Zeno Colò
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Zeno Colò (30 June 1920 - 12 May 1993) was an Italian Alpine skiier.
He was born in Abetone, Tuscany.
In 1950 he became world champion in both downhill and giant slalom in Aspen, Colorado. Two years later, at the 1952 Olympics in Oslo he won gold in the downhill.
Colò died in San Marcello Pistoiese.
Olympic champions in men's downhill |
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1948: Henri Oreiller | 1952: Zeno Colò | 1956: Toni Sailer | 1960: Jean Vuarnet | 1964: Egon Zimmermann | 1968: Jean-Claude Killy | 1972: Bernhard Russi | 1976: Franz Klammer | 1980: Leonhard Stock | 1984: Bill Johnson | 1988: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1992: Patrick Ortlieb | 1994: Tommy Moe | 1998: Jean-Luc Crétier | 2002: Fritz Strobl | 2006: Antoine Dénériaz |
World Champions in Men's Downhill |
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1931: Walter Prager | 1932: Gustav Lantschner | 1933: Walter Prager | 1934: David Zogg | 1935: Franz Zingerle | 1936: Rudolf Rominger | 1937: Emile Allais | 1938: James Couttet | 1939: Hellmut Lantschner | 1948: Henri Oreiller | 1950: Zeno Colò | 1952: Zeno Colò | 1954: Christian Pravda | 1956: Anton Sailer | 1958: Anton Sailer | 1960: Jean Vuarnet | 1962: Karl Schranz | 1964: Egon Zimmermann | 1966: Jean-Claude Killy | 1968: Jean-Claude Killy | 1970: Bernhard Russi | 1972: Bernhard Russi | 1974: David Zwilling | 1976: Franz Klammer | 1978: Josef Walcher | 1980: Leonhard Stock | 1982: Harti Weirather | 1985: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1987: Peter Müller | 1989: Hans-Jörg Tauscher | 1991: Franz Heinzer | 1993: Urs Lehmann | 1996: Patrick Ortlieb | 1997: Bruno Kernen | 1999: Hermann Maier | 2001: Hannes Trinkl | 2003: Michael Walchhofer | 2005: Bode Miller |
World champions in men's giant slalom |
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1950: Zeno Colò | 1952: Stein Eriksen | 1954: Stein Eriksen | 1956: Toni Sailer | 1958: Toni Sailer | 1960: Roger Staub | 1962: Egon Zimmermann | 1964: François Bonlieu | 1966: Guy Perillat | 1968: Jean-Claude Killy | 1970: Karl Schranz | 1972: Gustav Thöni | 1974: Gustav Thöni | 1976: Heini Hemmi | 1978: Ingemar Stenmark | 1980: Ingemar Stenmark | 1982: Steve Mahre | 1985: Markus Wasmeier | 1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1989: Rudolf Nierlich | 1991: Rudolf Nierlich | 1993: Kjetil André Aamodt | 1996: Alberto Tomba | 1997: Michael von Grünigen | 1999: Lasse Kjus | 2001: Michael von Grünigen | 2003: Bode Miller | 2005: Hermann Maier |