About
Italian cross-country skier (Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro), from Nus in the Aosta Valley, and one of the greatest sprint specialists in the sport's history - the first non-Scandinavian to win the FIS Cross-Country Sprint World Cup globe (2015-16, then again 2020-21), and the Italian record holder for individual World Cup wins (18, all sprints, from 311 starts across 17 seasons, 2010-2026). World Champion in the individual sprint at the 2017 Lahti Worlds - the first Italian men's Nordic World Championship gold since 2007 - plus 6 additional World Championship medals (4 silver, 2 bronze) across sprint and team sprint events. Two-time Olympic silver medalist in the individual sprint (2018 Pyeongchang, 2022 Beijing), with 2 further Olympic bronzes (relay and team sprint) at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games. In a long-term relationship with fellow cross-country skier Greta Laurent since 2012.
World Cup record through 2025-26 season: 18 individual wins, 50 individual podiums (311 starts); 4 team wins, 13 team podiums (34 starts). 2 sprint discipline titles (2016, 2021). Olympics: sprint silver (2018, 2022), relay bronze + team sprint bronze (2026). World Championships: sprint gold (2017), sprint silver (2019, 2025), team sprint silver (2017), team sprint bronze (2015, 2019).