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Silvano Barco
Silvano Barco (born 5 May 1963) is an Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1985 to 1996. He finished fifth in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Career His best World Cup finish was second twice, earning them in 1988 and 1991. Barco best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was tenth twice in the 15 km event (1989, 1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...). Barco earned two individual career victories, both in 1994 Continental Cup events at 15 km. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standings Individual podiums *3 podiums Team podiums * 1 victory * 3 podiums References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bormio
Bormio (, , ) is a town and ''comune'' with a population of about 4,100 located in the Province of Sondrio, Lombardy region of the Alps in northern Italy. The centre of the upper Valtellina valley, it is a popular winter sports resort. It was the site of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Alpine World Ski Championships in 1985 and 2005, and annually hosts the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Alpine Ski World Cup. In addition to modern skiing facilities, the town is noted for the presence of several hot springs that have been tapped to provide water to three thermal baths. Geography Bormio lies in the northeast of the Lombardy region at the top of the Valtellina, a broad U-shaped valley, glacial valley formed by the Adda (river), Adda River that flows down into Lake Como. It is linked to other valleys via four passes: * South Tyrol via the Stelvio Pass * Val Müstair via the Umbrail Pass * Livigno via the Foscagno Pass * Ponte di Legno via the Gavia Pass History Due to its th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988–89 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 1988–89 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 8th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The Women's World Cup started in La Clusaz, France, on 10 December 1988 and finished in Falun, Sweden, on 12 March 1989. The Men's World Cup started in Ramsau, Austria on 10 December 1988 and finished in Falun, Sweden, on 12 March 1989. Gunde Svan of Sweden won the overall men's cup, his fifth title, and Yelena Välbe of the Soviet Union won the women's cup. Calendar Men Women Men's team events Women's team events Overall standings Men's standings Women's standings Medal table Achievements ;First World Cup career victory: ;Men * Vegard Ulvang Vegard Ulvang (born 10 October 1963) is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals, two silver, and one bronze. At the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, he took the ceremonial Olympic Oath on p ..., 25, in his 6th season – the WC 4 (15&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Vanzetta
Giorgio Vanzetta (born 9 October 1959 in Cavalese) is an Italian former cross-country skier who competed from 1980 to 2002. His best known victory was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that upset Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He also won three medals at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville with a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay and bronzes in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit and 50 km. Vanzetta also won two silver medals in the 4 × 10 km relay (1985, 1993) at the Nordic skiing World Championships. His sister, Bice, also competed in cross-country skiing from 1986 to 1994. At the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin on 10 February, he and his 4 × 10 km relay teammates ( Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, and Silvio Fauner) 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 Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 upset Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, when he was 43 years old. He also won two silver medals in the Winter Olympics at 50 km (1988, 1992). Biography De Zolt also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including one gold (50 km: 1987), three silvers (50 km: 1985, 4 × 10 km relay: 1985, 1993), and two bronzes (15 km: 1985, 50 km: 1991). At the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin on 10 February, he and his 4 × 10 km relay teammates (Giorgio Vanzetta, Marco Albarello, and Silvio Fauner) 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Walder
Albert Walder (born 9 November 1957, in Toblach) is a former Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1985 to 1988. He finished fifth in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Walder finished third in the 30 km class of the national men's championships of cross-country skiing. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was eighth in the 50 km event at Oberstdorf in 1987. His best World Cup finish was in a 30 km event in Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ... in 1987. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standings Individual podiums *1 podium Team podiums * 1 victory * 2 podiums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugnet, Falun
