Mario Corti was an early

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Nordic combined skier and sports official. Corti was the first Italian champion of Nordic combined and cross-country skiing, He was member of the 1901 founded

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, where he was the fourth president from 1920 to 1936. During this period he invented the legendary

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. Meanwhile, he was also president of the Federazione Italiana dello Sci from 1922 to 1924.La storia della FISI

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(CONI)

Selected results

* 1909: ** 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km ** 2nd, Italian championships of ski jumping * 1910: ** 1st, Italian championships of Nordic combined ** 1st, Italian championships of ski jumping

References

19th-century births 20th-century deaths Italian male cross-country skiers Italian male Nordic combined skiers Italian male ski jumpers Italian male ski mountaineers Italian referees and umpires Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Turin Skiers from Piedmont {{Italy-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub