Nicola Zanon

Nicola Zanon
Personal information
Born (1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 28)
Cles, Italy[1]
OccupationAlpine skier ♂
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in) (2018)[2]
Skiing career
DisciplinesGiant 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]

References

  1. ^ "Nicola ZANON". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ "ZANON Nicola". EuroSport. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Athlete Profile - Nicola ZANON". Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "The Italian-Thai Nicola Zanon: From Val di Fassa to Pyeongchang". Val di Fassa. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.