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2003 Winter Universiade
The 2003 Winter Universiade, the XXI Winter Universiade, took place in Tarvisio, Italy. Total 1,266 athletes from 41 countries performed. Venues Tarvisio * Alpine skiing * Cross-country skiing * Nordic combined * Ski jumping Other venues * Forni Avoltri - Biathlon * Claut - Curling * Piancavallo - Figure skating, short track, snowboard * Pontebba - Ice hockey * Zoncolan - Carving * Villach - Ice hockey * Bischofshofen - Ski jumping Sports * * * * * * * * * * Medal table References 2003 Winter Universiade, Winter World University Games, 2003 2003 in Italian sport, Winter Universiade 2003 in multi-sport events, U International sports competitions hosted by Italy, Winter Universiade Multi-sport events in Italy Sport in Friuli-Venezia Giulia January 2003 sports events in Europe, Winter Universiade Winter sports competitions in Italy {{Wintersport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarvisio
Tarvisio ( German and ; ) is a (municipality) in the Regional Decentralization Entity of Udine, in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. Geography The town is in the Canal Valley (''Val Canale'') between the Carnic Alps and Karawanks ranges in the north and the Julian Alps in the south. Located at the border with both Austria and Slovenia, Tarvisio and its neighbouring municipalities of Arnoldstein and Kranjska Gora form the tripoint of Romance, Germanic and Slavic Europe. The height west of the town centre marks the watershed between the Slizza creek, a tributary of the Gail River which is part of the Danube basin and the Fella River, a tributary of the Tagliamento discharging into the Adriatic Sea. Tarvisio together with the rest of the Canal Valley was part of Austria until 1919. Tarvisio has access to the ''A23 Alpe-Adria'' autostrada, part of the European route E55, running from the Austrian '' A2 Süd Autobahn'' to Udine, and the A4 autostrada at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bischofshofen
Bischofshofen () is a List of cities and towns in Austria, town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau District, St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line and at the Tauern Autobahn, a major highway route crossing the main chain of the Alps. Geography Bischofshofen is situated within the Northern Limestone Alps, in the valley of the Salzach river, about south of the state capital Salzburg. It is surrounded by the Hochkönig massif in the west, part of the Berchtesgaden Alps, the Tennen Mountains in the northeast, and the Salzburg Slate Alps in the southeast. The municipal area comprises the Cadastral community, cadastral communities of Bischofshofen proper, Buchberg, Haidberg, and Winkl. Villages in Bischofshofen and population * Alpfahrt - 149 * Bischofshofen - 7.134 * Buchberg - 440 * Gainfeld - 109 * Haidberg - 98 * Kreuzberg - 263 * Laideregg - 488 * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport In Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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Multi-sport Events In Italy
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the Olympic Games, first held in modern times in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and inspired by the Ancient Olympic Games, one of a number of such events held in antiquity. Most modern multi-sport events have the same basic structure. Games are held over the course of several days in and around a "host city", which changes for each competition. Countries send national teams to each competition, consisting of individual athletes and teams that compete in a wide variety of sports. Athletes or teams are awarded gold, silver or bronze medals for first, second and third place respectively. Each game is generally held every four years, though some are annual competitions. History The Ancient Olympic Games, first held in 776 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Sports Competitions Hosted By Italy
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2003 In Multi-sport Events
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Winter World University Games
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2003 Winter Universiade
The 2003 Winter Universiade, the XXI Winter Universiade, took place in Tarvisio, Italy. Total 1,266 athletes from 41 countries performed. Venues Tarvisio * Alpine skiing * Cross-country skiing * Nordic combined * Ski jumping Other venues * Forni Avoltri - Biathlon * Claut - Curling * Piancavallo - Figure skating, short track, snowboard * Pontebba - Ice hockey * Zoncolan - Carving * Villach - Ice hockey * Bischofshofen - Ski jumping Sports * * * * * * * * * * Medal table References 2003 Winter Universiade, Winter World University Games, 2003 2003 in Italian sport, Winter Universiade 2003 in multi-sport events, U International sports competitions hosted by Italy, Winter Universiade Multi-sport events in Italy Sport in Friuli-Venezia Giulia January 2003 sports events in Europe, Winter Universiade Winter sports competitions in Italy {{Wintersport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villach
Villach (; ; ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the federal state of Carinthia. It is an important traffic junction for southern Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 61,887. Together with other Alpine towns Villach engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. In 1997, Villach was the first town to be awarded Alpine Town of the Year. Geography Villach is a statutory city, on the Drau River near its confluence with the Gail tributary, at the western rim of the Klagenfurt basin. The municipal area stretches from the slopes of the Gailtal Alps (Mt. Dobratsch) down to Lake Ossiach in the northeast. The Villach city limits comprise the following districts and villages: In 1905 a part of the municipal area St. Martin was incorporated. In 1973 the city area was further enlarged through the incorporation of Landskr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Winter Universiade
The 2001 Winter Universiade, the XX Winter Universiade, took place in Zakopane, Poland. Medal table Sports * * * * * * * * * External links FISU - Zakopane 2001 Winter UniversiadeOfficial site - 2001 Winter Universiade 2001 Universiade Universiade The FISU World University Games, formerly the Universiade, is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The former name is a Blend word, portmanteau of the wor ... Universiade 2001 Sports competitions in Zakopane Multi-sport events in Poland Winter Universiade Winter sports competitions in Poland {{Wintersport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoncolan
Monte Zoncolan () is a mountain in the Carnic Alps, located in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, with an elevation of . It is one of the most demanding climbs in professional road bicycle racing, having been used in the Giro d'Italia seven times (2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2021) and the Giro d'Italia Femminile twice (1997, 2018). Gilberto Simoni was the winner of the first two stages finishing on Monte Zoncolan in the men's Giro while Ivan Basso won in 2010, Igor Antón won in 2011, Michael Rogers won in 2014 and Fabiana Luperini won at the first visit in the women's race. Chris Froome won the stage in 2018 Giro d'Italia (stage 14). The mountain also holds the ski resort of Ravascletto with 22 km of slopes and a skiable height between 950 and 2000 m. Details of the climb The mountain can be climbed on three roads: one from Ovaro, another from Sutrio, and a third from Priola. *West from Ovaro: This is a very demanding climb, and one of the mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
