Filippo Zamboni, a new talent of grass skiing
Summer or winter, grass or snow, the core matter is to wear skis on the feet. It is what thinks and does Filippo Zamboni, born in 2001, fron Trentino region, from Coltura (Tre Ville municipality). He started when he was a child with the alpine skiing in the Sporting Club of Madonna di Campiglio. Then the grass skiing. In the 2014 the story started to get serious helped by Tony Battocchi.
The Italian Federation of Winter Sports called him up in the Italian team in 2015.
At the end of 2016 Filippo is the first ranked in the "Green Talent" (the former Italian Cup) and 6° in the Europe Fis Children U16.
In 2017 took part in the World Cup Coppa del Mondo (Fis Junior Cup and Junior World Championship).
In August 2018 is very close to the podium in the Juniores Wolrd Championships in Montecampione getting the forth place in slalom and in giant slalom. Second-place on the Junior Cup of Montecampione. In the World Cup of Sauris di Sotto, he got the 7° place in slalom, 8° in the super combined and 9° in the giant slalom.
He closed on second position in the official ranking of the Junior World Cup and he got 5 gold medals in the Italian Championships (national and junior).
Good start also for the 2019 season in the Youth Grass Skiing World Championships: 4 position in Giant Slalom, 7 in Super Combined and bronze medal in Super G.