Marco Albarello (born 31 May 1960) is an Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 2002. He was born in

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. His best known victory was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that upset

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at the

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in Lillehammer. He also won four other medals at the

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with three silvers (10 km: 1992; 4 × 10 km relay: 1992, 1998) and one bronze (10 km: 1994).

Biography

Albarello also won four medals at the

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with one gold (15 km: 1987), two silvers (4 × 10 km relay: 1985, 1993), and one bronze (4 × 10 km relay: 1997). At the Opening Ceremony for the

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on February 10, he and his 4 × 10 km relay teammates (

Maurilio De Zolt Maurilio De Zolt (born 29 September 1950 in San Pietro di Cadore, Province of Belluno) is an Italian cross-country skier who competed internationally from 1977 to 1997. His best known victory was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that upse ...

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, and

Silvio Fauner Silvio Fauner (born 1 November 1968 in San Pietro di Cadore, Province of Belluno) is an Italian former cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 2006. His best known victory was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that upset Norway at the ...

) who won the gold at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, were among the last carriers of the Olympic torch before it was lit by fellow Italian cross-country skier

Stefania Belmondo Stefania Belmondo (born 13 January 1969) is an Italian former cross-country skier, a two-time Olympic champion and four-time world champion in her career. Biography Debut Belmondo was born in Vinadio, in the province of Cuneo (Piedmont), the d ...

. Albarello was the coach of the Italian national cross-country ski team until May 2007. He's married with Silvana Domaine and he has one son; Jacopo Albarello and one daughter; Giorgia Carlotta Albarello.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 5 medals – (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)

World Championships

* 4 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*2 victories *6 podiums

Team podiums

* 2 victories * 10 podiums Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the

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, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Albarello, Marco 1960 births Living people People from Aosta Italian male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Cross-country skiers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic cross-country skiers of Italy Sportspeople from Aosta Valley