Dario COLOGNA

Switzerland
Cross-Country Skiing
11 Mar 1986
35
Male
1.79/5'10''
SANTA MARIA VAL MUESTAIR
 
Switzerland
DAVOS
 
Switzerland

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
CCS Cross-Country Skiing Men's 15km Classic 44
Men's 50km Mass Start Free 14
Men's 4 x 10km Relay
SUI
Switzerland
 7

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Men's 15km Classic
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Men's 4 x 10km Relay
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Men's 50km Mass Start Free
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's 15 kilometres, Freestyle2018PyeongChang, KOR
115 kilometres, Classical2014Sochi, RUS
130 kilometres Skiathlon2014Sochi, RUS
115 kilometres, Freestyle2010Vancouver, CAN
5Team Sprint, Classical2014Sochi, RUS
6Men's 30 kilometres Skiathlon2018PyeongChang, KOR
9Men's 50 kilometres Mass Start, Classical2018PyeongChang, KOR
10Men's 4 × 10 kilometres Relay2018PyeongChang, KOR
1050 kilometres Mass Start, Classical2010Vancouver, CAN
104 × 10 kilometres Relay2010Vancouver, CAN
11Men's Team Sprint, Freestyle2018PyeongChang, KOR
11Team Sprint, Freestyle2010Vancouver, CAN
1330 km Skiathlon2010Vancouver, CAN
25Sprint, Freestyle2014Sochi, RUS
2750 kilometres Mass Start, Freestyle2014Sochi, RUS
World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men2013Predazzo, ITA
2Skiathlon 15/15km F/C Men2015Falun, SWE
250 km C Mst Men2013Predazzo, ITA
4Rel 4x10 km M Men2017Lathi, FIN
4SP 1.6 km F Final Men2009Liberec, CZE
5Rel 4x10 km M Men2021Oberstdorf, GER
5Rel 4x10 km M Men2015Falun, SWE
615 km C Men2019Seefeld, AUT
650 km C Mst Men2015Falun, SWE
6Rel 4x10 km M Men2013Predazzo, ITA
615 km C Men2009Liberec, CZE
750 km F Mst Men2019Seefeld, AUT
750 km F Mst Men2017Lathi, FIN
7Rel 4x10 km M Men2009Liberec, CZE
8Rel 4x10 km M Men2019Seefeld, AUT
815 km F Men2013Predazzo, ITA
950 km C Mst Men2021Oberstdorf, GER
9Rel 4x10 km M Men2011Oslo, NOR
9SP F Final Men2011Oslo, NOR
10Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men2021Oberstdorf, GER
1315 km F Men2021Oberstdorf, GER
13Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men2019Seefeld, AUT
1815 km F Men2015Falun, SWE
2050 km F Mst Men2011Oslo, NOR
2430 km M Pursuit Men2011Oslo, NOR
2515 km C Men2011Oslo, NOR
4130 km M Pursuit Men2009Liberec, CZE
World Cup Rankings
SeasonDistanceAllSprint
2021/20223762
2020/202191146
2019/202091089
2018/2019192369
2017/20181238
Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km
SeasonSP CSP F15 km C15 km F15 km C Mst
2021/20221 x 66th1 x 24th1 x 24th
2020/20211 x 22nd1 x 14th1 x 14th
2019/20201 x 58th1 x 28th1 x 3rd
2018/20191 x 52nd1 x 24th1 x 8th
Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km
Season15/15 km C/F30 km F50 km F Pursuit50 km C MstOverall
2020/20211 x 7th1 x 12th1 x 8th
2019/20201 x 7th1 x 6th
2018/20191 x 17th
Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events
Season4x7.5 km Mst R
2020/20211 x 5th
2019/20201 x 2nd
2018/20191 x 4th
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocation
2415 km C2021/2022Ruka, FIN
2415 km F2021/2022Davos, SUI
66SP C2021/2022Davos, SUI
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Super Dario (nbcolympics.com)

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Football, golf, and good food. (dariocologna.ch, May 2021)

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Athlete

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Laura Bucher (married 2020). Parents, Remo and Christina. Brother, Gianluca.

