Renato Pasini is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 cross country skier who has been competing since 1996. He won the gold medal in the team sprint (with Cristian Zorzi

Cristian Zorzi

Cristian Zorzi is an Italian cross country skier who excels at sprint ski races. He is nicknamed Zorro, for his exuberant character....

) at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 took place February 22 - March 4, 2007 in Sapporo, Japan. This was the second time this city has hosted these championships, doing so previously at the 1972 Winter Olympics, having been voted at the 43rd FIS World Congress in Portorož, Slovenia on June 6,...

 in Sapporo. Pasini also has seven individual victories at various levels all in sprint since 2002.

Competing in two Winter Olympics, his best finish at the Winter Olympics was 18th in the individual sprint at Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

 in 2006

2006 Winter Olympics

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.

He has also finished 2nd in the 2008-2009 sprint World Cup.

Pasini competes also in ski mountaineering

Ski mountaineering

Ski mountaineering is form of ski touring that variously combines the sports of Telemark, Alpine, and backcountry skiing with that of mountaineering...

 events, amongst others in the Trofeo Mezzalama race, in which he finished 6th in 2001, together with Luciano Fontana

Luciano Fontana

Luciano Fontana is an Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier.- Selected results :* 1991:** 1st, Italian Cross-Country Skiing Championship 15km * 2000:...

 and Ivano Molin, and 10th together with Fabio Pasini

Fabio Pasini

Fabio Pasini is an Italian cross country skier who has competed since 2000. He finished 24th in the individual sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....

 and Daniele Chioda in 2009.