Nicola Zanon
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 December 1996 Cles, Italy[1] |
| Occupation | Alpine skier ♂ |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) (2018)[2] |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Giant slalom, slalom |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (2018, 2022) |
Nicola Zanon is an Italian-Thai alpine skier who competed for Thailand at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Career
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nicola ZANON". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "ZANON Nicola". EuroSport. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "Athlete Profile - Nicola ZANON". Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- ^ a b c "The Italian-Thai Nicola Zanon: From Val di Fassa to Pyeongchang". Val di Fassa. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Trentino
- Skiers from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
- Thai people of Italian descent
- Italian people of Thai descent
- Italian male alpine skiers
- Thai male alpine skiers
- Olympic alpine skiers for Thailand
- Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen