Angelo Genuin (born 21 October 1939) is a former Italian ski mountaineer and

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. He was born in Falcade. Genuin started his competition career in 1957, at the age of 18 years. In the 1959/60-season he had his first successes in the senior class, and he became a member of the national B-team. In the 1961/62-season he entered the A-team.Angelo Genuin
, Sci Club Val Biòis. He participated in the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

and finished 24th in the 50 kilometres cross-country skiing event. Together with

Bruno Bonaldi Bruno Bonaldi (17 September 1944 – 7 July 2016) was an Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skiing amateur of the ''ASC Ladinia Alta Badia''. Together with Angelo Genuin and Luigi Weiss, he placed first in the military team category in th ...

and

Luigi Weiss Luigi "Gigi" Weiss (born 17 December 1951) is a former Italian biathlete and ski mountaineer. Weiss was born in Vattaro. Together with Angelo Genuin and Bruno Bonaldi, he placed first in the military team category in the 1975 Trofeo Mezzalama edi ...

, he placed first in the military team category in the 1975

Trofeo Mezzalama The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon''

edition, which was carried out as the first World Championship of Skimountaineering. Further notable results were: * 1952: 3rd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1967: 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km

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Genuin Angelo
(Italian), fondoitalia.it 1939 births Living people Italian male ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions Italian military patrol (sport) runners Olympic cross-country skiers of Italy Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics {{Italy-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub