Enrico Colli

Nicknamed “the human locomotive”, Enrico Colli began competing locally in 1914, using handcrafted skis. At the outbreak of World War I, he was called to arms in the Austro-Hungarian Army (Cortina d’Ampezzo at the time was still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) and was placed as standschützen in the Enneberg-Marebbe battalion. He fought in Son Pòuses, on the Col di Lana, and in Valparola.

Colli resumed his competitive career at the end of the war, participating in numerous national and international competitions. In 1920 he won the first of his four national titles and, in the same year, competed at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Olympics. He retired in 1926.