Giuliana Minuzzo

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| name = Giuliana Minuzzo

| image = Giuliana Minuzzo 1955.jpg

| caption = Minuzzo in 1955

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|11|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vallonara di Marostica, Italy

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Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo (née Minuzzo, 26 November 1931 – 11 November 2020) was an Italian alpine skier.

Career

She was born in Vallonara di Marostica. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Minuzzo was the bronze medalist in the women's downhill competition.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=32&sp=ALP "1952 Winter Olympics – Oslo, Norway – Alpine Skiing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816013340/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=32&sp=ALP |date=2011-08-16 }} (Retrieved on February 27, 2008) At the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley she was bronze medalist in the women's giant slalom event.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=34&sp=ALP "1960 Winter Olympics – Squaw Valley, United States – Alpine Skiing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819163406/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=34&sp=ALP |date=2007-08-19 }} (Retrieved on February 27, 2008)

At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Minuzzo made history by becoming the first woman to take the Olympic Oath.[http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1956 IOC 1956 Winter Olympics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822213008/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1956 |date=2008-08-22 }}

On 11 November 2020, Minuzzo died at the age of 88.