Pietro Piller Cottrer

Piller Cottrer at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Personal information

Born

December 20, 1974 (age 41)
Pieve di Cadore, Italy

Medal record

Men's cross-country skiing
Competitor for Italy
Olympic Games
	2006 Turin	4 x 10 km
	2002 Salt Lake City	4 x 10 km
	2010 Vancouver	15 km freestyle
	2006 Turin	30 km pursuit
World Championships
	2005 Oberstdorf	15 km
	1997 Trondheim	4 x 10 km
	2007 Sapporo	30 km pursuit

Pietro Piller Cottrer (born 20 December 1974) is an Italian former cross-country skier who won gold medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was born at Sappada, province of Belluno.

Piller Cottrer's first relevant success in the cross-country skiing world cup came in 1997, when he won the 50 km race at the Holmenkollen ski festival. In the same year he won the bronze medal with the Italian relay at the world championships in Trondheim. Thanks to Piller Cottrer's presence, the Italian relay confirmed as one of the best in the world winning silver medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics and, better, to gold medal in the home Olympics of Turin. He also won an Olympic bronze medal in the 15 + 15 km pursuit.

His successes include a World Championship gold medal in the 15 km freestyle pursuit at Oberstdorf (2005), and a total of seven victories in the World Cup. The latest in Vancouver 2009.

Piller Cottrer won a bronze medal in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Piller Cottrer skied a 34:00.9 in the 15 km freestyle event and won the silver medal. In February 2013, Piller Cottrer announced his retirement.

Career highlights

Olympic Winter Games: 1998 - Nagano, 16th, 50km freestyle; 2002 - Salt Lake City, 4th, 30km freestyle mass start; 2002 - Salt Lake City, 6th, 2x10km pursuit; 2002 - Salt Lake City, 02 !, 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Maj / Di Centa / Zorzi); 2006 - Torino, 03 !, 3rd, 2x15km pursuit; 2006 - Torino, 5th, 50km freestyle; 2006 - Torino, 01 !, 1st, 4x10km relay (with Valbusa / Di Centa / Zorzi); 2010 - Vancouver, 02 !, 2nd, 15 km freestyle
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships: 1995 - Thunder Bay, 38th, 30km classic; 1997 - Trondheim, 03 ! 3rd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Fauner / Valbusa); 2001 - Lahti, 9th, 2x10km pursuit; 2001 - Lahti, 8th, 50km freestyle; 2003 - Val di Fiemme, 9th, 2x10km pursuit; 2003 - Val di Fiemme, 10th, 4x10km relay (with Maj / Valbusa / Zorzi); 2003 - Val di Fiemme, 14th, 50km freestyle; 2005 - Oberstdorf, 01 ! 1st, 15km freestyle; 2005 - Oberstdorf, 20th, 2x15km pursuit; 2005 - Oberstdorf, 4th, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Valbusa / Zorzi); 2007 - Sapporo, 03 ! 3rd, 2x15km pursuit; 2007 - Sapporo, 9th, 15km freestyle
World Cup: 1997 - Oslo, 01 ! 1st, 50km freestyle; 2000 - Trondheim, 03 ! 3rd, 10km freestyle; 2000 - Falun, 03 ! 3rd, 15km freestyle; 2001 - Borlänge, 02 ! 2nd, 10km freestyle; 2001 - Kuopio, 02 ! 2nd, 60km freestyle; 2002 - Oslo, 03 ! 3rd, 50km freestyle; 2002 - Kiruna, 02 ! 2nd, 10km freestyle; 2002 - Kiruna, 01 ! 1st, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Valbusa / Zorzi); 2002 - Kuusamo, 03 ! 3rd, mixed relay (with Paruzzi / F. Valbusa / S. Valbusa); 2002 - Davos, 02 ! 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Schwienbacher / Zorzi); 2003 - Lahti, 03 ! 3rd, 15km freestyle; 2003 - Falun, 02 ! 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Valbusa / Zorzi); 2003 - Beitostølen, 01 ! 1st, 15km freestyle; 2004 - Falun, 02 ! 2nd, 2x15km pursuit; 2004 - Otepää, 02 ! 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Carrara / Checchi / Valbusa); 2004 - Gällivare, 02 ! 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Valbusa / Zorzi); 2004 - Lago di Tesero, 02 ! 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Valbusa / Zorzi); 2005 - Falun, 02 ! 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Clara / Checchi / Di Centa); 2005 - Canmore, 01 ! 1st, 15km freestyle; 2006 - Lago di Tesero, 03 ! 3rd, 30km free mass start; 2006 - Lago di Tesero, 01 ! 1st, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Checchi / Zorzi); 2007 - Davos (1), 02 ! 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Checchi / Di Centa / Santus); 2007 - Davos (2), 02 ! 2nd, 4x10km relay (with Di Centa / Checchi / Zorzi); 2007 - Rybinsk, 03 ! 3rd, 30km freestyle mass start; 2008 - Canmore, 03 ! 3rd, 15km freestyle; 2008 - Bormio, 01 ! 1st, 3.3km freestyle; 2009 - Vancouver, 01 ! 1st, 15 + 15 km pursuit
World Military Championships: 1997 - Val Cartier, 01 ! 1st, 15km freestyle; 2000 - Saalfelden, 03 ! 3rd, 15km freestyle; 2003 - Rovaniemi, 02 ! 2nd, 15km freestyle
Marathon Cup: 2005 - Samedan, 02 ! 2nd, 42km freestyle mass start
Continental Cup: 1995 - Argentiere, 02 ! 2nd, 15km freestyle; 1996 - Toblach, 01 ! 1st, 30km classic
FIS Races: 1995 - Kandersteg, 02 ! 2nd, 15km freestyle; 1995 - Pello, 02 ! 2nd, 15km classic; 1996 - Annecy, 01 ! 1st, 15km freestyle; 1996 - Campra, 03 ! 3rd, 10km classic; 1998 - Misurina, 01 ! 1st, 15km freestyle

References

Pietro Piller Cottrer at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
Official website (Italian)
Piller Cottrer retires

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay

World champions in men's 18 km/15 km cross-country

18 km	1925: Otakar Německý (TCH) 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) 1929: Veli Saarinen (FIN - 17 km) 1930: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR - 17 km) 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1933: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE) 1934: Sulo Nurmela (FIN) 1935: Klaes Karppinen (FIN) 1937: Lars Bergendahl (NOR) 1938: Pauli Pitkänen (FIN) 1939: Jussi Kurikkala (FIN) 1950: Karl-Erik Åström (SWE)

15 km	1954: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 1958: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) 1962: Assar Rönnlund (SWE) 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR) 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE) 1974: Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1978: Józef Łuszczek (POL) 1982: Oddvar Brå (NOR) 1985: Kari Härkönen (FIN) 1987: Marco Albarello (ITA) 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan (SWE) 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 2001: Per Elofsson (SWE) 2003: Axel Teichmann (GER) 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) 2007: Lars Berger (NOR) 2009: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2011: Matti Heikkinen (FIN) 2013: Petter Northug (NOR) 2015: Johan Olsson (SWE)

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