Gianfranco Polvara Explained

Gianfranco Polvara
Birth Date:29 January 1958
Birth Place:Bellano, Italy
Club:C.S. Esercito
Seasons:14 – (19821995)
Wins:0
Totalpodiums:2
Teampodiums:0
Individual Starts:65
Team Starts:3
Wcoveralls:0 – (12th in 1991)

Gianfranco Polvara (born 29 January 1958) is an Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1995. He finished seventh in the 15 km event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.[1]

At the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, Polvara finished fourth in the 50 km event. His best World Cup finish was third twice in 30 km events, both in 1991.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
22
26 21
30 10
34 10
36

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km  15 km 
 classical 
 15 km 
 freestyle 
 Pursuit  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
24 20
27 20 13
29 13 15
31 23 22
33 11
35 4

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
24 74
25
26
27 30
28 18
29 30
30 20
31 57
32 20
33 12
34 27
35 17
36 28
37 79

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  1990–91 9 January 1991 Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd
23 March 1991 Lahti, Finland 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd

Notes and References

  1. Gianfranco Polvara Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012216/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/gianfranco-polvara-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 30 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Athlete : Gianfranco POLVARA . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 16 April 2019.