# Giuliano Besson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Giuliano_Besson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Giuliano_Besson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_Besson > Source revision: 1321507971 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian alpine skier (1950–2025) Giuliano Besson Besson in the 1970s Personal information Born (1950-01-01)1 January 1950 Sauze d'Oulx, Italy Died 24 October 2025(2025-10-24) (aged 75) Skiing career Sport Alpine skiing Disciplines Speed events World Cup debut 1972 Olympics Teams 1 World Cup Seasons 4 Wins 0 Podiums 1 **Giuliano Besson** (1 January 1950 – 24 October 2025) was an Italian [alpine skier](/source/Alpine_skiing) who competed in the [1972 Winter Olympics](/source/1972_Winter_Olympics).[1] He died on 24 October 2025, at the age of 75.[2] ## The twins Anzi and Besson In the 1970s the legend of the two skiers of the *[valanga azzurra](/source/Valanga_azzurra)* (*blue avalanche*) was born, [Stefano Anzi](/source/Stefano_Anzi) and Giuliano Besson who were nicknamed *i gemelli* (*[the twins](/source/Twin)*)[3] because on two occasions they concluded an important downhill race in the same position, on 7 February 1972 at the [1972 Winter Olympics](/source/1972_Winter_Olympics) in [Sapporo](/source/Sapporo), Japan both finished in 11th place [ex-aequo](/source/Ex-aequo)[4] and on 26 January 1974 both finished in second place still ex-aequo on the legendary [Streiff](/source/Streiff) in [Kitzbuehl](/source/Kitzbuehl), Austria in a World Cup race.[5] ## World Cup results Besson had one podium in the [World Cup](/source/FIS_Alpine_Ski_World_Cup).[6] **Podium** Date Place Discipline Rank 26 January 1974 Kitzbuehel Downhill 2nd ## Olympic results Year Age Venue Event Rank 1972 22 Sapporo Downhill 11 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [*Giuliano Besson*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110915185324/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/giuliano-besson-1.html), [Sports Reference](/source/Sports_Reference), archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/giuliano-besson-1.html) on 15 September 2011, retrieved 25 October 2007 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Addio a Giuliano Besson, l'ex discesista di Sauze d'Oulx protagonista della Valanga Azzurra"](https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2025/10/24/news/giuliano_besson_sci_sauze_d_oulx_lutto-15366239/amp/). *La Stampa*. Retrieved 24 October 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["La Storia – Besson Group"](http://www.bessongroup.com/html/besson_storia.php) (in Italian). bessongroup.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021. Giuliano Besson, nato nel 1950, è uno dei grandi campioni di sci che fanno nascere il mito della Valanga Azzurra dei primi anni '70, è un ottimo discesista insieme con l'amico Stefano Anzi, così amici da arrivare secondi al centesimo di secondo nella gara più prestigiosa del mondo a Kitzbuhel nel 1974. Un anno dopo, quale portavoce della Nazionale Azzurra alza un po' troppo la voce e viene radiato con l'amico Stefano. L'esclusione ingiusta e ingiustificata agisce da incentivo e Stefano Anzi e Giuliano Besson appendono gli sci al per buttarsi a capofitto in un'altra sfida importante: vestire gli appassionati dello sci. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Downhill, Men – Date: 7 February 1972 – tatus: Olympic"](https://www.olympedia.org/results/1287). olympedia.org. Retrieved 17 February 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["26-01-1974 Kitzbuehel AUT World Cup Downhill"](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=4703&raceid=8538). fis-ski.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Besson Giuliano – World Cup Podium"](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&seasoncode=&competitorid=4703&type=result&categorycode=WC&sort=&place=&disciplinecode=&position=4&limit=100). fis-ski.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021. ## External links - [Giuliano Besson](https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=AL&competitorid=4703) at [FIS](/source/International_Ski_and_Snowboard_Federation) (alpine) - [Giuliano Besson](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/84088) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Giuliano Besson](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/2000187293) at InterSportStats - [AnziBesson](https://www.anzibesson.it/) v t e Italian Alpine Ski Champions in men's downhill 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Giuliano Besson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_Besson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_Besson?action=history)). 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