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Nicola Zanon

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Nicola Zanon
Personal information
Born ( 1996-12-14 ) 14 December 1996 (age 27)
Cles, Italy [1]
Occupation Alpine skier   ♂
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) (2018) [2]
Skiing career
Disciplines Giant slalom , slalom
Olympics
Teams 2 ? ( 2018 , 2022 )

Nicola Zanon is an Italian-Thai alpine skier who competed for Thailand at the 2018 Winter Olympics .

Career [ edit ]

Zanon was born on 14 December 1996 [3] to an Italian father and a Thai mother and grew up in Val di Rabbi in Trentino . [4] He started skiing at age eight at the Madonna di Campiglio . [3]

He previously attempted to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia but failed, leading to his retirement and to work as a woodworker with his father. However, he came out of retirement when the Ski and Snowboard Association of Thailand in February 2017 offered him a chance to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics for the Southeast Asian nation. He participated in races in Argentina, Chile, and Italy to qualify for the Olympics. [4]

Before he participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , South Korea , he trained at the Piste Azzurre in Val di Fassa under coach Stefano Vampa. [4] In the men's giant slalom event held on 18 February he did not finish in the first run. [3]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Nicola ZANON" . Olympics.com . Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
  2. ^ "ZANON Nicola" . EuroSport . Retrieved 18 February 2018 .
  3. ^ a b c "Athlete Profile - Nicola ZANON" . Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games . Retrieved 17 February 2018 .
  4. ^ a b c "The Italian-Thai Nicola Zanon: From Val di Fassa to Pyeongchang" . Val di Fassa. 30 January 2018 . Retrieved 18 February 2018 .
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