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Ilio Colli, vulgo Paor (May 30, 1931 – February 21, 1953), was a skier from
Ilio Colli, vulgo Paor (May 30, 1931 – February 21, 1953), was a skier from Italy
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. He represented his native country at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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in Oslo
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, where he came in eighteenth in the men's downhill
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event.
Colli, fourth of six children of Vincenzo Colli and his wife Dimai Costanza, née Piero de Jenzio Dea, was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo
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. He was killed when he crashed into a tree during a ski race at in Madesimo
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. A ski course at Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ...
was named in his honor.
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1931 births 1953 deaths Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Italian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Skiing deaths Sport deaths in Italy Sportspeople from Cortina d'Ampezzo {{Italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub