Maurilio De Zolt

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Maurilio De Zolt
Country Italy
Born (1950-09-29) 29 September 1950 (age 74)
San Pietro di Cadore, Italy
Ski clubVigili del Fuoco Belluno
World Cup career
Seasons13 – (1982–1994)
Indiv. starts57
Indiv. podiums10
Indiv. wins1
Team starts13
Team podiums9
Team wins3
Overall titles0 – (9th in 1991)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Lillehammer 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1988 Calgary 50 km freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1992 Albertville 50 km freestyle
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Oberstdorf 50 km freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1985 Seefeld 50 km
Silver medal – second place 1985 Seefeld 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1993 Falun 4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Seefeld 15 km
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Val di Fiemme 50 km freestyle

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 Stefania Belmondo.

De Zolt was formerly a firefighter, and once placed second in ladder climbing at the World Fireman Championships.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

  • 3 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1980 29 — 31 — 20 DNF 6
1984 33 — 9 — 9 22 7
1988 37 — 6 — — Silver 5
1992 41 58 — DNF — Silver —
1994 43 — — — 5 7 Gold

World Championships

  • 6 medals – (1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km 
 classical  		 15 km 
 freestyle  		 Pursuit   30 km   50 km   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1978 27 — — — — 17 42 11
1982 31 — 17 — — 13 8 —
1985 34 — Bronze — — — Silver Silver
1987 36 — 14 — — — Gold 5
1989 38 — 12 — — — 7 —
1991 40 — — 5 — — Bronze 4
1993 42 — — — — 8 12 Silver

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
1982 31 13
1983 32 30
1984 33 22
1985 34 13
1986 35 28
1987 36 21
1988 37 12
1989 38 37
1990 39 25
1991 40 9
1992 41 12
1993 42 16
1994 43 15

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 10 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  1981–82  7 March 1982 Finland Lahti, Finland 50 km Individual World Cup 3rd
2  1984–85  22 January 1985 Austria Seefeld, Austria 15 km Individual World Championships 3rd
3 27 January 1985 Austria Seefeld, Austria 50 km Individual World Championships 2nd
4  1985–86  14 February 1986 West Germany Oberstdorf, West Germany 50 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
5 1986–87 21 February 1987 West Germany Oberstdorf, West Germany 50 km Individual F World Championships 1st
6  1987–88  27 February 1988 Canada Calgary, Canada 50 km Individual F Olympic Games 2nd
7 19 March 1988 Norway Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
8  1989–90  17 December 1989 Canada Canmore, Canada 50 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
9  1990–91  17 February 1991 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 50 km Individual F World Championships 3rd
10  1991–92  22 February 1992 France Albertville, France 50 km Individual F Olympic Games 2nd

Team podiums

  • 3 victories
  • 9 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1  1984–85  24 January 1985 Austria Seefeld, Austria 4 × 10 km Relay World Championships 2nd Albarello / Vanzetta / Ploner
2 10 March 1985 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay World Cup 1st Walder / Barco / Vanzetta
3  1985–86  13 March 1986 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Albarello / Walder / Vanzetta
4  1986–87  19 March 1987 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Vanzetta / Albarello / Pulie
5  1987–88  13 March 1988 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Albarello / Vanzetta / Barco
6 1989–90 1 March 1990 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Fauner / Vanzetta / Runggaldier
7  1992–93  26 February 1993 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Albarello / Vanzetta / Fauner
8 1993–94 22 February 1994 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F Olympic Games 1st Albarello / Vanzetta / Fauner
9 13 March 1994 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Barco / Vanzetta / Fauner

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. ^ Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2005). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-45-8
  2. ^ "Athlete : DE ZOLT Maurilio". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 March 2018.