Zeno Colò (June 30, 1920 - May 12, 1993) was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy, born in Abetone, Tuscany. He was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Biography
At the 1950 World Championships in Aspen, Colorado, he won the gold medal in both downhill and giant slalom, and the silver in slalom. Two years later, at the 1952 Olympics in Oslo, he won gold in the downhill.
He won the Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen in 1948, and took the slalom title there in 1949 and 1950. Zeno Colò died in 1993 at age 72 in San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy.
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Olympic champions in men's downhill |
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World champions in men's downhill |
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World Champions in Men's Giant Slalom |
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Colo, Zeno |
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Alpine skier |
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June 30, 1920 |
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May 12, 1993 |
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