Fabio Maj

Fabio Maj (born 16 June 1970 in Schilpario) is an Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1992 to 2004. He won two silver medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics (1998, 2002). He also finished 13th in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano and 13th in the 30 km event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City which were his best individual Olympic finishes.^[1]

Fabio Maj
Country	Italy
Born	(1970-06-16) 16 June 1970 (age 54) Schilpario, Italy
Ski club	G.S. Forestale
World Cup career
Seasons	13 – (1992–2004)
Starts	143
Podiums	4
Wins	2
Overall titles	0 – (6th in 2000)
Discipline titles	0
Medal record Men's cross-country skiing Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1998 Nagano 4 × 10 km relay 2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 10 km relay World Championships 1995 Thunder Bay 4 × 10 km relay 1997 Trondheim 4 × 10 km relay

Maj also won two bronze medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Nordic skiing World Championships (1995, 1999). His best individual finish was seventh in the 30 km at the 2001 event.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[2]

Olympic Games

• 2 medals – (2 silver)

Year	Age	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	50 km	Sprint	4 × 10 km   relay
1998	27	28	—	13	—	—	—	Silver
2002	31	—	—	20	13	14	—	Silver

World Championships

• 2 medals – (2 bronze)

Year	Age	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	50 km	Sprint	4 × 10 km   relay
1995	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	Bronze
1997	26	—	—	—	—	17	—	—
1999	28	19	—	10	25	11	—	Bronze
2001	30	—	—	15	7	—	—	6
2003	32	—	23	—	15	—	—	10

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age
		Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint
1992	21	NC	—	—	—	—
1993	22	52	—	—	—	—
1994	23	44	—	—	—	—
1995	24	26	—	—	—	—
1996	25	29	—	—	—	—
1997	26	23	—	23	—	20
1998	27	11	—	7	—	19
1999	28	18	—	22	—	15
2000	29	6	—	7	20	9
2001	30	14	—	—	—	22
2002	31	23	—	—	—	50
2003	32	94	—	—	—	—
2004	33	NC	NC	—	—	—

Individual podiums

• 2 victories
• 4 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1997–98	3 January 1998	Kavgolovo, Russia	30 km Individual F	World Cup	3rd
2	1999–00	27 December 1999	Engelberg, Switzerland	1.0 km Sprint C	World Cup	1st
3		4 March 2000	Lahti, Finland	30 km Mass Start C	World Cup	2nd
4	2001–02	12 January 2002	Nové Město, Czech Republic	10 km Individual F	World Cup	1st

Team podiums

• 6 victories – (4 RL, 2 TS)
• 17 podiums – (15 RL, 2 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammate(s)
1	1994–95	15 January 1995	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Fauner / Godioz / Albarello
2		17 March 1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	3rd	Valbusa / Albarello / Fauner
3		26 March 1995	Sapporo, Japan	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Albarello / Fauner / Godioz
4	1995–96	14 January 1996	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Vanzetta / Valbusa / Godioz
5		1 March 1996	Lahti, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Albarello / Fauner / Valbusa
6	1996–97	24 November 1996	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Fauner / Piller / Valbusa
7	1997–98	7 December 1997	Santa Caterina, Italy	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	2nd	Fauner / Piller Cottrer / De Zolt Ponte
8		11 January 1998	Ramsau, Austria	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Valbusa / Piller Cottrer / Fauner
9	1998–99	29 November 1998	Muonio, Finland	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	3rd	Fauner / Piller Cottrer / Pozzi
10		10 January 1999	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Valbusa / Piller Cottrer / Fauner
11		26 February 1999	Ramsau, Austria	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Championships[1]	3rd	Di Centa / Valbusa / Fauner
12		21 March 1999	Oslo, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	3rd	Fauner / Di Centa / Valbusa
13	1999–00	28 November 1999	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Valbusa / Pozzi / Fauner
14		27 February 2000	Falun, Sweden	4 x 10 km Relay F	World Cup	1st	Valbusa / Piller Cottrer / Zorzi
15	2000–01	13 December 2000	Clusone, Italy	10 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Valbusa
16		18 March 2001	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Fauner / Piller Cottrer / Zorzi
17	2001–02	13 January 2002	Nové Město, Czech Republic	6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	Schwienbacher

Note: ¹ Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fabio Maj". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
2. "Athlete : MAY Fabio". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

External links

• Fabio May at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Fabio May at Olympics.com
• Fabio Maj at Olympics.com
• Fabio Maj at Olympic.org (archived)
• Fabio Maj at Olympedia
• Fabio Maj at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)