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The 32 year-old Sandro Viletta has announced his retirement from competitions: the Swiss definitely gives up to the injuries that have persecuted him in the last four years and beyond.
Tuesday 18 December 2018 3 minutes reading time
Born January 23, 1986, originally from the Canton of Grisons, Sandro Viletta made his debut in the World Cup in Levi slalom on 12 November 2006, disputing then 120 races placing 12 times in the top ten in all specialties (five in combination) except that in slalom, of these twelve placings, one was the victory in the superG of Beaver Creek on December 3, 2011. Arrived in the Circus White as slalomgigantista, Viletta became a combinatista with velocistic attitudes, but after that first success, which remained 'single in the Cup, went into a crisis of results even for health problems, especially those in the back. He recovered during the Olympic winter 2013-2014 which culminated for him in his biggest victory, the Olympic gold in the combined February 14, 2014 in Sochi, recovering from the fourteenth place in the descent.
From that moment he was literally slaughtered by injuries, including the breaking of the crusader of his right knee in the super-G on the Saslong of Val Gardena in December of 2016. That was his last World Cup race: from the winter of 2014-2015 he disputed only 18. At the World Championships in Val d'Isère 2009 he was sixth in the combined and in Schladming 2013 fifth in the same specialty, three podiums in the European Cup from 2007 to 2009, all in slalom, a specialty in which he also won the bronze at the Junior World Championships of 2006. Last season he competed only in the European Cup and now the decision to quit, hoping to stay in Swiss Ski as coach.
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