Luigi Perenni, before 1934 Prenn, (born ''Alois Prenn'', 6 June 1913 – 28 August 1943) was an Italian military officer and skier. Perenni, son of Vincenzo Prenn, was born in Kiens and grew up in

Innichen Innichen (; it, San Candido , lld, Sanciana) is a municipality in South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is located in the Puster Valley on the Drava River, about northeast of Bolzano, on Italy's border with Austria. It hosts Italy’s International ...

. As a soldier of the Italian Army he placed 3rd in the 18 km

cross-country skiing 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 ...

event of the Italian mastership of 1933.''L'albo d'oro degli Assoluti maschili nella 15 km''
(Italian), Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali. In 1934 he was transferred to the new founded mountain warfare school of the Italian Army called ''Scuola Militare di Alpinismo'' (today:

Centro Addestramento Alpino Centro may refer to: Places Brazil *Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil *Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Duq ...

). In the rank of a

Sergente Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt. and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and other uni ...

he was with

Enrico Silvestri Enrico Silvestri (12 May 1896 – 24 June 1977) was an Italian Alpini officer and skier. Silvestri, born in Turin, was the leader of the military patrol team, which placed 4th at the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1934 he was transferred to the new ...

Stefano Sertorelli Stefano Sertorelli (24 December 1911 – 17 December 1994) was an Italian soldier and skier. Biography Sertorello, son of Cantoniere Costante Sertorelli (d. 1922) and his wife Maria (1880–1956) was born in Bormio, Lombardy. The family was ...

and Sisto Scilligo member of the military patrol team, which won the gold medal at the

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. Together with his colleagues

Francesco Vida Francesco Vida (11 September 1903 – 1 June 1985) was an Italian military officer and skier. Biography Vida, born in Gorizia,Umberto PelazzaSMALP, ovvero la scuola dell’alpinismo militare L'Alpino, January 28, 2009. joined the Bersaglieri co ...

and

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he won the

Trofeo Mezzalama The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon''

, and in the following year once more together

Giuseppe Fabre Giuseppe Fabre (1910 – 3 November 2007)L'addio al generale Fabre
, Corriere di Saluzzo, ...

and

Anselmo Viviani Anselmo Viviani (born 1915, date of death unknown) was an Italian cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1937, in the rank of an Alpino (Soldier E-1), together in team with Tenente Giuseppe Fabre and Sergente Luigi Perenn ...

.Winners of the Trofeo Mezzalama
/ref> At the relay event of the ''Sport invernali Mondiali'' he finished 3rd together with Achille Compagnoni, Maurizio Celeste and

Giovani Fantoni Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * '' Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend ...

.''SportInvernali-Mondiali07, la magia continua: Follis di bronzo nella 10 km di Sapporo!''
(Italian), ch. ''Podi mondiali uomini''. When he died in Cervinia in a mountaineering accident during a military exercise, he had the rank of a Tenente.Un prestigioso anniversario
, Der Innichner N° 52, p. 72. The "Luigi Perenni" barracks in

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are named in his honor.Silvia Savoye
''Le scuole militari di montagna di 16 nazioni si ritrovano a Courmayeur''
(Italian), July 2008. His brother Giovanni was also a successful skier. Further notable results were: * 1933: 3rd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km * 1940: 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 36 km

References

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