Angelo Genuin (born 21 October 1939) is a former
Italian
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ski mountaineer
Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...
and
cross-country skier. He was born in
Falcade
Falcade (Ladin: ''Falciade'', German: ''Pfalden'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about northwest of Belluno.
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.
Genuin started his competition career in 1957, at the age of 18 years. In the 1959/60-season he had his first successes in the senior class, and he became a member of the national B-team. In the 1961/62-season he entered the A-team.
Angelo Genuin
, Sci Club Val Biòis. He participated in the 1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...
and finished 24th in the 50 kilometres cross-country skiing event.Trofeo Mezzalama
The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon'' edition, which was carried out as the first World Championship of Skimountaineering.
References
External links
Genuin Angelo
(Italian), fondoitalia.it
1939 births
Living people
Italian male ski mountaineers
World ski mountaineering champions
Italian military patrol (sport) runners
Olympic cross-country skiers of Italy
Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
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