Severino Compagnoni (4 February 1914 – 1 September 2006)COMPAGNONI SEVERINO
was an Italian

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who competed from the 1930s to the 1950s. Compagnoni was the brother of the skiers

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and Ottavio Compagnoni.''Compagnoni Aristide, Severino e Ottavio''
(Italian).

Selected results

Severino won two bronze medals in the 4 x 10 km at the

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, in 1939 together with his brother Aristide, Gottfried Baur and Alberto Jammeron, and in 1941 with Giulio Gerardi instead of Baur. At the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

he was a member of the Italian relay team (together with

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, Silvio Confortola and Rizzieri Rodeghiero) which finished sixth in the 4x10 km relay competition. In the 18 km event he finished 22nd. He also competed in the

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, finishing 18th in the 50 km event. Further notable results were: * 1937: 3rd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km * 1941: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km * 1942: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km * 1943: 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km * 1946: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km * 1946: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 50 km * 1947: 3rd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km * 1950: 3rd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km * 1952: 3rd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 18 km

External links

Severino Compagnoni's profile at Sports Reference.com

References

1914 births 2006 deaths Italian male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Italy Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing {{Italy-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub