Franco Nones

Franco Nones
Franco Nones on a stamp from the Emirates Ra's al-Khaimah
nation	Italy
birthday	1st February 1941 (age 79)
place of birth	Castello-Molina di Fiemme , Italy
Career
society	GS Fiamme Gialle
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 0 × World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
winter Olympics gold 1968 Grenoble 30 km  Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 1966 Oslo Season

Franco Nones (born February 1, 1941 in Castello-Molina di Fiemme ) is a former Italian cross-country skier .

Career

Nones, who started for the GS Fiamme Gialle, made his first international appearance at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck . There he took tenth place over 15 km and fifth place with the relay. In March 1964 he was fourth over 50 km at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival . The following year he took third place over 15 km at the Lahti Ski Games . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1966 , he won the bronze medal with the Italian relay. He also came in sixth place over 30 km. He experienced his sporting climax at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , when he became Olympic champion over 30 km ahead of Odd Martinsen . He also achieved 36th place over 15 km and sixth place with the relay. In March 1968 he was ninth in the 50 km run at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1970 in Štrbské Pleso , he finished sixth with the relay. His last international appearance was at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo . There he achieved the 40th place over 15 km. At Italian championships he won 16 times between 1960 and 1971, including seven times with the relay.

Web links

• Franco Nones on skisport365.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Franco Nones in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
2. ↑ Results Lahti Ski Games