Ilario Pegorari
Ilario Pegorari (9 January 1949 – 17 August 1982) was an Italian alpine skier.[1]
Career[]
Pegorari was twice Italian champion (Slalom 1972, Combined 1973). Best results were a 2nd place (Slalom Mt. St. Anne/4 March 1973) and a 3rd place (Slalom Naeba/13 March 1973).
The death[]
While taking the opportunity to visit the "Tongariro"-National Park on a day off from training, he died in a car accident, along his skier Bruno Nöckler (born 1956), fitness coach Karl Pichler, and masseur Ivano Ruzza on 17 August 1982, in Ruapehu, New Zealand.[2] The car of the Italians crashed into a car of a New Zealand's family with 5 persons inside. The driver of that family's car was very heavily injured. - A further Italian skier, Carlo Gerosa (born on Nov. 30th, 1964), got off with minor injuries. Ivano Ruzza was taken to a hospital where he died on his heavy injuries.
References[]
- ^ www.fis-ski.com
- ^ Raffeiner, Andreas (17 August 2012). "Vor 30 Jahren verunglückte der Südtiroler Skirennläufer Bruno Nöckler tödlich". skiweltcup.tv. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
External links[]
- Ilario Pegorari at FIS (alpine)
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