- Marco Albarello
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Medal record Men's cross country skiing Olympic Games Gold 1994 Lillehammer 4 x 10 km Silver 1992 Albertville 10 km Silver 1992 Albertville 4 x 10 km Silver 1998 Nagano 4 x 10 km Bronze 1994 Lillehammer 10 km World Championships Gold 1987 Oberstdorf 15 km Silver 1985 Seefeld 4 x 10 km Silver 1993 Falun 4 x 10 km Bronze 1997 Trondheim 4 x 10 km Marco Albarello (born May 31, 1960) is an Italian cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 2002. He was born in Aosta. His best known victory was part of the 4 x 10 km relay team that upset Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He also won four other medals at the Winter Olympics with three silvers (10 km: 1992; 4 x 10 km: 1992, 1998) and one bronze (10 km: 1994).
Albarello also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with one gold (15 km: 1987), two silvers (4 x 10 km: 1985, 1993), and one bronze (4 x 10 km: 1997).
At the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin on February 10, he and his 4 x 10 km relay teammates (Maurilio De Zolt, Giorgio Vanzetta, 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.
Albarello was the coach of the Italian national cross-country ski team until May 2007.
References
18 km 1925: Otakar Německý (TCH) * 1927: John Lindgren (SWE) * 1929: Veli Saarinen (FIN - 17 km) * 1930: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR - 17 km) * 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) * 1933: Nils-Joel Englund (SWE) * 1934: Sulo Nurmela (FIN) * 1935: Klaes Karppinen (FIN) * 1937: Lars Bergendahl (NOR) * 1938: Pauli Pitkänen (FIN) * 1939: Juho 'Jussi' Kurikkala (FIN) * 1950: Karl-Erik Åström (SWE)15 km 1954: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) * 1958: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) * 1962: Assar Rönnlund (SWE) * 1966: Gjermund Eggen (NOR) * 1970: Lars-Göran Åslund (SWE) * 1974: Magne Myrmo (NOR) * 1978: Józef Łuszczek (POL) * 1982: Oddvar Brå (NOR) * 1985: Kari Härkönen (FIN) * 1987: Marco Albarello (ITA) * 1989 freestyle: Gunde Svan (SWE) * 1989 classical: Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) * 1991: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) * 2001: Per Elofsson (SWE) * 2003: Axel Teichmann (GER) * 2005: Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA) * 2007: Lars Berger (NOR) * 2009: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) * 2011: Matti Heikkinen (FIN)Categories:- 1960 births
- Living people
- People from Aosta
- Italian cross-country skiers
- Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
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