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Italian alpine skier
Ilio Colli in 1953

Ilio Colli, vulgo Paor (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.

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

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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