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With 10 Olympic medals, the Italian cross-country skier Stefania Belmondo is equal with Raisa Smetanina for the most Winter Olympic medals among female athletes.

Belmondo first competed at the Winter Olympics in In , she won three medals, including a gold medal in the 30 km. race. She failed to medal at the Lillehammer Olympics, but won four medals at Nagano in , and in won two medals, including her second gold in the 15 km.

race, after which she retired. The 15 km.

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Stefania Belmondo of Italy overcame a broken pole that dropped her into 10th place two-thirds of the way into the race to come back and.

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Italian cross country skiing great, Stefania Belmondo, was making her final appearance at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, and she was keen to sign off in.

E' il 21 February When the Winter Olympics of Albertville, in France, the Italian cross country skier Stefania Belmondo won the Olympic.

gold medal was particularly dramatic as Belmondo broke a pole with km. remaining and skied in with only one pole. Belmondo won the World Cup for cross-country skiing in , and finished 2nd in that competition three times (, , ) and 3rd three times (, , ).

She also won the Sprint World Cup in , and was a four-time World Champion.

Italian cross country skiing great, Stefania Belmondo, was making her final appearance at the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, and she was keen to sign off in.

Nicknamed “The Tiny Tornado” for her relatively small size of ( cm.) and lbs. (45 kg.), Belmondo was renowned for her huge training regimen, covering over 10, km. per year on skis.