Paolo Francia (born 1901 – ''year of death unknown'') was an Italian Olympic
biathlete.
In the rank of an alpino (soldier E-1 of the
Alpini
The Alpini are the Italian Army's specialist mountain infantry. Part of the army's infantry corps, the speciality distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. Currently the active Alpini units are organized in two operatio ...
corps),
[Claudio Baldessari]
Sport invernali – sci agonistico
February 26, 2006. he was member of the Italian
military patrol at 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 ...
in
Chamonix led by Second lieutenant Piero Dente. The team was one of two withdrawing to bad weather conditions.
External links
Paolo Francia sports-reference.com
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References
Italian military patrol (sport) runners
Olympic biathletes for Italy
Military patrol competitors at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Italian soldiers
Alpini
1901 births
Year of death missing
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