Marco Albarello

Marco Albarello (born 31 May 1960) is an Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 2002. He was born in Aosta. His best known victory was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that upset Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He also won four other medals at the Winter Olympics with three silvers (10 km: 1992; 4 × 10 km relay: 1992, 1998) and one bronze (10 km: 1994).^[1]

Marco Albarello
Country	Italy
Born	(1960-05-31) 31 May 1960 (age 64) Aosta, Italy
Ski club	C.S. Esercito
World Cup career
Seasons	17 – (1982–1998)
Indiv. starts	92
Indiv. podiums	6
Indiv. wins	2
Team starts	20
Team podiums	10
Team wins	2
Overall titles	0 – (5th in 1993)
Medal record Men's cross-country skiing Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer 4 × 10 km relay 1992 Albertville 10 km classical 1992 Albertville 4 × 10 km relay 1998 Nagano 4 × 10 km relay 1994 Lillehammer 10 km classical World Championships 1987 Oberstdorf 15 km classical 1985 Seefeld 4 × 10 km relay 1993 Falun 4 × 10 km relay 1995 Thunder Bay 4 × 10 km relay

Biography

Albarello also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with one gold (15 km: 1987), two silvers (4 × 10 km relay: 1985, 1993), and one bronze (4 × 10 km relay: 1997).

At the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin on 10 February, he and his 4 × 10 km relay teammates (Maurilio De Zolt, Giorgio Vanzetta, and Silvio Fauner) who won the gold at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, were among the last carriers of the Olympic torch before it was lit by fellow Italian cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo. Albarello was the coach of the Italian national cross-country ski team until May 2007. He's married with Silvana Domaine and he has one son; Jacopo Albarello and one daughter; Giorgia Carlotta Albarello.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[2]

Olympic Games

• 5 medals – (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	50 km	4 × 10 km   relay
1988	27	—	9	—	8	—	—
1992	31	Silver	—	4	4	—	Silver
1994	33	Bronze	—	10	—	—	Gold
1998	37	26	—	DNS	7	—	Silver

World Championships

• 4 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	10 km	15 km   classical	15 km   freestyle	Pursuit	30 km	50 km	4 × 10 km   relay
1985	24	—	17	—	—	—	—	Silver
1987	26	—	Gold	—	—	14	—	5
1989	28	—	17	—	—	7	—	7
1991	30	—	—	—	—	12	—	4
1993	32	9	—	—	8	4	—	Silver
1995	34	19	—	—	—	23	—	Bronze
1997	36	25	—	—	DNF	—	DNF	—

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age
		Overall	Long Distance	Sprint
1982	21	NC	—	—
1983	22	NC	—	—
1984	23	54	—	—
1985	24	49	—	—
1986	25	33	—	—
1987	26	21	—	—
1988	27	26	—	—
1989	28	31	—	—
1990	29	60	—	—
1991	30	9	—	—
1992	31	10	—	—
1993	32	5	—	—
1994	33	14	—	—
1995	34	20	—	—
1996	35	37	—	—
1997	36	35	48	21
1998	37	35	27	38

Individual podiums

• 2 victories
• 6 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1986–87	15 February 1987	Oberstdorf, West Germany	15 km Individual C	World Championships[1]	1st
2	1990–91	15 December 1990	Davos, Switzerland	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
3	1991–92	13 February 1992	Albertville, France	10 km Individual C	Olympic Games[1]	2nd
4	1992–93	9 January 1993	Ulrichen, Switzerland	15 km Individual C	World Cup	1st
5		19 March 1993	Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia	15 km Individual C	World Cup	2nd
6	1993–94	17 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	10 km Individual C	Olympic Games[1]	3rd

Team podiums

• 2 victories
• 10 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammates
1	1984–85	24 January 1985	Seefeld, Austria	4 × 10 km Relay	World Championships[1]	2nd	Vanzetta / De Zolt / Ploner
2	1985–86	13 March 1986	Oslo, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Walder / De Zolt / Vanzetta
3	1986–87	19 March 1987	Oslo, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	De Zolt / Vanzetta / Pulie
4	1987–88	13 March 1988	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Vanzetta / De Zolt / Barco
5	1991–92	18 February 1992	Albertville, France	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games[1]	2nd	Pulie / Vanzetta / Fauner
6	1992–93	26 February 1993	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	2nd	De Zolt / Vanzetta / Fauner
7	1993–94	22 February 1994	Lillehammer, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	Olympic Games[1]	1st	De Zolt / Vanzetta / Fauner
8	1994–95	15 January 1995	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Maj / Fauner / Godioz
9	1995–96	25 February 1996	Trondheim, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Di Centa / Valbusa / Fauner
10		1 March 1996	Lahti, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Fauner / Maj / Valbusa

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.