Luigi Perenni
Luigi Perenni or Prenn , actually Alois Prenn (born June 6, 1913 in Kiens , † August 28, 1943 in Cervinia ), was an Italian skier and officer .
Life
Luigi Perenni is the Italianized name of Alois Prenn under fascism . Perenni grew up in Innichen ( South Tyrol ). He was a member of the mountain school of the Italian armed forces founded in 1934 , the Scuola Militare di Alpinismo , from which today's Centro Addestramento Alpino emerged . Today the "Luigi Perenni" barracks in Courmayeur bears his name.
In August 1943 he died, with the rank of lieutenant , in an accident while climbing in Cervinia.
His brother Giovanni Perenni (aka Johann Prenn) was also a successful skier.
Successes (selection)
Perenni was at the Winter Olympics in 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , nor as Sergente , member of the Italian winning team in the competition demonstration military patrol , where he together with Enrico Silvestri , Stefano Sertorelli and Sisto Scilligo won gold.
In the military patrols held as demonstration competitions as part of the Nordic World Ski Championships , he reached fourth place in Zakopane in 1939 together with Giuseppe Fabre , Refreider and Benedetti , and third in 1941 together with Achille Compagnoni , Maurizio Celeste and Giovani Fantoni .
As a member of the Italian military, he won the bronze medal in 18 km cross-country skiing in the context of the Italian championship in 1933 . He also won various Italian championship titles in cross-country skiing and in combination between 1938 and 1941. In 1936 he won the Trofeo Mezzalama with Francesco Vida and Carlo Ronc and in 1937 with Giuseppe Fabre and Anselmo Viviani .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scuola Militare di Aosta ( Memento of the original dated December 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Italian).
- ↑ Una riccorenza ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Der Innicher, p. 59.
- ^ Silvia Savoye: Le scuole militari di montagna di 16 nazioni si ritrovano a Courmayeur (Italian), July 2008.
- ↑ L'albo d'oro degli Assoluti maschili nella 15 km ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali.
- ↑ Overview of the winning teams of the Trofeo Mezzalama
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perenni, Luigi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prenn, Alois (real name); Prenn, Luigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian skier and soldier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiens |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1943 |
| Place of death | Cervinia |