
- 2003 - Beitostølen, 1st, 15km freestyle
- 2004 - Falun, 2nd, 2x15km pursuit
- 2004 - Otepää, 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Carrara / Checchi / Valbusa)
- 2004 - Gällivare, 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Valbusa / Zorzi)
- 2004 - Lago di Tesero, 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Valbusa / Zorzi)
- 2005 - Falun, 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Clara / Checchi / Di Centa)
- 2005 - Canmore, 1st, 15km freestyle
- 2006 - Lago di Tesero, 3rd, 30km free mass start
- 2006 - Lago di Tesero, 1st, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Checchi / Zorzi)
- 2007 - Davos (1), 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Checchi / Di Centa / Santus)
- 2007 - Davos (2), 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Checchi / Zorzi)
- 2007 - Rybinsk, 3rd, 30km freestyle mass start
- 2008 - Canmore, 3rd, 15km freestyle
- 2008 - Bormio, 1st, 3.3km freestyle
- 2009 - Vancouver, 1st, 15 + 15 km pursuit
- World Military Championships
- 1997 - Val Cartier, 1st, 15km freestyle
- 2000 - Saalfelden, 3rd, 15km freestyle
- 2003 - Rovaniemi, 2nd, 15km freestyle
- Marathon Cup
- 2005 - Samedan, 2nd, 42km freestyle mass start
- Continental Cup
- 1995 - Argentiere, 2nd, 15km freestyle
- 1996 - Toblach, 1st, 30km classic
- FIS Races
- 1995 - Kandersteg, 2nd, 15km freestyle
- 1995 - Pello, 2nd, 15km classic
- 1996 - Annecy, 1st, 15km freestyle
- 1996 - Campra, 3rd, 10km classic
- 1998 - Misurina, 1st, 15km freestyle
References
- Pietro Piller Cottrer at the International Ski Federation
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Official website (Italian)
- Piller Cottrer retires
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- 1974 births
- Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Holmenkollen winners
- Italian cross-country skiers
- Living people
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Italy
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- People from the Province of Belluno
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Male cross-country skiers
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Italian sportsmen
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