Ilio Colli

Ilio Colli, vulgo Paor[1] (May 30, 1931 – February 21, 1953), was a skier from Italy. He represented his native country at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, where he came in eighteenth in the men's downhill event.[2]

Colli, fourth of six children of Vincenzo Colli and his wife Dimai Costanza, née Piero de Jenzio Dea,[1] was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He was killed when he crashed into a tree during a ski race at 50 miles per hour in Madesimo. A ski course at Cortina d'Ampezzo was named in his honor.[3]

References

  1. Ilio Colli esce di pista nella libera a Madesimo e muore. Eʼ il 1953 Archived 2015-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian), Il Cador n° 3, March 2010, p.22.
  2. "Ilio Colli Biography and Statistics" Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine sports-reference.com (Retrieved on April 23, 2009)
  3. Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2005). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-45-8


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