Francesco "Franco" Nones (born 1 February 1941) is an Italian former cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s.

Biography

Nones was born in

Castello-Molina di Fiemme Castello-Molina di Fiemme (''Castèl e Molina'' in local dialect) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a popula ...

. His best known finish was a gold medal in the 30 km event at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

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, making Nones the first non-Scandinavian (

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, and

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) and non-

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n male to win a

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cross-country skiing gold medal. Nones also earned a bronze in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He also finished 6th in the 30 km event at those same games.

Achievements

* 1963: 3rd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1964: ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1965: ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1966: ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1967: ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 50 km ** 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km * 1970: ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1971: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km

Awards

On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of

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(CONI),

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, was inaugurated in the

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of the

Foro Italico Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy, on the slopes of Monte Mario. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini (literally Mussolini's Forum) under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti. Inspired by t ...

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, along ''Viale delle Olimpiadi'', the

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, consisting of 100 tiles that chronologically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile are the name of the sportsman, the sport in which he distinguished himself and the symbol of CONI. One of these tiles is dedicated to Franco Nones.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nones, Franco 1941 births Living people Sportspeople from Trentino Italian male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Olympic gold medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers of Italy Cross-country skiers of Fiamme Gialle

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