Lugnet is a large sport complex located in Falun, Sweden. 58 of the Swedish Sports Confederation's 67 special sports can be practiced there. There are six full sized indoor pitches in the area where everything from dance to association football can be played or performed. There are also two swimming pools (one indoors and one outdoors), a tennis hall, an Athletics (sport), athletics arena, an ice arena including one indoor ice hockey ice rink, rink, an outdoor ice hockey rink, a bandy field and a curling hall. Events Lugnet is also Sweden's national cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping centre (the Lugnet Hills ski jump) and often hosts one part of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup. Several FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been organised here (1974, 1993, 2015). The latest one FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015, in 2015. Teams based at Lugnet *IBF Falun – a local floorball team in the national league top division called Swedish Super Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario. Its population is 108,843 according to the 2021 Canadian census. Located on Lake Superior, the census metropolitan area of Thunder Bay has a population of 123,258 and consists of the city of Thunder Bay, the municipalities of Oliver Paipoonge and Neebing, Ontario, Neebing, the townships of Shuniah, Conmee, Ontario, Conmee, O'Connor, Ontario, O'Connor, and Gillies, Ontario, Gillies, and the Fort William First Nation. European settlement in the region began in the late 17th century with a French fur trading outpost on the banks of the Kaministiquia River., City of Thunder Bay. Retrieved 5 June 2007. It grew into an important transportation hub with its port forming an important link in the shipping of grain and other products from western Canada, through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Štrbské Pleso
Štrbské pleso (, , , or ) is a picturesque tarn (lake), mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the High Tatras, Slovakia. It is the second-largest glacial lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after Veľké Hincovo pleso. Maximum depth is 20 metres (66 ft). Description Štrbské pleso is now part of the neighborhood of Štrbské Pleso (spelled with a capital ''P''). It is on the municipal lands of the village of Štrba, after which Štrbské pleso ("Lake Štrba") is now named. The word ''pleso'' ("tarn") is applied only to mountain lakes. The locals used to call it "the puddle" or "pond" (''mláka'') in the past. It is the second-largest glacial lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after Hincovo Pleso, to which it loses by . It is fed by underground springs and has no visible outflow stream. Its surface remains frozen for around 155 days per year. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmenkollen National Arena
Holmenkollen National Arena () is a Nordic skiing, ski jumping and biathlon sports venue, venue located at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway. It consists of the large ski jumping hill Holmenkollbakken, the normal hill Midtstubakken and a stadium for cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and a shooting range for biathlon. Since 1892, it has hosted the annual Holmenkollen Ski Festival, which is part of the world cup tournaments in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, ski jumping, FIS Cross-Country World Cup, cross-country skiing, FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, Nordic combined, as well as annual Biathlon World Cup races. It has previously hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics, and the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1930, 1930, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966, 1966, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, 1982 and FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011, 2011. Facilities Holmenkollbakken Holmenkollbakken is a large ski jumping hill with a hill s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994–95 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 1994–95 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for cross-country skiers. It was the 14th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup was organised by the International Ski Federation who also run world cups and championships in ski jumping, snowboarding and alpine skiing amongst others. Bjørn Dæhlie reclaimed the crystal World Cup globe which Vladimir Smirnov had won in the 1993–94 season, thus taking his third overall men's World Cup title in four seasons. Smirnov won more races, with six wins including three during the 1995 World Championships, but Dæhlie was usually the runner-up. Also, one of Smirnov's World Championship wins didn't count towards the overall standings. Silvio Fauner, Harri Kirvesniemi, Torgny Mogren and Alexey Prokurorov also registered World Cup wins during the season. In the women's Cup, Yelena Välbe Yelena Valeryevna Välbe (, née ''Trubitsyna''; born 20 April 1968) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993–94 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 1993–94 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 13th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began in Santa Caterina, Italy, on 11 December 1993 and finished in Thunder Bay, Canada, on 20 March 1994. Vladimir Smirnov of Kazakhstan won the combined men's cup, and Manuela Di Centa of Italy won the women's. Calendar Men Women Note: Until 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, were an international winter multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Hav ..., Olympic races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall. Men's team Women's team Overall standings Men Women Achievements ;Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1993/94 season in parentheses) ;Men * , 7 (16) first places * , 3 (19) firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992–93 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 1992–93 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 12th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The World Cup started in Ramsau, Austria, on 12 December 1992 and finished in Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, on 20 March 1993. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway won the overall men's event, and Lyubov Yegorova of Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ... won the women's. Calendar Men Women Note: Until FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from those races are included in the World Cup overall. Men's team Women's team Overall standings Men's standings Women's standings Achievements ;Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1992/93 season in par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
