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 haemoglobin 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 the FIS medical committee, such a haemoglobin value is not possible to achieve without banned substances or blood doping.Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).Olympic Games
- 5 medals –
| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
| 1992 | 23 | Cross-country skiing at the 1992 [Winter Olympics – Men's 10 kilometre classical|10] | 7 | — | — | Silver | ||
| 1994 Winter Olympics|1994] | 25 | 8 | Bronze | 7 | 11 | Gold | ||
| 1998 | 29 | 10 | 4 | Bronze | 10 | Silver | ||
| 2002 | 33 | — | — | 51 | — | 14 | — |
World Championships
- 7 medals –
| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km classical | 15 km freestyle | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
| 1989 | 20 | 27 | — | 28 | — | — | |||
| 1993 | 24 | 6 | Bronze | 13 | — | Silver | |||
| 1995 | 26 | 4 | Silver | 5 | Gold | Bronze | |||
| 1997 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 14 | Bronze | |||
| 1999 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 16 | Bronze | ||||
| 2001 | 32 | — | — | — | 7 | — | |||
| 2003 | 34 | — | — | — | — | 37 | — |
World Cup
Individual podiums
- 3 victories
- 19 podiums
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | |||||||||
| 1 | 1991–92 | 8 December 1991 |  Team podiums
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