Massimiliano Valcareggi

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Massimiliano Valcareggi
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Born12 February 1995 (1995-02-12) (age 28)
Trieste, Italy
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CountryFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Sport Alpine skiing

Massimiliano Valcareggi (born 12 February 1995 [1] in Trieste, Italy [2] ) is an alpine skier from Italy. He competed for Greece at the 2014 Winter Olympics in three alpine skiing events. [3] [4]

Although born in Italy, Valcareggi's mother is Greek, allowing him to compete for Greece. He chose to compete for Greece because he felt he had a better chance of making their national team. [2]

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References

  1. FIS Biography
  2. 1 2 "Sochi 2014 profile". Archived from the original on 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  3. "Greek Olympic Team for Sochi with 1 biathlete!". Biathlonnews. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. "The Hellenic Olympic Team for Sochi 2014". hoc.gr/. Hellenic Olympic Committee. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.