Maurilio De Zolt

Maurilio De Zolt
Maurilio De Zolt
Country	Italy
Born	29 September 1950; San Pietro di Cadore, Italy
Ski club	Vigili del Fuoco Belluno
World Cup career
Seasons	1982–1994
Individual wins	1
Team wins	3
Indiv. podiums	10
Team podiums	9
Indiv. starts	57
Team starts	13
Overall titles	0 – (9th in 1991)
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
World Championships

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. Eighteen years earlier, at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, De Zolt carried the Italian flag during the opening ceremonies.

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

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

World Cup standings

Season	Age	Overall
1982	32	13
1983	33	30
1984	34	22
1985	35	13
1986	36	28
1987	37	21
1988	38	12
1989	39	37
1990	40	25
1991	41	9
1992	42	12
1993	43	16
1994	44	15

Individual podiums

1 victory
10 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1981–82	7 March 1982	Lahti, Finland	50 km Individual	World Cup	3rd
2	1984–85	22 January 1985	Seefeld, Austria	15 km Individual	World Championships^[1]	3rd
3	1984–85	27 January 1985	Seefeld, Austria	50 km Individual	World Championships^[1]	2nd
4	1985–86	14 February 1986	Oberstdorf, West Germany	50 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
5	1986–87	21 February 1987	Oberstdorf, West Germany	50 km Individual F	World Championships^[1]	1st
6	1987–88	27 February 1988	Calgary, Canada	50 km Individual F	Olympic Games^[1]	2nd
7	1987–88	19 March 1988	Oslo, Norway	50 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
8	1989–90	17 December 1989	Canmore, Canada	50 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
9	1990–91	17 February 1991	Val di Fiemme, Italy	50 km Individual F	World Championships^[1]	3rd
10	1991–92	22 February 1992	Albertville, France	50 km Individual F	Olympic Games^[1]	2nd

Team podiums

3 victories
9 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammates
1	1984–85	24 January 1985	Seefeld, Austria	4 × 10 km Relay	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Albarello / Vanzetta / Ploner
2	1984–85	10 March 1985	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay	World Cup	1st	Walder / Barco / Vanzetta
3	1985–86	13 March 1986	Oslo, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Albarello / Walder / Vanzetta
4	1986–87	19 March 1987	Oslo, Norway	4 × 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	1989–90	1 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^[1]	2nd	Albarello / Vanzetta / Fauner
8	1993–94	22 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games^[1]	1st	Albarello / Vanzetta / Fauner
9	1993–94	13 March 1994	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Barco / Vanzetta / Fauner

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2005). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-45-8
"Athlete : DE ZOLT Maurilio". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

External links

Maurilio De Zolt at the International Ski Federation
Maurilio De Zolt at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Winter Olympics
Preceded by Paul Hildgartner	Flag bearer for Italy 1988 Calgary	Succeeded by Alberto Tomba

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[1] Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2005). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-45-8

[FISprofile-2] "Athlete : DE ZOLT Maurilio". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

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