Italian expert’s manufactured snow will play big role at 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics
Davide Cerato oversees operations at venues in Bormio for Alpine ski racing and Livigno for freestyle skiing and snowboarding events
Davide Cerato will play a major role in skiing and snowboarding events at the upcoming Winter Olympics, but he won’t be competing.
The Italian snow-making expert is responsible for perfecting several of the courses that will feature in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games, and he takes his job seriously.
“It’s the most important race of their life,” Cerato said. “Our duty is to give them the best, to deliver the best courses where they can perform their best after training so hard.”
Cerato oversees operations at venues where new snow-making systems were installed, including in Bormio for Alpine ski racing and ski mountaineering, and in Livigno for freestyle skiing and snowboarding events.
He has been working with the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) and the International Olympic Committee since the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
These days, manufactured snow — “technical snow” as Cerato calls it — is a way of life in ski racing, so much so that Olympic athletes do not think twice about competing on it.