Nicola Zanon

Nicola Zanon (born 14 December 1996) is an Italian-Thai alpine skier who competed for Thailand at the 2018 Winter Olympics^[1] and 2022 Winter Olympics.^[2]

Nicola Zanon

Personal information
Born	(1996-12-14) 14 December 1996 (age 28)[1] Cles, Italy[2]
Occupation	Alpine skier ♂
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in) (2018)[3]
Skiing career
Disciplines	Giant slalom, slalom
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2018, 2022)

Career

Zanon was born to an Italian father and a Thai mother and grew up in Val di Rabbi in Trentino.^[4] He started skiing at age eight at the Madonna di Campiglio.^[1]

He previously attempted to qualify for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia but failed, leading to his retirement and to work as a woodworker with his father. However, he came out of retirement when the Ski and Snowboard Association of Thailand in February 2017 offered him a chance to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics for the Southeast Asian nation. He participated in races in Argentina, Chile, and Italy to qualify for the Olympics.^[4]

Before he participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he trained at the Piste Azzurre in Val di Fassa under coach Stefano Vampa.^[4] In the men's giant slalom event held on 18 February he did not finish in the first run.^[1]