His pearl was 2nd place in Kitzbuehel in ’74 with the same time as Stefano Anzi, with whom he would later create the clothing brand famous all over the world
Giuliano Besson, a downhill skier who was part of the myth of the “Avalanche Azzurra” before soon leaving his career as a skier to become an entrepreneur of a clothing brand well known in the panorama of winter disciplines, together with Stefano Anzi, has passed away at the age of 75. Born on 1 January 1950 in Salice d’Ulzio, Besson was struck down by an illness at the age of 75.
Kitzbuehel ’74
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Besson lived the epic of Thoeni and Gros, asserting himself in the Italian speed, so much so that he made his debut at the Sapporo 1972 Olympic Games, with 11th place in the downhill, before the masterpiece of his career: 2nd place on the Streif, in the Kitzbuehel downhill on 26 January 1974, behind a top player like Roland Collombin and on par with future partner Anzi himself. Messages of condolence from federci.