Luigi Weiss

Luigi "Gigi" Weiss (born 17 December 1951) is a former Italian biathlete and ski mountaineer.

Weiss was born in Vattaro. Together with Angelo Genuin and Bruno Bonaldi, he placed first in the military team category in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama edition, which was carried out as the first World Championship of Skimountaineering.

At the 1979 Biathlon World Championships, Weiss won bronze in the 10 km sprint. This was the first medal for an Italian at the Biathlon World Championships, and as the race also counted in the World Cup, it was also the first podium finish for an Italian in the World Cup.

Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games EventIndividualSprintRelay 1976 Innsbruck — 6th 1980 Lake Placid — 18th 9th Sprint was added as an event in 1980.

World Championships 1 medal (1 bronze) EventIndividualSprintRelay 1975 Antholz-Anterselva 49th — — 1977 Lillehammer 25th 27th 7th 1978 Hochfilzen 11th 7th 8th 1979 Ruhpolding 57th Bronze 5th 1981 Lahti 36th 38th 9th 1982 Minsk 37th 14th 5th 1983 Antholz-Anterselva — 27th 10th During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Further achievements 1973: 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon 1974: 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint 1975: 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint 1976: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint 1977: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon 1978: 1st, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint 1979: 1st, Italian championships of biathlon 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint 1980: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon 1981: 1st, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint 1982: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon