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{{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 (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 (sport)|cross-country skiing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1968 Winter Olympics|1968 Grenoble]] | [[Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre|30 km]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze| [[1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1966 Oslo]] | 4 x 10 km}}
}}
'''Francesco "Franco" Nones''' (born 1 February 1941) is an Italian former [[cross-country skiing (sport)|cross-country skier]] who competed during the 1960s.

==Biography==
[[File:Franco nones.jpg|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&nbsp;km event at the [[1968 Winter Olympics]] in [[Grenoble]], making Nones the first non-Scandinavian ([[Finland]], [[Norway]], and [[Sweden]]) and non-[[Soviet Union|Soviet]]/[[Russia]]n male to win a [[Winter Olympic]] cross-country skiing medal of any color.

Nones also earned a bronze in the 4 x 10&nbsp;km relay at the [[1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]]. He also finished 6th in the 30&nbsp;km event at those same games.

==Achievements==
* 1963: 3rd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15&nbsp;km
* 1964:
** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30&nbsp;km
** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15&nbsp;km
* 1965:
** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30&nbsp;km
** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15&nbsp;km
* 1966:
** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30&nbsp;km
** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15&nbsp;km
* 1967:
** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 50&nbsp;km
** 2nd, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30&nbsp;km
* 1970:
** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 30&nbsp;km
** 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15&nbsp;km
* 1971: 1st, Italian men's championships of cross-country skiing, 15&nbsp;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==
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==External links==
* {{sports links}}
* {{FIS cross-country skier|43849}}

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[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Skiers from Trentino]]
[[Category:Italian male cross-country skiers]]
[[Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing]]
[[Category:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic cross-country skiers for Italy]]
[[Category:Cross-country skiers of Fiamme Gialle]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]