Giuliana Minuzzo | |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1931 |
Birth Place: | Vallonara di Marostica, Italy |
Death Date: | [1] |
Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (née Minuzzo, 26 November 1931 – 11 November 2020) was an Italian alpine skier.
She was born in Vallonara di Marostica. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Minuzzo was the bronze medalist in the women's downhill competition.[2] At the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley she was bronze medalist in the women's giant slalom event.[3]
At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Minuzzo made history by becoming the first woman to take the Olympic Oath.[4]
On 11 November 2020, Minuzzo died at the age of 88.[1]