Silvio Fauner

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Born (1968-11-01) 1 November 1968 (age 57)
Country Italy
SportSkiing
Silvio Fauner
Personal information
Born (1968-11-01) 1 November 1968 (age 57)
Sport
Country Italy
SportSkiing
ClubC.S. Carabinieri
World Cup career
Seasons19 – (19882006)
Indiv. starts168
Indiv. podiums19
Indiv. wins3
Team starts39
Team podiums23
Team wins6
Overall titles0 – (3rd in 1995)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Italy
International Nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 2 2
World Championships 1 2 4
Total 2 4 6
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1994 Lillehammer4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place1992 Albertville4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place1998 Nagano4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1994 Lillehammer10 km + 15 km
combined pursuit
Bronze medal – third place1998 Nagano30 km classical
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1995 Thunder Bay50 km freestyle
Silver medal – second place1993 Falun4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place1995 Thunder Bay10 km + 15 km
combined pursuit
Bronze medal – third place1993 Falun10 km + 15 km
combined pursuit
Bronze medal – third place1995 Thunder Bay4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1997 Trondheim4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1999 Ramsau4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place1987 Asiago30 km
Silver medal – second place1988 Saalfelden3 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1987 Asiago3 × 10 km relay

Silvio Fauner (born 1 November 1968 in San Pietro di Cadore, Province of Belluno) is an Italian former cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 2006. His best-known victory was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that upset Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He also won four other medals at the Winter Olympics with silvers in the 4 × 10 km relay (1992, 1998) and bronzes in the 15 km (1994) and 30 km (1998).

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.

Doping allegations

The Swedish investigative television show Uppdrag granskning claimed that Fauner had an exceptionally high haemoglobin 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 the FIS medical committee, such a haemoglobin value is not possible to achieve without banned substances or blood doping.

Cross-country skiing results

References

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