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  ♂
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in) (2018) [2]
Skiing career
Disciplines Giant slalom, slalom
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)

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

Career

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nicola ZANON". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "ZANON Nicola". EuroSport. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Athlete Profile - Nicola ZANON". Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "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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