Word: thoeni
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Coming of age is probably the biggest element in his success, in fact. His coach, former Italian champ Gustavo Thoeni, swears that his restless charge has settled down: ``I'm not saying he goes to bed at 10 p.m., but usually by midnight, yes.'' Many followers also believe that his engagement to Martina Colombari, a 20-year-old former Miss Italy, has cooled Tomba's boogie-all- night habits at resort discos. True? Says Tomba: ``They seem to forget that I've been with her for three years.'' Still, he acknowledges being ``just a little more serious...
...plans to star in Hollywood, courtesy of his new acquaintance, Sylvester Stallone. But his stalwart fans know there's more to his success than glitz, having followed Tomba's post- Calgary blues, his faltering in two world championships and his reconstruction under the severe tutelage of former Olympian Gustavo Thoeni. "I fought to win," said the husky Bolognese. "I gave the best of myself." Whether for giants like Tomba, upstarts like Aamodt or veterans like Fernandez Ochoa, the glamour has come with its fantasies and its fireworks, but only after years of grit...