Silvio Fauner


Silvio Fauner is an Italian former cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 2006. 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 silvers in the 4 × 10 km relay and bronzes in the 15 km and 30 km.

Biography

Fauner also won six medals at the Nordic skiing World Championships, including 1 gold, 2 silvers, and 3 bronzes.
At the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin on February 10, he and his 4 × 10 km relay teammates 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.
In May 2007, Fauner was named the head coach of the Italian national cross-country ski team, replacing his former ski-teammate Marco Albarello.

Doping allegations

The Swedish investigative television show Uppdrag granskning claimed that Fauner had an exceptionally high hemoglobin level prior to a World Cup in Lahti in 1997. According to sources quoted in the documentary, Fauner had tested 19.2 g/dL. The test result was confirmed and signed by International Ski Federation official Bengt-Erik Bengtsson. Currently the allowed limit to compete in official FIS competition is 17.0 g/dL. According to Bengt Saltin, former chairman of FIS medical committee, such an hemoglobin value is not possible to achieve without banned substances or blood doping.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

World Cup standings

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 1991–92 8 December 1991 Silver Star, Canada15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup3rd
2 1992–93 24 February 1993 Falun, Sweden15 km Pursuit FWorld Championships3rd
3 1992–93 19 March 1993 Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
4 1993–94 22 December 1993 Toblach, Italy15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup2nd
5 1993–94 19 February 1994 Lillehammer, Norway15 km Pursuit FOlympic Games3rd
6 1994–95 17 December 1994 Sappada, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
7 1994–95 14 January 1995 Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
8 1994–95 4 February 1995 Falun, Sweden30 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
9 1994–95 13 March 1995 Thunder Bay, Canada15 km Pursuit FWorld Championships2nd
10 1994–95 19 March 1995 Thunder Bay, Canada50 km Individual FWorld Championships1st
11 1995–96 29 November 1995 Gällivare, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
12 1995–96 9 December 1995 Davos, Switzerland30 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
13 1995–96 13 December 1995 Brusson, Italy15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
14 1995–96 4 February 1996 Reit im Winkl, Germany1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
151996–9711 January 1997 Hakuba, Japan10 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
161996–9712 January 1997 Hakuba, Japan15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup1st
17 1997–98 10 January 1998 Ramsau, Austria30 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
18 1999–00 3 March 2000 Lahti, Finland1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
19 2000–01 14 January 2001 Soldier Hollow, United States1.0 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate
11989–901 March 1990 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stDe Zolt / Vanzetta / Runggaldier
2 1991–92 18 February 1992 Albertville, France4 × 10 km Relay C/FOlympic Games2ndPulie / Albarello / Vanzetta
3 1992–93 26 February 1993 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships2ndDe Zolt / Albarello / Vanzetta
41993–9422 February 1994 Lillehammer, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FOlympic Games1stDe Zolt / Albarello / Vanzetta
51993–9413 March 1994 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndBarco / De Zolt / Vanzetta
6 1994–95 15 January 1995 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdMaj / Godioz / Albarello
7 1994–95 17 March 1995 Thunder Bay, Canada4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships3rdValbusa / Albarello / Maj
8 1994–95 26 March 1995 Sapporo, Japan4 x 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndAlbarello / Godioz / Maj
91995–963 February 1996 Seefeld, Austria12 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stValbusa
101995–9625 February 1996 Trondheim, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndDi Centa / Albarello / Valbusa
111995–961 March 1996 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stAlbarello / Maj / Valbusa
12 1996–97 24 November 1996 Kiruna, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndMaj / Piller / Valbusa
13 1996–97 15 December 1996 Brusson, Italy4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndPozzi / Valbusa / Godioz
14 1996–97 28 February 1997 Trondheim, Norway4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships3rdDi Centa / Piller Cottrer / Valbusa
15 1997–98 7 December 1997 Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup2ndMaj / Piller Cottrer / De Zolt Ponte
16 1997–98 11 January 1998 Ramsau, Austria4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stMaj / Valbusa / Piller Cottrer
17 1998–99 29 November 1998 Muonio, Finland4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdMaj / Piller Cottrer / Pozzi
18 1998–99 10 January 1999 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndValbusa / Maj / Piller Cottrer
19 1998–99 26 February 1999 Ramsau, Austria4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships3rdDi Centa / Valbusa / Maj
20 1998–99 8 March 1999 Vantaa, FinlandTeam Sprint FWorld Cup3rdPiller Cottrer
21 1998–99 21 March 1999 Oslo, Norway4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdDi Centa / Maj / Valbusa
221999–0028 November 1999 Kiruna, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup1stValbusa / Pozzi / Maj
23 2000–01 18 March 2001 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdMaj / Piller Cottrer / Zorzi

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