Vincenzo Perruchon
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Vincenzo "Cento" Perruchon (January 8, 1921 – June 2005) was an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 cross country skier who competed in the 1940s and in the early 1950s.

He was born in Cogne
Cogne
Cogne is a town and comune in Aosta Valley, northern Italy with 1469 inhabitants, as of 2005.Cogne is located in the valley with the same name, leading to the Gran Paradiso massif Ibex, wild goat, marmots, royal eagles are easy to see...

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In 1948 he was a member of the Italian relay team which finished sixth in the 4x10 km relay competition
Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Men's 4x10 km relay
The 4x10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on Tuesday, February 3, 1948....

. In the 18 km event
Cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Men's 18 km
The 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held on Saturday, January 31, 1948....

 he finished 54th.

Four years later he was again part of the Italian relay team which finished sixth in the 4x10 km relay competition.
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