Dario Cologna
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March 11, 1986 Santa Maria Val Müstair, Switzerland |
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | SC Val Müstair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seasons | 2006– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 4 (2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dario Cologna (born 11 March 1986) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He has four overall World Cup victories, three Olympic gold medals, one World Championships gold medal and three Tour de Ski victories in his career so far.
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 2008–09 Tour de Ski in January 2009, finishing the final event almost a minute ahead of runner-up Petter Northug. Cologna also won the overall 2008–09 World Cup with more than 100 points in front of the second place after placing 2 times first and other 3 times on the podium.
He finished the 2009–10 FIS Cross-Country World Cup fourth, winning a race and taking other two podiums. He also came in third in the 2009–10 Tour de Ski. 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.
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