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Romansh, German, English, Italian

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Val Muestair (SUI)

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National: Kein Einaste (EST)

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Brother Gianluca Cologna (Cross-country Skiing): Competed at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games finishing fifth in the team sprint (with Dario).

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2002 FIS event in Ulrichen (10km - 7th)
2006 World Cup in Kuusamo (15km - DNF)

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November 2013: Injured right ankle during a training run forcing him to miss the start of the World Cup season. Ankle surgery at the end of the 2013/14 season. (olympic.org)

Fall 2009: Muscle tear in right thigh. Sidelined for six weeks while trying to prepare for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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2006

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Wanted to be an athlete, and having grown up in the alpine slopes of Switzerland, he chose cross-country skiing in his early teens. (olympic.org)

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Noticed at an early age he had a passion and a talent for cross-country skiing. (righttoplay.com)

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He does not have the same ambitions as at the beginning of his athletic career. He thinks that he has proven enough during his career and that he is free to choose on which competition he focuses on. "But I think that people do not really listen that my ambitions have changed". (Blick.ch, 11 Jan 2021)

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Parents. (Athlete, 5 Feb 2010)

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"Never give up." (dariocologna.ch, 2 Feb 2013)

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Olympic Winter Games Ceremony flagbearer (2010 Opening, 2018 Closing)
Swiss Athlete of the Year (2012)

General Interest

CHARITY WORK
The "Dario Cologna Fun Parcours" is a sports program aimed at introducing school children to cross-country skiing in a playful way. He regularly donates some of his personal objects for charity auctions including a signed bib from Tour de Ski (2018), and a pair of skis for the 75 year anniversary of UNICEF. (charityunited.de; horizont.net, 31 May 2021)

PERSONAL
Married long-time girlfriend Laura Bucher in August 2020. She is the daughter of Hockey Club Davos ice hockey goaltender Richie Bucher who represented Switzerland at the 1985 and 1987 World Championships and Calgary 1988 Olympic Winter Games. (dailyskier.com, 2 Aug 2020)

NEW TRAINER
In 2020, he started working with his new coach/trainer, Kein Einaste (EST), who competed at the Vancouver 2020 Olympic Winter Games. He says he is 'very loud' and can easily be heard amongst everyone else at races. (blick.ch, 8 Jan 2021)

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Milestones

HIGHLIGHTS
One of the best distance cross-country skiers of all-time. Four World Cup Overall victories, four Olympic gold medals, one World Championship gold medal, and four Tour de Ski victories. Two-time U23 world champion (2007-08).

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Four-time Olympic champion winning a gold medal in every Olympic Winter Games in which he has competed, one in skiathlon (2014) and three in the 15km (2010 and 2018 free, 2014 classic).

First Swiss to win a cross-country skiing gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games, and first skier to win the 15km at three consecutive Olympic Games (2010, 2014, 2018).

His 15km freestyle win was Switzerland’s first gold medal of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. "It was not too bad - it was just amazing. It was really hard work and I really wanted to win again here, after Vancouver and Sochi. It takes a lot of effort just to win one gold medal. To write a little bit of history feels pretty good.”

One of three Swiss athletes (with gymnast George Miez and ski jumper Simon Ammann), to top the Olympic podium on four occasions. (nbcolympics.com)

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
In seven consecutive World Championships appearances (2009-21), he has won one gold (2013 skiathlon) and two silvers (2013 50km classic mass start, 2015 skiathlon).

Bronze medallist in the 10km classical at the 2006 Junior World Championships in Kranja.

WORLD CUP
Captured eight World Cup titles - four overall (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015) and four distance (2011, 2012, 2015, 2018). First Swiss cross-country skier to win the World Cup overall title (2009).

Individual podium finishes include 26 victories (15 World Cup, 11 Stage World Cup) and 73 podiums (40 World Cup, 33 Stage World Cup). *as of 1 Jan 2021.

First podium finish was in December 2008 (second in the 30km in La Clusaz). Won his first Stage World Cup title three weeks later in Oberhof (15km classic pursuit).

First World Cup title was in March 2011 (Lahti).

First Swiss to win the Holmenkollen 50km (2018).
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