Silvio Fauner

Fauner also won six medals at the Nordic skiing World Championships, including 1 gold (50 km: 1995), 2 silvers (10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1995, 4 × 10 km relay: 1993), and 3 bronzes (4 × 10 km relay: 1995, 1997, 1999).

At the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin on February 10, he and his 4 × 10 km relay teammates (Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, and Giorgio Vanzetta) 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.

In May 2007, Fauner was named the head coach of the Italian national cross-country ski team, replacing his former ski-teammate Marco Albarello.

The Swedish investigative television show Uppdrag granskning claimed that Fauner had an exceptionally high hemoglobin level prior to a World Cup in Lahti in 1997. According to sources quoted in the documentary, Fauner had tested 19.2 g/dL. The test result was confirmed and signed by International Ski Federation (FIS) official Bengt-Erik Bengtsson. Currently the allowed limit to compete in official FIS competition is 17.0 g/dL. According to Bengt Saltin, former chairman of FIS medical committee, such an hemoglobin value is not possible to achieve without banned substances or blood doping.

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Individual podiums

• 3 victories
• 19 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1991–92	8 December 1991	Silver Star, Canada	15 km Pursuit C	World Cup	3rd
2	1992–93	24 February 1993	Falun, Sweden	15 km Pursuit F	World Championships[1]	3rd
3		19 March 1993	Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia	15 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
4	1993–94	22 December 1993	Toblach, Italy	15 km Pursuit F	World Cup	2nd
5		19 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	15 km Pursuit F	Olympic Games[1]	3rd
6	1994–95	17 December 1994	Sappada, Italy	15 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
7		14 January 1995	Nové Město, Czech Republic	15 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
8		4 February 1995	Falun, Sweden	30 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
9		13 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	15 km Pursuit F	World Championships[1]	2nd
10		19 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	50 km Individual F	World Championships[1]	1st
11	1995–96	29 November 1995	Gällivare, Sweden	15 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
12		9 December 1995	Davos, Switzerland	30 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd
13		13 December 1995	Brusson, Italy	15 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
14		4 February 1996	Reit im Winkl, Germany	1.0 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
15	1996–97	11 January 1997	Hakuba, Japan	10 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
16		12 January 1997	Hakuba, Japan	15 km Pursuit F	World Cup	1st
17	1997–98	10 January 1998	Ramsau, Austria	30 km Individual F	World Cup	2nd
18	1999–00	3 March 2000	Lahti, Finland	1.0 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd
19	2000–01	14 January 2001	Soldier Hollow, United States	1.0 km Sprint F	World Cup	3rd

Team podiums

• 6 victories – (5 RL, 1 TS)
• 23 podiums – (21 RL, 2 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	1989–90	1 March 1990	Lahti, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	De Zolt / Vanzetta / Runggaldier
2	1991–92	18 February 1992	Albertville, France	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games[1]	2nd	Pulie / Albarello / Vanzetta
3	1992–93	26 February 1993	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	2nd	De Zolt / Albarello / Vanzetta
4	1993–94	22 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games[1]	1st	De Zolt / Albarello / Vanzetta
5		13 March 1994	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Barco / De Zolt / Vanzetta
6	1994–95	15 January 1995	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Maj / Godioz / Albarello
7		17 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	3rd	Valbusa / Albarello / Maj
8		26 March 1995	Sapporo, Japan	4 x 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Albarello / Godioz / Maj
9	1995–96	3 February 1996	Seefeld, Austria	12 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Valbusa
10		25 February 1996	Trondheim, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Di Centa / Albarello / Valbusa
11		1 March 1996	Lahti, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Albarello / Maj / Valbusa
12	1996–97	24 November 1996	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Maj / Piller / Valbusa
13		15 December 1996	Brusson, Italy	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Pozzi / Valbusa / Godioz
14		28 February 1997	Trondheim, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	3rd	Di Centa / Piller Cottrer / Valbusa
15	1997–98	7 December 1997	Santa Caterina, Italy	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Maj / Piller Cottrer / De Zolt Ponte
16		11 January 1998	Ramsau, Austria	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Maj / Valbusa / Piller Cottrer
17	1998–99	29 November 1998	Muonio, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Maj / Piller Cottrer / Pozzi
18		10 January 1999	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Valbusa / Maj / Piller Cottrer
19		26 February 1999	Ramsau, Austria	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	3rd	Di Centa / Valbusa / Maj
20		8 March 1999	Vantaa, Finland	Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	Piller Cottrer
21		21 March 1999	Oslo, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Di Centa / Maj / Valbusa
22	1999–00	28 November 1999	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Valbusa / Pozzi / Maj
23	2000–01	18 March 2001	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Maj / Piller Cottrer / Zorzi

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

• Silvio Fauner at the International Ski Federation
• Silvio Fauner at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)