Franco Nones
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1968 Grenoble | 30 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1966 Oslo | 4 x 10 km | |
Franco Nones (born February 1, 1941) is an Italian skier who competed during the 1960's. His best known finish was a gold medal in the 30 km event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, making Nones the first non-Scandinavian (Finland, Norway, and Sweden) and non-Soviet/Russian male to win a Winter Olympic cross country skiing gold medal.
Nones also earned a bronze in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He also finished 6th in the 30 km event at those same games.
[edit] External links
- Italian Nordic skiing article on Nones. (Italian)
- FIS Profile
- 2003 Nordic skiing World Championship Miscellaneous information on cross country skiing featuring Nones.
1956: Veikko Hakulinen * 1960 Sixten Jernberg * 1964: Eero Mäntyranta * 1968: Franco Nones * 1972: Vyacheslav Vedenin * 1976: Sergey Savelyev * 1980: Nikolay Zimyatov * 1984: Nikolay Zimyatov * 1988: Alexey Prokurorov * 1992: Vegard Ulvang * 1994: Thomas Alsgaard * 1998: Mika Myllylä * 2002: Christian Hoffmann
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