Biography
Dario Colonya is a multiple winner of the national and international competitions. Multiplying the golden and Olympic medals, he does not cease to declare himself in every season.Childhood and youth
The athlete was born in the Swiss commune of Santa Maria-Val-Mustair on March 11, 1986. In the family, except Dario, two children were brought up. His brother Gianluca Colony built a career in sprint races, participated in the Sochi Olympiad in 2014.
Employment of the future Olympic champion occurred surrounded by mountains. It is not surprising that at the age of 5, the boy rose to the mountain skiing and was engaged in them until 1999. Then I decided to switch to cross-country skiing - in this role and achieved success, becoming an involuntary collector of the Olympic and Gold Medals.
The Darios family belongs to the retoroman ethnic minorities, so Italian citizenship also has a Swiss for nationality. From an early age, a young man has attached a lot of effort to study languages. Today, the multiple champion of international tournaments, except English, French and Italian, is freely explicitly explicitly expressed in the Retoroman and Austrian national version of the German language - Tyrolean dialect.
skiing
At the start of the professional biography, the Swiss skier demonstrated an enviable potential and the desire to be first. Until 2004, Dario has repeatedly become a medalist of national competitions. The debut in the international arena took place at the Junior World Championships in the Stretch.The first significant achievement of colony is referred to 2006. At World Cup among juniors, the native of Canton Graubyunden became the third in a distance of 10 km (classic style).
A bright victory was waiting for a skier in Obertonia in the 2006/2007 season. In addition, the athlete managed to get out of the leaders in the Alpine Cup. Among young men under the age of 23, Dario took 2 gold medals for the World Cup, after which it was spoken at the global level.
And this credit loan was justified by everything 100%. At the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010, Colonnov was leading in a 15-kilometer race. Good luck turned away from a young man at the marathon of 50 km: because of the annoying fall, he finished 10th.
Obtaining the Olympic medal is one of the cherished desires Dario. Another dream is a victory for the "Tour de Ski" - also made easy. In an interview after he came first in an individual race, the champion said that he felt confidently until the final feature.
The 2011/2012 season also passed with improved personal statistics. For the first time in his career, the Swiss was leading in the sprint (in Rogle). On the "Tour de Ski", a young man left behind strong rivals, after which he led the general offset of the World Cup.
The first Golden Double at the Stages of the skier's World Cup took place in the Estonian city of Odepa. Being a wagon, Dario led the first and on the long distance, and within the framework of the sprint. This allowed him in the general classification to demonstrate the best result and shift from Devon Kershou's pedestal.
The titled Title Skier's athlete received after World Cup in Val di Fiemma, where Skiathlon won. And in 2014, Colonya earned a serious trauma of his leg, because of which I had to trust the operating surgeon. But even this sad circumstance did not prevent himself in Sochi in 2014. In Russia, Skiathlon and a race with a separate start. The winner of the tournament tournament of the tournament of the tournament of the tournament of the tournament of the tournament of the Tour de Ski "has already retired from the season because of the newcomers started with the foot.
Not only for this reason, but also as an experiment, a Dublopoling technique in Davos in 2014 has been adopted. However, then he could not bring it to perfection - only 3rd place on the results of a 15-kilometer race. In the same season, at a piggy bank of achievements athlete fell silver on the World Cup in Falun and at the World Cup (50-kilometer marathon). And in the overall standings, he climbed to the first line after Martin Jonserud Sundbu was lost due to the positive doping test of this title.
Success on the "Tour de Ski" could not be repeated in 2016, the Russian Alexander Lightwell pulled victory. The famous mountain Alpe de Chermis conquered a skier in 2018. This allowed him to catch up with the polka record of Justina Kovalchik. In the native land, in Switzerland, then Dario was ahead of the 15 km race Russian Denis Spitzov and Norwegian Syman Hegestad Kruger.
2020 did not designate for column by any high achievements, except for the second place in the 4x7.5 km relay on March 1, 2020. Then, due to a coronavirus infection, the season was completed ahead of schedule. However, Dario used his free time for training, thinking about future goals.
Personal life
Instagram account titled champion Peps photo from competitions and training. Free time a man also devotes to maintaining a form - runs, riding a bike, suits swims.
It often happens that the price of victories is the absence of personal life, wives and children. In the case of Dario, this is not entirely true. From the very beginning of the path of climbing the top of his career, a girl was supported by Laura Buits, Richard Buchee's daughter (Davos Club Hockey Player).
But there was no time to officially issue relations from the couple. Lovers hoped to play the wedding in the summer of 2020, and these plans were almost upset because of the pandemic. Fortunately, in August, the situation has stabilized. A resident of Davos married the one with which he met since 2009. The solemn event took place on Brigal Islands.
Dario colony now
The beginning of 2021 was marked for a skier to the second place at the mass start "Tour de Ski", Alexander Bolunov, gave out in the leaders. In the overall standings of Colonna, it was only 10th place. However, for many experienced athletes, the tournament turned out to be a serious test. For example, Norwegian Johannes Clebo, the former winner of the tournament, took the 13th place.Now the native of the Swiss commune is in excellent physical form (growth of 179 cm, weight 74-75kg) and does not plan to leave the world's leaders. In the news is often found an interview with an athlete, where he reports that it is going to complete his career after the Olympic Games - 2022 in Beijing. But immediately corrects itself - this decision is not exact.
Achievements
- 2007 - Winner of the Ski Marathon in Endagine
- 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018 - Winner of the World Cup in the overall standings
- 2010 - World Cup winner in the relay
- 2010, 2014, 2018 - Winner of the Olympic Games Race 15 km
- 2011 - Winner of the World Cup in the Persecution Racing
- 2011, 2012 - World Cup winner in the sprint
- 2012, 2015 - World Cup winner in race by 15 km
- 2012, 2013 - World Cup winner in Skiathlon
- 2013 - Winner of the World Championship in Skiathlon
- 2013 - Silver winner of the world championship in the race by 50 km
- 2014 - Winner of Olympic Games in Skiathlon
- 2015 - Silver winner of the World Championships in Skiathlon
- 2018 - Winner of the World Championship among the Military Race for 15 km
- 2018 - Winner of the World Military Championships in the Command Race
- 2018 - World Cup winner in mass start
- 2019 - Bronze winner of the World Cup in the race by 15 km
- 2020 - Silver World Cup winner in relay
- 2021 - Silver World Cup winner in mass start