Zeno Colò
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| Disciplines |
Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined |
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| Born |
30 June 1920 Abetone, Tuscany, Italy |
| Died | 12 May 1993 (aged 72) San Marcello Pistoiese, Tuscany, Italy |
| Retired | 1954 (age 33) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (1948, 1952) |
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 3 – (1948, 1950, 1952) includes two Olympics |
| Medals | 4 (3 gold) |
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Zeno Colò (Cutigliano, June 30, 1920 – San Marcello Pistoiese, May 12, 1993) was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in Cutigliano, Tuscany, he was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
At the World Championships in 1950 in Aspen, he won gold medals in both downhill and giant slalom, and the silver in slalom. Two years later, at the 1952 Olympics in Oslo, he won gold in the downhill, and finished fourth in the giant slalom and slalom. Italy waited two decades for its next Olympic gold in alpine skiing, Gustav Thöni's win in giant slalom in 1972.
Colò won the Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen in 1948, and took the slalom title there in 1949 and 1950. Following his near-sweep at Aspen in 1950, he also won all three North American titles in downhill, slalom, and combined the following week in Canada at Mt Norquay near Banff, Alberta. At the 1948 Olympics in St. Moritz, Colò finished 14th in the slalom, but did not finish in the downhill, which also eliminated him from the combined. He set a speed record on skis in 1947, clocked at 98.7 mph (158.8 km/h) on the Italian side of the Little Matterhorn. which stood for 13 years.
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