Cesana San Sicario

Location of the town shown on the map

Cesana San Sicario, located in Cesana, Italy is a location of a venue for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The biathlon facility is built for 6,500 spectators.

The accommodation is located in Cesana an lies in a large ski area named Via Lattea. It is directly connected to the winter venues in Monginevro and Sestriere.

The elevation of this area varies between 1630 and 1680 meters. The course is located near Cesana Pariol where the Winter Olympics's bobsled, luge and skeleton events were held. These venues were built as special venues for the Olympic Games with varying heights and difficulties. The facility is part of Torino Olympic Park, created to manage all of the venues used for the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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Venues of the 2006 Winter Olympics

City venues	Oval Lingotto Palavela Palasport Olimpico Stadio Olimpico di Torino Torino Esposizioni

Mountain venues	Bardonecchia Cesana Pariol Cesana San Sicario Pinerolo Palaghiaccio Pragelato Pragelato Plan San Sicario Fraiteve Sauze d'Oulx-Jouvencaux Sestiere Borgata Sestiere Colle

Olympic venues in biathlon

1924 (military patrol): Stade Olympique de Chamonix 1960: McKinney Creek Stadium 1964: Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze 1968: Autrans 1972: Makomanai Biathlon site 1976: Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze 1980: Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center 1984: Igman, Veliko Polje 1988: Canmore Nordic Centre 1992: Les Saisies 1994: Birkebeineren Ski Stadium 1998: Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort 2002: Soldier Hollow 2006: Cesana San Sicario 2010: Whistler Olympic Park 2014: Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex 2018: Alpensia Biathlon Centre 2022: Hualindong Ski Resort

Coordinates: 44°57′29″N 6°48′22″E / 44.95812°N 6.80620°E / 44.95812; 6.80620

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Cesana San Sicario

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