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Nilo Zandanel

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Nilo Zandanel
Nilo Zandanel c. 1966
Country Italy
Born(1937-11-08)8 November 1937
Cibiana di Cadore,
Kingdom of Italy
Died25 July 2015(2015-07-25) (aged 77)
Pieve di Cadore, Italy
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Ski clubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Personal best144 m (472 ft)
Oberstdorf, West Germany
(18 February 1964)

Nilo Zandanel (8 November 1937 – 25 July 2015) was an Italian ski jumper.

Career

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He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics in the normal and large hill events with the best achievement of 25th place in the large hill in 1964.[1]

On 16 February 1964, he set the ski jumping world record distance at 142 metres (466 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.[2][3]

Ski jumping world record

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Date Hill Location Metres Feet
16 February 1964   Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze Oberstdorf, West Germany 144 472

References

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  1. ^ Nilo Zandanel. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ "Zandanelu rekord, Sjöbergu zmago (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 17 February 1964.
  3. ^ "Nilo Zandanel - Oberstdorf 1964 - 144 m - World record". YouTube. 16 February 1964.
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