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'' On the day of the beginning of the FIS Congress in Barcelona that will designate the location host the World Cup of 2019, Erich Demetz leaves after 28 years, the presidency of the Committee of the World Cup Alpine skiing. It tells us everything'' s Press Office of the Italian Winter Sports Federation, whom we thank.
Sunday 1 June 2014 7 minutes reading time
After 28 years as Chairman of the World Cup alpine ski Erich Demetz leaves his prestigious position during its Congress in Barcelona.
"When I became president - remember Demetz - there were two, now there'' is a much more professional with 15 people."
The long managerial career Demetz'' begins in 1963 with the election as President of the Ski Club Gardena. "When I arrived I found 103 members - still tells Demetz -.'' In 70, after his appointment as vice president of FIS I left the club with over 1000 members, gives me great satisfaction."
Between 70'' and 71'' is Demetz Commissioner of Co.Scu.Ma. "I was able, with the support of Giulio Giovannini and Giulio Onesti, to be launching the first law for the protection of ski instructors, thanks to the personal friendship that bound me to Sandro Pertini, then Speaker of the House."
In'' 78'' was at the end of Cotelli, Erich Demetz became technical director of the Italian National Alpine skiing. "It was a tough team to tame, full of horses that were now freely whatever they wanted. Indeed, Besson, Gros, Varallo, Stricker .. Unfortunately I can only regret'' s Olympics in Lake Placid when we could not do best of 4th place Ninna Quario and 6th Herbert Plank.
In 1979, one of his most Demetz lives Italian ski painful. "Leonardo David had won in Oslo - remember - and leaked the rumor that he wanted to play the last two free season. Gattai the President and I were immediately d'' agreement'' Absolutely not.'' I left for Cortina, where I found '' The agreement also Messner, who led the team. then I heard the same David who told me that he'' s only going to do some testing in view of the combined Olympic'' s year later. Commissioning thus, became acceptable. And then, everyone'' s right, I did try. then the fall in Lake Placid when Leonardo collapsed into my arms and those of the photographer Armando Found.'' It was the beginning of the tragedy. "
Among the most exciting career of Erich Demetz c'' is surely the infamous parallel of Val Gardena's'' 75, with the final duel between Thoeni and Stenmark, who assigned all'' blue absolute Cup fourth of his career. "C'' were 40,000 people to attend that event. Never seen so many people in Gardena. I remember that it was decided to bring the parallel between the professionals because it looked like a race with a lot of appeal. A want was strongly Honoré Bonnet , then President of the European alpine skiing.'s race was beautiful and turned into a yellow when it seemed that he had got on Stenmark. was not so, but in the next round and missed Stenmark won Gustavo between the jubilation of the crowd. "
Erich Demetz that leaves the World Cup?
"I believe that in the future it will be very difficult to compose calendars: there will be new inputs, especially of stations in the east and'' will not be easy mediate between all your needs. Philosophy has always centered my presidency, and has always had the support of President Kasper, has gone in the direction of avoiding excessive dramatization of'' races to leave the technical gesture that was to prevail. We have always defended the sport, never the circus.'' Among the other ski tourism goes in the opposite direction, people no longer loves the challenge. I hope that the World Cup ski remain the land of the competitive challenges that have given so many emotions to the audience over the years. "
The reason of most interest to the Italian'' in this Congress is Cortina's candidacy for the World Cup 2019.
"I think Cortina has all the rights to host the World Cup, both from a technical point of view, that landscape, and organizational. I hope he can win the challenge Are. Cortina I'm rooting for."
What will after leaving the'' activity management?
"I'm going to ski, I paint and write," concludes Demetz.
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