Federico Pellegrino (born 1 September 1990) is an Italian cross-country skier. Pellegrino is a world champion and Olympic silver medalist in cross-country skiing. In the 2015/2016 season, he won the sprint cup. Pellegrino is an athlete of the G.S. Fiamme Oro.

Biography

Originally from

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, Pellegrino made his

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debut in the 2009–10 season. He has achieved his best results in the sprint events and won the Sprint Cup in the 2015–16 season, becoming the first non-Scandinavian to win the Sprint World Cup. As of 30 November 2018 Pellegrino has won 12 individual World Cup victories, all of them sprints: he holds the record for most individual wins for an Italian in the Cross-Country World Cup. He won his first international medal in cross-country skiing at the 2015 World Championships in Falun, Sweden. Together with Dietmar Nöckler, Pellegrino won a bronze medal on Team sprint, classic. In 2017 he became World Champion after winning the sprint freestyle event during the 2017 World Championships in

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, Finland. This was the first gold medal for the Italian men at the Nordic Worlds since Renato Pasini and

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won the team sprint in 2007. He was a part of the Italian team which won the nation's second consecutive medal on the team sprint event, this time a silver medal together with teammate Dietmar Nöckler. He is the cousin of the

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champion Xavier Chevrier. Pellegrino has been in a relationship with fellow cross-country skier Greta Laurent since 2012, having previously been a couple during their school-age careers. He dedicated his first World Cup race win in

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to Laurent. Since 2012 they have lived in

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Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (2 silver) Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.

World Championships

* 6 medals – (1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)

World Cup

Season titles

* 2 titles – (2 sprint)

Season standings

Individual podiums

* 17 victories – (12 , 5 ) * 42 podiums – (25 , 17 )

Team podiums

* 4 victories – (1 , 3 ) * 10 podiums – (2 , 8 )

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pellegrino, Federico 1990 births Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic cross-country skiers for Italy Italian male cross-country skiers FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Sportspeople from Aosta Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Tour de Ski skiers Cross-country skiers of Fiamme Oro