Giulio Capitanio

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Giulio Capitanio Cross-country skiing
nation ItalyItaly Italy
birthday 6th March 1952 (age 68)
place of birth Schilpario , Italy
Career
society CS Carabinieri
status resigned
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Overall World Cup 35th ( 1981/82 )
4th ( 1978/79 ) (unofficial World Cup)
 

Giulio Capitanio (born March 6, 1952 in Schilpario ) is a former Italian cross-country skier .

Career

Capitanio, who started for the CS Carabinieri, took third place with the relay in Le Brassus in January 1975 . At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck he ran in 28th place over 30 km, 21st place over 15 km and seventh place with the relay. In the 1977/78 season he won over 30 km in Castelrotto and came second over 30 km in Ramsau am Dachstein . At the highlight of the season, the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1978 , he finished 21st over 50 km, 19th over 15 km and 14th over 30 km. With the season he came 11th there. He finished the season in fifth place in the unofficial overall World Cup.

At the beginning of the 1978/79 season, Capitanio triumphed in Telemark together with Maurilio De Zolt and Roberto Primus in the relay. This was followed by a third place with the relay in Le Brassus , a sixth place in Oslo over 50 km and a victory over 15 km in Zakopane and thus achieved fourth place in the unofficial overall World Cup at the end of the season. At his second Olympic participation in Lake Placid the following year , he came in 39th place over 15 km, 27th place over 30 km and 19th place over 50 km. Together with Maurilio De Zolt, Benedetto Carrara and Giorgio Vanzetta he finished sixth. In February 1982 he won the 24th place over 50 km at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo he ran on 34th place over 50 km, 26th place over 30 km, 24th place over 15 km and together with Maurilio De Zolt, Alfred Runggaldier and Giorgio Vanzetta on seventh Space. He completed his last World Cup race in March 1984 in Lahti , which he finished in 52nd place over 15 km.

At Italian championships Capitanio won four times over 50 km (1976, 1978, 1980, 1983), three times over 15 km (1976, 1979, 1980), once over 30 km (1978) and five times with the relay (1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1985).

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

  • 1976 Innsbruck : 7th place relay, 21st place 15 km, 28th place 30 km
  • 1980 Lake Placid : 6th place relay, 19th place 50 km, 27th place 30 km, 39th place 15 km
  • 1984 Sarajevo : 7th place relay, 24th place 15 km, 26th place 30 km, 34th place 50 km

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • 1978 Lahti : 11th place relay, 14th place 30 km, 19th place 15 km, 21st place 50 km
  • 1982 Oslo : 24th place 50 km

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ L'Impartial , January 13, 1975 , p. 15
  2. ^ L'Express , January 11, 1978 , p. 9
  3. ^ L'Express , January 18, 1978 , p. 15
  4. ^ L'Express , February 17, 1979 , p. 17
  5. ^ Giulio Capitanio ( Italian ) fondoitalia. December 7, 2019. Archived from the original on August 8, 2008. Retrieved on December 7, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Capitanio, Giulio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Schilpario