Vitale Venzi

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameVitale Emilio•Venzi
Used nameVitale•Venzi
Born14 December 1903 in Ponte in Valtellina, Sondrio (ITA)
Died16 July 1944 in Treviglio, Bergamo (ITA)
NOC Italy

Biography

Vitale Venzi mainly competed in Nordic combined and ski jumping. In jumping he was runner-up at the 1928 Italian Championships and took the title in 1929-30 and 1933. In Nordic combined he won the national title in 1928 and 1929. His only major international achievement, other than at the 1928 Olympics, was the sixth place in the ski jump, and eighth in Nordic combined at the 1927 Nordic Ski Championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Two years later in Zakopane he placed 24th and 37th, respectively.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Winter Olympics Cross Country Skiing (Skiing) ITA Vitale Venzi
18 kilometres, Men (Olympic) 35
Nordic Combined (Skiing) ITA Vitale Venzi
Individual, Men (Olympic) 20
Ski Jumping (Skiing) ITA Vitale Venzi
Large Hill, Individual, Men (Olympic) 13