Di Centa started skiing by following the example of the rest of his family in 1978... When he was 16 he became a member of the Italian junior team and in 1995 he made it into the senior team... he gave his World Cup debut already in 1993 in Santa Caterina (ITA) over 30km...his first World Cup podium came a couple of years later in 1997 in Hakuba (JPN) where he took second place over 15 km...the ski veteran skied in all seven FIS Nordic World Ski Championships since Trondheim 1997 and competed in four Olympics...in 2006 he celebrated his biggest success winning the Olympic 50 km and relay titles in his home country...finally, in 2010 he completed his CV with his first World Cup victory…in 2011 he took the 9th place over 50 km free technique in Oslo at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and added as well a 10th spot in skiathlon…at the end of the season he finished 4th at the World Cup Final series.

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… Giorgio di Centa is the brother of the Olympic Gold medallist Manuela Di Centa. He is living with his wife Rita (they got married in 1996) and his children Laura, Martina, Gaia, William in Treppo Carnico

... Since he was a child he has suffered from a serious allergic asthma “This is also a reason why I started practising sport and walking in the wonderful mountains. When I was very small my father Gaetano took me to walk in the woods of my valley where I could breathe pure air and where I learnt to respect nature.”

...his role model is Thomas Wassberg

...di Centa celebrated his first World Cup victory in 2009/10 season in Canmore being 37-years of age at that time and the second oldest man who has been able to win a World Cup competition. Only Harry Kirvesniemi was older when he claimed victory in Oslo in 2002 at the age of 41.

… his hobbies are contact with nature, walking, biking, tractors and trucks…

… website: www.giorgiodicenta.it

	SKIS		Fischer
	BINDINGS		Salomon
	BOOTS		Alpina
	GLOVES		Exel