Ilio Colli

Ilio Colli, vulgo Paor[1] (May 30, 1931 – February 21, 1953), was a skier from Italy. He represented his native country at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, where he came in eighteenth in the men's downhill event.[2]

Ilio Colli in 1953

Colli, fourth of six children of Vincenzo Colli and his wife Dimai Costanza, née Piero de Jenzio Dea,[1] was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He was killed when he crashed into a tree during a ski race at 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) in Madesimo. A ski course at Cortina d'Ampezzo was named in his honor.[3]

References
  1. "Ilio Colli esce di pista nella libera a Madesimo e muore. Eʼ il 1953" [Ilio Colli goes off the track in Madesimo and dies. It is 1953] (PDF). Il Cador (in Italian). No. 3. March 2010. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2015.
  2. "Ilio Colli Biography and Statistics". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  3. Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime (2005). The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-45-8.
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