Stefano Sertorelli (24 December 1911 – 17 December 1994) was an Italian soldier and skier.

Biography

Sertorello, son of Cantoniere Costante Sertorelli (d. 1922) and his wife Maria (1880–1956) was born in

Bormio Bormio (, , ) is a town and ''comune'' with a population of about 4,100 located in the Province of Sondrio, Lombardy region of the Alps in northern Italy. The centre of the upper Valtellina valley, it is a popular winter sports resort. It was the ...

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. The family was a real skiing family, for example his brother Erminio (1901–1979) was a successful cross-country skier, and his brother Giacinto (1914–1938), who died in an accident during a downhill race in 1938, was a successful alpine skier. Stefano Sertorelli by himself served at the mountain warfare school of the

Italian Army The Italian Army ( []) is the Army, land force branch of the Italian Armed Forces. The army's history dates back to the Italian unification in the 1850s and 1860s. The army fought in colonial engagements in China and Italo-Turkish War, Libya. It ...

called ''Scuola Militare di Alpinismo'' (today: Centro Addestramento Alpino), which was founded in 1934. He was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team, which placed first at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Ger ...

. Afterwards he preferred alpine skiing, took part in several national and international races and won several national championship titles. In the end of 1950 he founded together with the mountain guide and writer Lodovico Cusini the first skiing school of

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under the name ''Scuola Sci Livitur''.''12.1959 First skiing school''
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References

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''La famiglia Sertorelli''
(Italian), history of the family Sertorelli
La biografia di Stefano Sertorelli
1911 births 1994 deaths Sportspeople from the Province of Sondrio Skiers from Lombardy Italian military patrol (sport) runners Italian male alpine skiers Olympic biathletes for Italy Military patrol competitors at the 1936 Winter Olympics Alpini Italian alpine skiing coaches 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Skimountaineering-bio-stub