{{short description|Italian cross-country skier}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Franco Nones | image = Franco Nones.JPG | image_size = 240px | caption = | fullname = Francesco Nones | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1 February 1941}} | birth_place = Castello-Molina di Fiemme, Italy | sport = Cross-country skiing | club = Fiamme Gialle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiammegialle.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=481&Itemid=443|title=Sport invernali statistiche Olimpiadi|publisher=fiammegialle.org|language=italian|accessdate=18 May 2020}}</ref> | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's cross-country skiing}} {{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold | 1968 Grenoble | 30 km}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalBronze| 1966 Oslo | 4 x 10 km}} }} '''Francesco "Franco" Nones''' (born 1 February 1941) is an Italian former cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s.
==Biography== right|130px|A stamp of Franco Nones. Nones was born in Castello-Molina di Fiemme. His best known finish was a gold medal in the 30 km event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, making Nones the first non-Scandinavian (Finland, Norway, and Sweden) and non-Soviet/Russian male to win a Winter Olympic cross-country skiing medal of any color.
Nones also earned a bronze in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He also finished 6th in the 30 km event at those same games. He participated in the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
==Achievements== * 1963: 3rd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1964: ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1965: ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1966: ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1967: ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 50 km ** 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km * 1970: ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30 km ** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km * 1971: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15 km
==Awards== On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), Giovanni Malagò, was inaugurated in the Olympic Park of the Foro Italico in Rome, along ''Viale delle Olimpiadi'', the Walk of Fame of Italian sport, consisting of 100 tiles that chronologically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile are the name of the sportsman, the sport in which he distinguished himself and the symbol of CONI. One of these tiles is dedicated to Franco Nones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coni.it/it/component/content/article.html?id=9832:inaugurata-la-walk-of-fame|title=Inaugurata la Walk of Fame: 100 targhe per celebrare le leggende dello sport italiano|publisher=coni.it|language=italian|accessdate=11 October 2018}}</ref>
==See also== * Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}} * {{FIS cross-country skier|43849}}
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