Ski club SC Val Mustair Name Dario Cologna Indiv. podiums 29 Weight 75 kg | Individual wins 11 Height 1.78 m Seasons 2006– Role Cross-country skier Siblings Gianluca Cologna | |
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Overall titles 3 (2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12) Olympic medals Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 15km classical Similar People Profiles | ||
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Dario Cologna (born 11 March 1986) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He has four overall World Cup victories, three Olympic gold medals, one World Championships gold medal and three Tour de Ski victories in his career so far.
Contents
- Men s cross country skiing golds inc dario cologna wins double gold sochi olympic champions
- Fischer cross country skiing stars marit bjoergen dario cologna and petter northug
- Career
- Individual victories
- Personal life
- References
Fischer cross country skiing stars marit bjoergen dario cologna and petter northug
Career
Cologna debuted in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Kuusamo in November 2006, and took his first points in Falun in March 2007. During the 2007–08 season, Cologna finished in the top ten four times and placed 37th overall.
In December 2008, Cologna took his first world cup podium finish with a second place in the 30-kilometre competition in La Clusaz. He went on to win the 2008–09 Tour de Ski in January 2009, finishing the final event almost a minute ahead of runner-up Petter Northug. Cologna also won the overall 2008–09 World Cup with more than 100 points in front of the second place after placing 2 times first and other 3 times on the podium.
He finished the 2009–10 FIS Cross-Country World Cup fourth, winning a race and taking other two podiums. He also came in third in the 2009–10 Tour de Ski. In the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics he won the gold medal in the men's 15km freestyle event. Cologna is the first Swiss to win a cross-country skiing gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
Cologna won the 2010–11 FIS Cross-Country World Cup with more than 300 points ahead of Petter Northug, who came second. In this season he won four races and took other six podiums, winning the 2010–11 Tour de Ski with 27 seconds ahead of Northug.
During the 2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup season, Cologna won three races and took seven additional podium positions. On January 8, 2012 Cologna took his third Tour de Ski win in Val di Fiemme, winning the 2011–12 Tour de Ski. He finished more than a minute ahead of everyone else, with Marcus Hellner being second and Petter Northug third. With this performance, Cologna won his third Tour de Ski overall win, being the only male athlete to ever have done so. He also snatched the yellow jersey becoming world no. 1 in the 2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup as of January 8, 2012.
At the World Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme Cologna won the 30 km pursuit.
He won the 30 km skiathlon at the Sochi Olympics. Later in the games he successfully defended his title from the Vancouver Olympics in the 15 km race
Individual victories
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Updated on 18 March 2013
Personal life
He is the older brother of Swiss skier Gianluca Cologna.