My name is Thomas Degasperi, I was born in Italy in 1981. At the age of 5 I start water ski with the encourage of my Father. I felt in love for this sport the first time i got in the water. I start competing the the Mickey Mouse Trophy national and International.While waterskiing in the summer I was always trying other sport too. I played soccer, tennis, snow skiing, volleyball.
At the age of 12 i start taking waterskiing in a different way. I realized that I some good results come from me. When I was 15 I won my first European Dauphins Title in slalom.This experience changed me a lot. After an intensive training program in 2001 and 2002 I achieved very good results. I placed 4th at the World Championship in my own country (Italy) winning also the under21 European Championships. The following year I repeated myself winning the Under 21 European Championship again. The following week end I was brought as a rookie to the European Open Championships in France, and as a surprise I won that tournament too. In 2003 I got injured at my neck so my season got compromised. In 2005 I claimbed the International Water Ski ranking list form the 47 position to the 9th, performing the 2nd place at the World Cup stop in Russia. 2006 was the best year so far. I won the Malibu Open, the Ski West Pro , scoring the best performance of the season and putting me on top of the World Raking List.6th place at the US Masters,  6th place at the World Cup in Ireland, also with very bad conditions and 4th place at the Boardstock Pro Slalom Event.
I am Currently enrolled at the University Of Lousiana at Monroe (ULM) since 2002 where the ski team is known as one of the best of the nation after winning 19 National Titles. I will get my degree in December 2006. I won 2 titles with this team and this incredible experience helped me to grow up as a man, made me learn a new language, meet new people and see the world.