Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Saboda Girardelli ya riƙe 'yan ƙasa na Austrian yayin tsere don Luxembourg, bai cancanci shiga gasar Olympics ta 1980 ko 1984 ba - amma kuma ya shiga gasar zakarun duniya ta 1982. (A akasin haka, dokoki sun ba da izinin farawa ga Luxembourg a gasar cin kofin duniya). Na ɗan lokaci, bayyanarsa a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1985 ya kasance cikin shakku, amma ya sami damar nuna shaidar cewa yana kan aiwatar da neman zama ɗan ƙasar Luxembourg. FIS ta ba da izini na musamman, kuma ya ci lambar azurfa a tseren slalom da tagulla a tseren slalom mai girma. Girardelli ya karbi 'yan kasa na Luxembourg a lokaci don yin gasa a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1987
Ka yi haƙuri. Wasannin Olympics na farko shi ne a 1988 a Calgary, amma bai sami lambar yabo ba. A 1992 a Albertville, ya lashe lambobin azurfa a Super G da giant slalom - lambobin farko na Grand Duchy a wasannin Olympics na hunturu, da kuma lambar yabo ta farko ta Luxembourg tun lokacin da Josy Barthel ya lashe zinare a mita 1500 a 1952.