Vincenzo "Zenzo" Ilio Colli, vulgo PaorIlio Colli esce di pista nella libera a Madesimo e muore. Eʼ il 1953
, Il Cador n° 3, March 2010, p.22. (22 September 1899 – 25 June 1961), was an Italian

cross-country skier 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 ...

who competed in 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 ...

. He was born in

Cortina D'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ...

. Vinzenzo was the younger brother of

Enrico Colli Enrico Colli, vulgo PaorIlio Colli esce di pista nella lib ...

. He was married to Dimai Costanza, née Piero de Jenzio Dea, and father of six children. The fourth,

Ilio Colli Ilio Colli, vulgo Paor (May 30, 1931 – February 21, 1953), was a skier from Italy. He represented his native country at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, where he came in eighteenth in the men's downhill event. Colli, fourth of six children of ...

, was killed in 1953 when he crashed into a tree during a ski race. In 1924 Vinzenzo finished eleventh in the 50 kilometre competition. In 1925 he won Bronze in the 50 kilometres event of the Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing. Later he became instructor of the ''Sci Club Napoli''.maestri in pista da 60 anni

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* 1899 births 1961 deaths Italian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Italy Cross-country skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Cortina d'Ampezzo {{Italy-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub