Luigi Faure (1901 in

Sauze d'Oulx Sauze d'Oulx () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont (northern Italy) located from Turin in the Val di Susa, at the foot of Monte Genevris (). It was the site of the freestyle skiing events of the 2006 Olympic Win ...

– September 5, 1974) was an Italian

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

Nordic combined skier Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

, and

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

who competed in the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France ...

Chamonix Chamonix-Mont-Blanc ( frp, Chamôni), more commonly known as Chamonix, is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924. In 2019, it had ...

, where he finished 17th in the total ranking of the men's normal hill event. In the 1940s, he founded ''Faure sport'' in his home town.Sauze d'Oulx and Faure sport. History since 1940

Further notable results

Ski jumping

* 1924: 1st, Italian ski jumping championships * 1925: 1st, Italian ski jumping championships * 1926: 1st, Italian ski jumping championships * 1927: 2nd, Italian ski jumping championships

Nordic combined

* 1924: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing * 1925: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing * 1926: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing * 1927: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing * 1928: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing * 1929: 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined skiing

Cross-country skiing

* 1924: 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km * 1926: 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km

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References

1901 births 1974 deaths Italian male ski jumpers Italian male cross-country skiers Italian male Nordic combined skiers Olympic ski jumpers for Italy Ski jumpers at the 1924 Winter Olympics People from Sauze d'Oulx Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin Skiers from Piedmont {{Italy-skijumping-bio-stub