Costanzo Picco

Costanzo Picco

Costanzo Picco is a former Italian military officer and skier.

Biography

Picco served in the Italian 4th army in the rank of a Tenente during World War II. Amongst other missions, they fought in cooperation with the Giustizia e Libertà in the Valle Maira.[1] After the war he led the national team in the demonstration event, military patrol (precursor to biathlon), in the 1948 Winter Olympics, which placed forth. Advanced to the rank of a Capitano shortly afterwards the Olympic games, he was transferred to the Italian mountain warfare school (Scuola Militare Alpina) in Aosta.[2] In 1952 he became company commander of the 43rd/Battaglione Alpini Sciatori „Monte Cervino“, a ski warfare company, in Aosta. In order of the Scuola Militare Alpina he had the command over the 37th Alpini Company, when the company carried and placed the monumental statue of Christ (by Alfredo Bai) on the top of the Balmenhorn in 1955.[3] From 1960 to 1965 he was commander of the Scuola Militare Alpina in the rank of a Tenente Colonnello.[4] Picco was the first president of the Associazione Sport Invernali Valle d'Aosta (ASIVA)[5] and was advanced to General later.[6] He is still active as a mountain guide of the Trenker-Trek.[7]

References

  1. ^ 3.1.8 Il progetto di «Costituzione confederale europea ed interna» di Duccio Galimberti e Antonio Repaci (ottobre 1942 – settembre 1943) (Italian).
  2. ^ Dal dopoguerra al 1960 (Italian), Fondo Italia.
  3. ^ Cinquante'anni fa l'epica impresa degli alpini: posato sul Balmenhorn il „Cristo delle vette“ (Italian), L'Alpino, August/September 2005.
  4. ^ Centro Addestramento Alpino (Italian).
  5. ^ Cenni storici: ASIVA (Italian).
  6. ^ Gli alpini in Afghanistan (Italian), November 2002, p. 10.
  7. ^ Trenker Trek 2008


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