Mario Bacher (September 6, 1941 – July 16, 2014) was an Italian
ski mountaineer
Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment ...
Formazza
Formazza (; ; ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Verbania, on the border with Switzerland.
Formazza borders the following municipalit ...
. He participated at the
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated.
The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time ...
, when he placed 12th in the 50 kilometres race of cross-country skiing. Together with Lino Jordan and Franco Ceroni he placed 3rd in the
Trofeo Mezzalama
The Mezzalama Trophy (, , a.k.a. ''white marathon''''Lino Jordan'' (Italian), ''Mon pays étroubles'', p. 29.
Further notable results were:
* 1966: 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 50 km
* 1968: 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km