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Dario Cologna 
Club SC Val Mustair Born March 11, 1986
Santa Maria Val Müstair
SwitzerlandHeight 179 cm World Cup debut November 26, 2006 - (age 20) Website Dario Cologna.ch Olympics Teams 1 Medals 1 (1 gold) World Championships Teams 1 Medals 0 World Cup Seasons 5 Wins 5 Podiums 16 Overall titles 2 Medal recordMen's cross country skiing Competitor for SwitzerlandOlympic Games Gold 2010 Vancouver 15 km freestyle Dario Cologna (born 11 March 1986 in Santa Maria Val Müstair) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He has two overall World Cup victories, one Olympic medal, and two Tour de Ski victories in his career so far.
Athletic career
Cologna debuted in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Kuusamo in November 2006, and took his first points in Falun in March 2007. During the 2007-08 season, Cologna finished in the top ten four times and placed 37th overall.
In December 2008, Cologna took his first world cup podium finish with a second place in the 30-kilometre competition in La Clusaz. He went on to win the Tour de Ski in January 2009, finishing the final event almost a minute ahead of runner-up Petter Northug.[1] Cologna also won the overall 2008–09 World Cup after winning the last competition in Falun on 22 March.
In the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics he won the gold medal in the men's 15km freestyle event. Cologna is the first Swiss to win a cross-country skiing gold medal at the Winter Olympics.[2]
In January 2011 Cologna once again won the Tour de Ski, finishing the final event almost half a minute ahead of the same runner-up as the year before, Petter Northug. Cologna won the overall 2010–11 World Cup after finishing 11 races (of the total 21 in which he started) in the top 3.
References
- ^ "Cologna, Kuitunen win Tour de Ski titles". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/01/04/tour.de.ski.ap/. Retrieved 5 January 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Dario Cologna takes gold in men's 15km cross country". BBC Sport. 2010-02-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/cross_country_skiing/8517300.stm. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
External links
Olympic champions in men's 18 km/15 km cross-country 18 km 1924: Thorleif Haug (NOR) · 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) · 1932: Sven Utterström (SWE) · 1936: Erik August Larsson (SWE) · 1948: Martin Lundström (SWE) · 1952: Hallgeir Brenden (NOR)
15 km 1956: Hallgeir Brenden (NOR) · 1960: Håkon Brusveen (NOR) · 1964: Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) · 1968: Harald Grønningen (NOR) · 1972: Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE) · 1976: Nikolay Bazhukov (URS) · 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) · 1984: Gunde Svan (SWE) · 1988: Mikhail Devyatyarov (URS) · 1992–1998 not held · 2002: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) · 2006: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) · 2010: Dario Cologna (SUI)
Categories:- 1986 births
- Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Switzerland
- Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
- Swiss cross-country skiers
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
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