Valerio Checchi (born

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, 3 April 1980) is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1999. He has two World Cup victories with one in 2006 and another in 2008. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in

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, Checchi finished 18th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event and 36th in the 15 km event. Checchi's best finish at the

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was fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay at Liberec in

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. Checchi finished ninth in the 4 × 10 km relay event at the

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Anti-doping rule violation

Checchi was in 2014 handed a one-year ban from sports for three whereabouts failures in 18 months.CONI
NTI-DOPING: The Prosecutor is referring Valerio Checchi (Winter Sports)
/ref> The ban ended 13 April 2015.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*1 victory – (1 ) *4 podiums – (2 , 2 )

Team podiums

* 1 victory – (1 ) * 6 podiums – (6 )

References

External links

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