Ivo Mahlknecht (21 May 1939 – 30 March 2020) was an Italian

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

. He competed at the

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

and

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 ...

in the

downhill Downhill may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Downhill'' (1927 film), a British film by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Downhill'' (2014 film), a British comedy directed by James Rouse * ''Downhill'' (2016 film), a Chilean thriller directed by Patrici ...

, slalom and

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

events with the best result of sixth place in the downhill in 1968.Ivo Mahlknecht
. sports-reference.com Mahlknecht died of

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

on 30 March 2020.Si è spento a 80 anni l'ex azzurro Ivo Mahlknecht

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* 1939 births 2020 deaths Italian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics People from Urtijëi Germanophone Italian people Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Sportspeople from South Tyrol Italian alpine skiing coaches {{italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub