Gianluca Cologna Explained

Gianluca Cologna
Birth Date:17 May 1990
Birth Place:Santa Maria Val Müstair, Switzerland
Height:1.78m (05.84feet)
Club:SC Val Müstair
Seasons:8 – (20112018)
Wins:0
Totalpodiums:1
Teampodiums:0
Individual Starts:52
Team Starts:6
Wcoveralls:0 – (57th in 2014)
Wctitles:0

Gianluca Cologna (born 17 May 1990) is a retired Swiss cross-country skier. His younger brother Dario Cologna[1] is also a professional cross-country skier. He competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Men's team sprint with his brother Dario and finished 5th in the final.[2] He achieved his only individual podium in December 2013 with a third-place finish in the Classic Sprint in Asiago, Italy.[3]

His retirement, after undergoing surgeries for shoulder and knee injuries, was first reported by the Swiss media on 25 March 2018 and confirmed by Cologna himself on his Facebook and Instagram accounts a few days later.[4]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[5]

World Championships

 Year  Age  15 km 
individual
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
mass start
 Sprint  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
22
24 15

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
20
21
22 92 47
23 57 21 78
24 98 46
25 98 54
26 140 97
27 127 69

Individual podiums

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meier. Stefan. Erste Punkte! Gianluca Cologna sprintet auf Platz 6. Blick. 7 March 2014. German. 13 March 2013.
  2. Web site: Gianluca Cologna. sochi2014.com. 18 February 2014. 18 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140218140008/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-gianluca-cologna. dead.
  3. Web site: Rücktritt von Gianluca Cologna (in German). SwissInfo.com. 25 March 2018.
  4. Web site: It's time to say goodbye!. Gianluca Cologna Instagram. 29 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Athlete : Gianluca COLOGNA . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 19 April 2019.