{{short description|Italian cross-country skier}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Roberto Primus | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Italian | sport = Cross-country skiing | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|7|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paluzza, Italy | death_date = | death_place = }}
'''Roberto Primus''' (born 20 July 1949) is an Italian cross-country skier. He competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the 1980 Winter Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/roberto-primus-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012719/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pr/roberto-primus-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Roberto Primus Olympic Results |access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref>
==Biography== Born in 1949 in Paluzza, in the Province of Udine, at the World Championships of Štrbské Pleso 1970 he finished 6th in 2:10:10.70 in the 4 × 10 km relay with Ulrico Kostner, Franco Nones and Gianfranco Stella.
At age 26, he competed in the Olympic Games of 1976, finishing 36th with a time of 47:29.02 in the 15 km,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/1972|title=15 km Innsbruck 1976|website=Olympedia|access-date=14 June 2020|language=en}}</ref> 34th in 1:36:40.33 in the 30 km,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/1973|title=30 km Innsbruck 1976|website=Olympedia|access-date=14 June 2020|language=en}}</ref> and did not finish the 50 km race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/1974|title=50 km Innsbruck 1976|website=Olympedia|access-date=14 June 2020|language=en}}</ref>
Four years later, at age 30, he again took part in the Olympics, those of 1980, finishing 43rd with a time of 1:37:55.47 in the 30 km<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/1986|title=30 km Lake Placid 1980|website=Olympedia|access-date=14 June 2020|language=en}}</ref> and 25th in 2:38:10.10 in the 50 km.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/1987|title=50 km Lake Placid 1980|website=Olympedia|access-date=14 June 2020|language=en}}</ref>
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