Maurilio De Zolt

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Maurilio De Zolt Cross-country skiing
nation ItalyItaly Italy
birthday 25th September 1950 (age 69)
place of birth San Pietro di Cadore , Italy
Career
National squad since 1977
status resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 1 × gold 3 × silver 2 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1988 Calgary 50 km freestyle
silver 1992 Albertville 50 km freestyle
gold 1994 Lillehammer Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 1985 Seefeld 50 km
silver 1985 Seefeld Season
bronze 1985 Seefeld 15 km
gold 1987 Oberstdorf 50 km freestyle
bronze 1991 Val di Fiemme Season
silver 1993 Falun Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 24, 1982
 World Cup victories in individual 1 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 9. ( 1990/91 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 1 3 6th
 

Maurilio De Zolt (born September 25, 1950 in San Pietro di Cadore ) is a former Italian cross-country skier .

Career

De Zolt was only accepted into the national team in 1977 at the age of 29. He made his international debut at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid . His best placement was 20th place over 30 km.

He made his debut at the cross-country skiing world cup on January 24, 1982 in Brusson . As 17th, he just missed the points over 30 km. At the following Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1982 he reached 13th place over 30 km. Over 15 km he finished 17th before he crossed the finish line in a good eighth place over the 50 km long distance. Two weeks later, on March 7, 1982 in Lahti , he finished third over 50 km on a podium for the first time. At the following World Cup in Oslo, he finished seventh among the top ten.

Also in the following season 1982/83 as well as in the following year he got good results, so that he drove with good performances to the Olympic Winter Games 1984 in Sarajevo . Over 15 as well as over 30 km he landed in ninth place before he reached seventh place with the relay. In the final 50 km race, he finished 22nd.

The following January De Zolt ran third in the Nordic World Ski Championships 1985 over 15 km in Seefeld in Tyrol on a podium. Over 50 km the race went even better for him, so that he could win silver in the end. He also secured the silver medal with the relay.

Two years later he won the 50 km title in free technique at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf in 1987 . Before that, he had only finished 14th over 15 km.

At the following Olympic Winter Games in Calgary in 1988 he won silver over 50 km behind Gunde Svan . He also achieved a top 10 rank in each of the other disciplines.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1989 , De Zolt remained without a medal for the first time. He was also without a medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1991 in Val di Fiemme . The best result was fourth place with the relay.

At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , he won silver over the 50 km long distance. After he had achieved the same result with the 4 × 10 km relay at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun in 1993 , he finally succeeded in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer at the age of 43 with the gold medal in the 4 × 10 -km-relay his greatest success. He was the oldest gold medalist at the Olympic Winter Games up to that point. However, he ended his active career a little later at the end of the season.

In January 1997 De Zolt started again at two FIS races in Nové Město na Moravě . It was his last two starts.

Together with his team members from 1994 he was torchbearer at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin .

The little Italian, who was called "Grillo" (in German Grille) because of his running style, benefited like no other runner from the introduction of the skating technique. In the course of his 17-year career, De Zolt secured a total of 18 national titles, including 10 over 50 km and four each over 15 and 30 km.

De Zolt was a machine technician by profession and worked for the local fire department as a firefighter for 30 years. At the World Fireman Championships he came second in ladder climbing.

successes

winter Olympics

World championships

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. 19th February 1987 GermanyGermany Oberstdorf 50 km freestyle 1
1 Nordic World Ski Championships 1987

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. March 28, 1993 FinlandFinland Rovaniemi 30 km freestyle Continental Cup

Placements in the World Cup

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
≤ 5 km ≤ 10 km ≤ 15 km ≤ 30 km > 30 km sprint Season
1st place 1 1
2nd place 3 3
3rd place 1 5 6th
Top 10 5 6th 14th 25th
Scoring 9 10 14th 1 34
Starts 1 9 11 14th 1 36
Status: end of career
a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification
bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale
c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

World Cup overall placements

season space Points
1981/82 13. 54
1982/83 30th 26th
1983/84 22nd 38
1984/85 13. 49
1985/86 28. 15th
1986/87 21st 27
1987/88 12. 45
1988/89 37. 10
1989/90 25th 18th
1990/91 9. 62
1991/92 12. 39
1992/93 16. 171
1993/94 15th 153

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Ski Championships 1982 - Men's 30 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  2. ↑ World Ski Championships 1982 - Men's 15 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  3. ↑ World Ski Championships 1982 - Men's 50 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  4. ↑ World Ski Championships 1985 - Men's 15 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  5. ↑ World Ski Championships 1985 - Men's 50 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  6. ↑ World Ski Championships 1987 - Men's 50 km F in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
  7. ↑ World Ski Championships 1987 - Men's 15 km C in the database of the International Ski Federation (English), accessed on May 25, 2014
personal data
SURNAME De Zolt, Maurilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH San Pietro di Cadore , Italy