Maurizio Carnino (born 7 March 1975 in

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) is an Italian

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and

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. He is a four-time Olympian, competing in the 1994 Lillehammer, 1998 Nagano, 2002 Salt Lake City, and 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.

Career

Short track career

A specialist in the shorter distances, Carnino was long a dependable member of the Italian short track speed skating relay team. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in

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, Carnino, as an 18-year-old, was a member of the Italian relay team which won the gold medal in the 5000 metre relay competition along with

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, Hugo Herrnhof and Mirko Vuillermin. Four years later Carnino competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics where he finished fourth in the 5000 metre relay and 15th in the

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. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in

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, Canino was part of the Italian relay team along with Nicola Franceschina, Nicola Rodigari, Fabio Carta and

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, and the team won the silver medal in the 5000 metre relay competition. Carnino was the only skater from 1994 still on the team.

Long track career

With the 2006 Winter Olympics being held in his native Turin, Carnino decided to switch to long track speed skating. He placed second at the 2005 and 2006 national sprint speed skating championships, and qualified for the Olympics, where he finished 30th in the

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and 31st in the

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* * 1973 births Living people Italian male short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for Italy Olympic speed skaters for Italy Short-track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Speed skaters from Turin Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics 20th-century Italian sportsmen 21st-century Italian sportsmen World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists {{Italy-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub