Silvio Fauner is an Italian former cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 2006.
Career
His best known victory was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that upset Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. In May 2007, Fauner was named the head coach of the Italian national cross-country ski team, replacing his former ski-teammate Marco Albarello. Swedish documentary called Uppdrag Granskning claimed that Fauner had an exceptionally high hemoglobin level prior to a World Cup in Lahti in 1997.
According to sources quoted in the documentary, Fauner had tested 19.2 g/dL. The test result was confirmed and signed by FIS official Bengt-Erik Bengtsson.
Currently the allowed limit to compete in official FIS competition is 17.0 g/dL. 1989: 1998:.