Maurilio De Zolt Explained

Maurilio De Zolt
Birth Date:29 September 1950
Birth Place:San Pietro di Cadore, Italy
Club:Vigili del Fuoco Belluno
Seasons:13 – (19821994)
Wins:1
Totalpodiums:10
Teamwins:3
Teampodiums:9
Individual Starts:57
Team Starts:13
Wcoveralls:0 – (9th in 1991)

Maurilio De Zolt (born 29 September 1950 in San Pietro di Cadore, Province of Belluno) is an Italian cross-country skier who competed internationally from 1977 to 1997. His best known victory was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that upset Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, when he was 43 years old. He also won two silver medals in the Winter Olympics at 50 km (1988, 1992).

Biography

De Zolt also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, including one gold (50 km: 1987), three silvers (50 km: 1985, 4 × 10 km relay: 1985, 1993), and two bronzes (15 km: 1985, 50 km: 1991).

At the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin on 10 February, he and his 4 × 10 km relay teammates (Giorgio Vanzetta, Marco Albarello, and Silvio Fauner) who won the gold at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, were among the last carriers of the Olympic torch before it was lit by fellow Italian cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo.

De Zolt was formerly a firefighter, and once placed second in ladder climbing at the World Fireman Championships.[1]

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 
29
33 227
37 Silver5
41 Silver
43

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km  15 km 
 classical 
 15 km 
 freestyle 
 Pursuit  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
27 174211
31 1713 8
34 BronzeSilverSilver
36 14Gold5
38 127
40 5 Bronze 4
42 8 12 Silver

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Overall
31 13
32 30
33 22
34 13
35 28
36 21
37 12
38 37
39 25
40 9
41 12
42 16
43 15

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  1981–82 7 March 1982 Lahti, Finland 50 km IndividualWorld Cup 3rd
2  1984–85 22 January 1985 Seefeld, Austria 15 km Individual World Championships 3rd
3 27 January 1985 Seefeld, Austria 50 km Individual World Championships 2nd
4  1985–86 14 February 1986 Oberstdorf, West Germany 50 km Individual FWorld Cup 3rd
5 1986–8721 February 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany 50 km Individual FWorld Championships 1st
6  1987–88 27 February 1988 Calgary, Canada 50 km Individual FOlympic Games 2nd
7 19 March 1988 Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual FWorld Cup 3rd
8  1989–90 17 December 1989 Canmore, Canada 50 km Individual CWorld Cup 3rd
9  1990–91 17 February 1991 Val di Fiemme, Italy 50 km Individual FWorld Championships 3rd
10  1991–92 22 February 1992 Albertville, France 50 km Individual FOlympic Games 2nd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1 1984–85 24 January 1985 Seefeld, Austria4 × 10 km Relay World Championships 2nd Albarello / Vanzetta / Ploner
210 March 1985 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay World Cup 1stWalder / Barco / Vanzetta
3 1985–86 13 March 1986 Oslo, Norway4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Albarello / Walder / Vanzetta
4 1986–87 19 March 1987 Oslo, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Vanzetta / Albarello / Pulie
5 1987–88 13 March 1988 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 3rd Albarello / Vanzetta / Barco
6 1989–901 March 1990 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Fauner / Vanzetta / Runggaldier
7 1992–93 26 February 1993 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 2nd Albarello / Vanzetta / Fauner
8 1993–9422 February 1994 Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F Olympic Games 1st Albarello / Vanzetta / Fauner
9 13 March 1994 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup2nd Barco / Vanzetta / Fauner

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Notes and References

  1. [David Wallechinsky|Wallechinsky, David]
  2. Web site: Athlete : DE ZOLT Maurilio . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 1 March 2018.