Francesco Vida (11 September 1903 – 1 June 1985) was an Italian military officer and skier.

Biography

Vida, born in

Gorizia Gorizia (; sl, Gorica , colloquially 'old Gorizia' to distinguish it from Nova Gorica; fur, label= Standard Friulian, Gurize, fur, label= Southeastern Friulian, Guriza; vec, label= Bisiacco, Gorisia; german: Görz ; obsolete English ''Gorit ...

,Umberto Pelazza
SMALP, ovvero la scuola dell’alpinismo militare
L'Alpino, January 28, 2009. joined the

Bersaglieri The Bersaglieri, singular Bersagliere, (, "sharpshooter") are a troop of marksmen in the Italian Army's infantry corps. They were originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora on 18 June 1836 to serve in the Royal Sardinian Army, which ...

corps of the Italian army in 1923. From 1925 to 1929 he attended the

Military Academy of Modena The Military Academy of Modena ( it, Accademia militare di Modena) is a military university in Modena, northern Italy. Located in the Palazzo Ducale in the historic center of the city, it was the first such military institution to be created in ...

, before he joined the

Alpini The Alpini are the Italian Army's specialist mountain infantry. Part of the army's infantry corps, the speciality distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. Currently the active Alpini units are organized in two operatio ...

corps, where he became skiing instructor in 1931 and in 1934 one of 92 military academic mountaineers (alpinista accademico militare) of the ''Scuola Militare di Alpinismo'' (SCMA; today: Centro Addestramento Alpino) in

Aosta Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of ...

. In 1935, Lieutenant (Tenente) Vida,

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and Carlo Invernizzi placed second at the 3rd

Trofeo Mezzalama The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon''

competition. Vida, Ettore Schranz and Angelo Bonora formed the reserve military patrol team at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

, where the Italian competition team placed first. During the closing ceremony of the event he was the

standard-bearer A standard-bearer, also known as a flag-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a ...

of the Italian representation.Storia
Sportmilitarealpino.it At the fourth edition of the Trofeo Mezzalama in 1936, Vida, Sergeant Carlo Ronc and Sergeant

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, his team placed first. Later he became commander of the SCMA in the rank of a

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. Later he was advanced to general. He died in

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, South Africa.

Publications

* Francesco Vida,
La storia dello sci in Italia (1896-1975)
', Milano Sole, 1976

Awards

* International

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and Aldo De Martino Prize, 1972Albo d'oro sul sito ufficiale del premio

References

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