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,

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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

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called ''Scuola Militare di Alpinismo'' (today:

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), which was founded in 1934. He was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team, which placed first at the

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

External links

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