Cristian Zorzi Explained

Cristian Zorzi
Birth Date:14 August 1972
Birth Place:Cavalese, Italy
Club:G.S. Fiamme Gialle[1]
Seasons:17 – (19942010)
Wins:5
Totalpodiums:12
Teamwins:8
Teampodiums:19
Individual Starts:186
Team Starts:51
Wcoveralls:0 – (7th in 2002)
Wctitles:0

Cristian Zorzi (born 14 August 1972) is an Italian former cross-country skier who excelled at sprint ski races. He is nicknamed Zorro, for his exuberant character.

Biography

Zorzi's first major success was at the 2000 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup, where he finished in second place. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he won a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay and a bronze in the individual sprint.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he was the anchor on the Italian 4 × 10 km relay team that won the gold medal in those games.

Zorzi won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships; a gold medal in the team sprint in 2007 and a silver in the individual sprint in 2001. He has also finished second in the 2000–01 Sprint World Cup, which he followed up with a third place in the following 2001–02 season.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
29 Silver
33
37 8

World Championships

 Year   Age   15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
28 Silver6
30 8 10
32 4
34 Gold
36

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintTour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
21
22
23 79
24 52 28
25 53 40
26 53 58
27 10 85
28 11
29 7
30 12 5
31 57 108 25
32 21 23 14
33 23 59 12
34 101 85 61 44
35 76 46 31
36 41 63 18 4849
37 77 125 37

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 1999–003 March 2000 Lahti, Finland 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
2 2000–0117 December 2000 Brusson, Italy 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
3 29 December 2000 Engelberg, Switzerland 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
414 January 2001 Soldier Hollow, United States 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
5 2001–029 December 2001 Cogne, Italy 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
627 December 2001 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
7  2002–03 19 December 2002 Linz, Austria 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
812 February 2003 Reit im Winkl, Germany 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
9 20 March 2003 Borlänge, Sweden 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
10 2004–0523 October 2004 Düsseldorf, Germany 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
11 2005–064 February 2006 Davos, Switzerland 1.1 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
12 2008–091 January 2009 Nové Město, Czech Republic 1.2 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate(s)
1 1998–998 March 1999 Vantaa, Finland Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Di Centa
2 1999–00 8 December 1999 Asiago, Italy Team Sprint FWorld Cup 3rd Di Centa
3 2000–01 13 December 2000 Clusone, Italy 10 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Di Centa
4 27 February 2000 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 1stValbusa / Maj / Piller Cottrer
5 2001–02 13 January 2002 Nové Město, Czech Republic 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Di Centa
6 3 March 2002 Lahti, Finland 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1stDi Centa
7 2002–0324 November 2002 Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Di Centa / Valbusa / Piller Cottrer
8 8 December 2002 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup2nd Di Centa / Schwienbacher / Piller Cottrer
9 19 January 2003 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup2nd Di Centa / Valbusa / Schwienbacher
10 26 January 2003 Oberhof, Germany 10 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1stDi Centa
11 14 February 2003 Asiago, Italy 10 × 1.4 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1stDi Centa
12 23 February 2003 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2nd Di Centa / Valbusa / Piller Cottrer
13 2003–04 21 November 2004 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Di Centa / Valbusa / Piller Cottrer
14 5 December 2004 Bern, Switzerland 6 × 1.1 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rd Pasini
15 12 December 2004 Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2nd Di Centa / Valbusa / Piller Cottrer
16 2005–0615 January 2006 Val di Fiemme, Italy 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Di Centa / Checchi / Piller Cottrer
17 18 March 2006 Sapporo, Japan 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1stFrasnelli
18  2006–07 29 October 2006 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Pasini
19 2007–08 9 December 2007 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Di Centa / Checchi / Piller Cottrer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sport invernali statistiche Olimpiadi . fiammegialle.org . it . 18 May 2020.
  2. Web site: TEICHMANN Axel . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 31 January 2018.