Herbert Plank

Personal information
Born	(1954-09-03) 3 September 1954 (age 69) Sterzing, Italy
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Retired	1981
Olympics
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Wins	5
Podiums	21
Medal record Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck Downhill World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Downhill 5 9 6 Combined 0 1 0 Total 5 10 6

Herbert Plank (born 3 September 1954) is a former Italian alpine skier who competed in the 1976 Winter Olympics and in the 1980 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Biography

In 1976 he won the bronze medal in the Alpine downhill event.^[2] That event did also count as a FIS Alpine World Championship. Four years later he finished sixth in the 1980 downhill competition.

Mr. Plank is the youngest winner of a male downhill race (Val d'Isère, December 10, 1973). He did win five downhill races in the World Cup; in the downhill races he could achieve to be second in nine and to be third in six times; he also did become second in the Alpine Combined at St. Anton am Arlberg on December 1, 1981. In other 25 races (within 6 Combined) he could finish in the Top Ten. He became second in the Downhill World Cup 1975/76 and third in the Downhill World Cup in the seasons 1973/74, 1974/75, 1977/78 and 1979/80. Because retiring after the season 1981/82, he didn't compete in Super-Gs. His son Andreas Plank (nickname Andy) is also an Alpine Skiing Racer; he became World Champion in the Downhill in the FIS Alpine Junior World Championships 2009.

See also

• Italy national alpine ski team at the Olympics
• Italian skiers who closed in top 10 in overall World Cup

References

External links

• Herbert Plank at FIS (alpine)
• Herbert Plank at Olympics.com
• Herbert Plank at Olympedia
• Herbert Plank at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)