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,
Ettore Schranz Ettore is a given name, the Italian version of Hector.
People
*Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi (1867–1942), Italian naturalist
*Ettore Bassi (born 1970), Italian actor and television presenter
*Ettore Bastianini (1922–1967), Italian opera singer
*Et ...
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
Luigi Perenni
Luigi Perenni, before 1934 Prenn, (born ''Alois Prenn'', 6 June 1913 – 28 August 1943) was an Italian military officer and skier.
Perenni, son of Vincenzo Prenn, was born in Kiens and grew up in Innichen. As a soldier of the Italian Army h ...
, his team placed first. Later he became commander of the SCMA in the rank of a
lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...
. Later he was advanced to general.
He died in
East London, Eastern Cape
East London ( xh, eMonti; af, Oos-Londen) is a city on the southeast coast of South Africa in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of the Eastern Cape province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River ...
, South Africa.
Publications
* Francesco Vida,
La storia dello sci in Italia (1896-1975)', Milano Sole, 1976
Awards
* International
Emilio Emilio may refer to:
* Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American singer often called "Emilio"
* Emilio Piazza Memorial School, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
* Emilio (given name)
* ''Emilio'' (film), a 2008 film by Kim Jorgensen
See also
* Emílio (dis ...
and Aldo De Martino Prize, 1972
Albo d'oro sul sito ufficiale del premio
References
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Italian military patrol (sport) runners
Alpini
People from Gorizia
1903 births
1985 deaths