Fides Romanin was an Italian

Italy

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 cross country skier who competed in the 1950s.

She was born in Forni Avoltri

Forni Avoltri

Forni Avoltri is a comune in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 130 km northwest of Trieste and about 70 km northwest of Udine, on the border with Austria...

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She competed in two Winter Olympics, serving as flagbearer for the Italian team at Oslo

Oslo

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 in 1952

1952 Winter Olympics

The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, took place in Oslo, Norway, from 14 to 25 February 1952. Discussions about Oslo hosting the Winter Olympic Games began as early as 1935; the city wanted to host the 1948 Games, but World War II made that impossible...

. Romanin finished 17th in the women's 10 km in Oslo.

Romanin also competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics

1956 Winter Olympics

The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out...

 in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene...

, finishing 31st in the 10 km and eighth in the 3 x 5 km event.

After her 1959 retirement, Romanin married and raised four children. While a mother, she remained active in nordic skiing

Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski, as opposed to Alpine skiing....

, providing an inspiration for future women skiers that included Manuela Di Centa

Manuela Di Centa

Manuela Di Centa is an Italian cross-country skier and former Olympic athlete. She is the cousin of former track and field athlete Venanzio Ortis and the sister of cross-country skier Giorgio Di Centa.-Career:...

, Bice Vanzetta

Bice Vanzetta

Bice Vanzetta is an Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1986 to 1994. She won two bronze medals at the Winter Olympics in the 4 x 5 km . Vanzetta's best finish at the Winter Olympics was 19th in the 5 km event in 1994.She also won two silver medals in the 4 x 5 km at the FIS Nordic World...

, Gabriella Paruzzi

Gabriella Paruzzi

Gabriella Paruzzi is a retired Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1991 to 2006 and formerly skied with the C.S. Forestale club. She skied in World Cup events, and won the Women's Overall World Cup in 2004....

, and Stefania Belmondo

Stefania Belmondo

Stefania Belmondo is an Italian former cross-country skier.-Debut:Belmondo was born in Vinadio, in the province of Cuneo , the daughter of a housewife and an electric company employee....

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