Nilo Zandanel (8 November 1937 – 25 July 2015) was an Italian
ski jumper.
Career
He competed at the 1960 and
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...
in the normal and
large hill
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 fin ...
events with the best achievement of 25th place in the large hill in 1964.
[Nilo Zandanel]
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On 16 February 1964, he set the ski jumping world record distance at 142 metres (466 ft) on
Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in
Oberstdorf,
West Germany.
Ski jumping world record
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1937 births
2015 deaths
Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Olympic ski jumpers for Italy
Italian male ski jumpers