Ana María Dellai

Ana María Dellai
Ana María Dellai at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Born 16 October 1929 (1929-10-16) (age 88)
San Carlos de Bariloche
Sport
Sport Alpine skiing
Club Club Andino Bariloche

Ana María Dellai (born 16 October 1929) is a retired Argentinean alpine skier.

Sports career

She is a former member of Club Andino Bariloche.[1]

Oslo 1952

She competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics hosted in Oslo, Norway, in the downhill, slalom and giant slalom events and placed 28th–31st. She was the only female competitor from the Argentine Delegation at those Olympics,[1] as well the first woman to represent Argentina at the Winter Olympics.[2] She was the Flag bearer of the delegation during the opening ceremony.[3][4]

Later years

In 1954, she was part of the cast of the movie Canción de la nieve.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Ana María Dellai. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ "Argentina será representada por 6 atletas en los Juegos Olímpicos de Corea del Sur". Sputnik. 27 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Oslo 1952-Opening ceremony: the delegations and the audience. IOC website picture.
  4. ↑ (ed.) Rolf Petersen (1952). Reporte oficial de los Juegos Olímpicos de Iniverno de Oslo 1952 (PDF). Oslo. pp. 178, 227, 229, 231, 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-26.
  5. ↑ Information about the movie on the website of the national cinema website
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