Zeno Colò
Zeno Colò | ||||||||||||||||||||||
nation | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | June 30, 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Abetone | |||||||||||||||||||||
date of death | May 12, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | San Marcello Pistoiese | |||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline |
Downhill , giant slalom , slalom , combination |
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Zeno Colò (born June 30, 1920 in Abetone ; † May 12, 1993 in San Marcello Pistoiese , Pistoia Province ) was an Italian ski racer .
In 1950 Colò became world champion in downhill and in the newly introduced giant slalom at the World Championships in Aspen , plus the silver medal in slalom . At the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 , he won the gold medal in the downhill, making him the only (double) world champion and Olympic champion in Italy to date (May 2017) in this discipline. In 1950 he won the downhill and slalom of the 3-tre races, which were held for the first time .
From 1941 to 1955 Colò won a total of 19 Italian championship titles - more than any other:
- Slalom (7): 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955
- Giant Slalom (2): 1952, 1954
- Departure (5): 1941, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955
- Combination (5): 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948
Other important placements
- 13./14. January 1951: 3rd place in the downhill, 12th place in the slalom and 4th place in the combination on the Lauberhorn
Web links
- Zeno Colò in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
- Zeno Colò in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Zeno Colò in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ "Arlbergers win on the Lauberhorn" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 14, 1951, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ "Schneider also won the combination" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 16, 1951, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
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SURNAME | Colò, Zeno |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian ski racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1920 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Abetone , Italy |
DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1993 |
Place of death | San Marcello Pistoiese , Italy |