1. Peter Fill was born on 12 November 1982 and is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from northern Italy.
12 Facts About Peter Fill
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Peter Fill learned to ski at the age of 3 with the help of his first teacher Frieda Senoner.
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Peter Fill achieved his first successes during his middle-school years, while he was coached by Peter Thomaseth.
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In 2000, Peter Fill joined the national team for the first time.
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Peter Fill's coach was Ernst Pfeifhofer, who continued as his coach for the following year in the Italian B-Team.
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In February 2002, Peter Fill won the World Juniors and, as a result, took part in his first super-G race of World Cup on 7 March 2002 at Altenmarkt in Austria, where he placed 12th outpacing the Norwegian Lasse Kjus by one hundredth of a second.
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Peter Fill managed to place himself before the three-time World Champion Aksel Lund Svindal, but was not fast enough to beat the Swiss Didier Cuche.
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Peter Fill's medal was the only one won by the Azzurri in the men's competitions.
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Peter Fill won his second World Cup race in 2016, the downhill at Kitzbuhel, on a difficult dark and windy day on the Streif that ended the season of overall leader Aksel Lund Svindal.
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Peter Fill went on to become the first Italian to win the World Cup downhill title, finishing 10th at the last downhill of the season in St Moritz in March 2016 to finish 26 points ahead of Svindal.
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Peter Fill is a cousin of retired giant slalom racer and fellow Kastelruther Denise Karbon.
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Since 2007, Peter Fill's manager has been Andreas Goller, who previously represented Kristian Ghedina.