Luca Vidi
Born7 July 1976 (1976-07-07) (age 47)
St. Gallen, Switzerland

Luca Vidi (born 7 July 1976 in St. Gallen, Switzerland)[1][2] is a Swiss former alpine ski racer who competed in slalom, giant slalom, downhill, and super-G. After retiring from the sport in 2001 due to injury, Vidi is now primarily an entrepreneur.

Career in sports

Starting with his first official competition under registry of the International Ski Federation in 1994 in Zermatt, Switzerland, Vidi competed until 2001, mainly in Switzerland, Austria and Italy - less frequently in France, Spain, Liechtenstein, Norway and South Korea. Notable performances include a 15th place in Super G at the European Cup in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, in 1996 as well as first and second place in Downhill and Super G respectively at the Universiade in Muju, South Korea, in 1997.[1][3] Vidi's equipment of choice included bindings by Atomic and boots by Lange.[4]

Career from 2001

Vidi retired from active sports in 2001 due to ever more frequent injuries and concentrated on studying business economics at University of St. Gallen.[2] Still a student, he co-founded a subsidiary online-translation company[5] in 2002 of which he remains CEO to this day.[6][7]

Other notable activities

Vidi counts among the supporters[8] of the NGO CCI (Centro de Convivência Infantil)[9] who entertains a day school for children in Mogi-Mirim, Brazil.

References

  1. 1 2 FIS Athlete information sheet Retrieved 2011.12.03
  2. 1 2 PM Institut für Jungunternehmen (IFJ),Article From 2003-09-22 by Schneider, Richard Retrieved on 2011.12.03
  3. ↑ Leonz Eder (2001) Universiaden, in Der Schneehase, 36th Yearbook of the SAS (Swiss Academic Skiclub) 1997-2001, p. 222, 2001 SAS Verlag, Zurich
  4. ↑ FIS Athlete information sheet Retrieved 2011.12.03
  5. ↑ Swiss branch of 24Translate Website Retrieved 2011.12.03
  6. ↑ "Luca Vidi von Bassersdorf in St. Gallen". Moneyhouse.ch. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  7. ↑ Sandra Willmeroth, 02.09.2005 http://www.ktipp.ch/themen/beitrag/1021605/So_werden_Sie_Ihr_eigener_Boss
  8. ↑ "Aanmelden". Facebook. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  9. ↑ "Cci Day School". Cci-kinderdorf.com. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
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