Giorgio Di Centa
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![]() Giorgio Di Centa (2010) |
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birthday | 7th October 1972 (age 47) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Tolmezzo , Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 175 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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job | Police officer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | CS Carabinieri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: December 3, 2012 |
Giorgio Di Centa (born October 7, 1972 in Tolmezzo , Friuli ) is an Italian cross-country skier .
Life
Di Centa won silver in the 30 km pursuit race at the 2005 World Cup in Oberstdorf . He achieved his greatest successes at the 2006 Winter Olympics . There he won gold in the relay and gold in the 50 km freestyle . The gold medal for the victory over 50 kilometers was presented to him at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games by his sister Manuela, who is now a member of the IOC .
Giorgio Di Centa is the ten years younger brother of Olympic champion Manuela Di Centa .
successes
winter Olympics
- 2002 in Salt Lake City : Silver with the relay
- 2006 in Turin : Gold over 50 km, gold with the relay
World championships
- 1997 in Trondheim : bronze with the relay
- 1999 in Ramsau : bronze with the relay
- 2005 in Oberstdorf : Silver in the pursuit race
World cup
- 9 podium places in world cup races
- 1 World Cup victory in Canmore February 5, 2010
World Cup Statistics
The table shows the placements achieved in detail.
- 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
- Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.
placement | Distance races a | Skiathlon pursuit |
sprint | Stage race b |
total | Team c | |||||
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≤ 5 km | ≤ 10 km | ≤ 15 km | ≤ 30 km | > 30 km | sprint | Season | |||||
1st place | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
2nd place | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||||
3rd place | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4th | ||||||
Top 10 | 1 | 3 | 17th | 8th | 6th | 12 | 4th | 7th | 58 | 9 | 28 |
Scoring | 1 | 11 | 47 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 14th | 15th | 149 | 9 | 31 |
Starts | 1 | 28 | 78 | 36 | 13 | 25th | 24 | 19th | 224 | 9 | 31 |
As of January 14, 2015 |
Web links
- Giorgio Di Centa in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Giorgio Di Centa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Giorgio Di Centa ( Memento from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at the Italian Winter Sports Federation (Italian)
- Two levels of the Italian Order of Merit (2002 and 2006) on the Quirinal side
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Di Centa, Giorgio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cross-country skier |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1972 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tolmezzo , Italy |