Giacinto De Cassan (10 January 1917 – 13 February 1999) was an Italian cross-country skier. He was born in

Rocca Pietore Rocca Pietore is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about northwest of Belluno Belluno (; lld, Belum; vec, Belùn) is a town and province in the Veneto re ...

. De Cassan was a financier and fought during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

in the German military. He participated in the demonstration event,

military patrol Military patrol was a team winter sport in which athletes competed in cross-country skiing, ski mountaineering and rifle shooting. It was usually contested between countries or military units. The military patrol competition encompassed 25 ki ...

(precursor to

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...

), in the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

, when he had the military rank Caporalmaggiore. In 1948 he placed first, 1950 second and in 1951 he finished first again at the Italian masterships of cross-country skiing in the 50 km (and long distances) category.''CrossCountry: 50 KM (and long distances)''
FISI statistics, P. 305 (15/30) Further notable results were: * 1948: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 50 km * 1950: 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 50 km * 1951: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 50 km De Cassan died in

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on 13 February 1999.

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* 1917 births 1999 deaths Italian military patrol (sport) runners Italian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Italy Military patrol competitors at the 1948 Winter Olympics {{Italy-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub