title: Lorenzo Holzknecht
text: # Lorenzo Holzknecht
  
  Lorenzo Holzknecht (12 December 1984 – 13 April 2023) was an Italian ski mountaineer.
  
  Holzknecht was born in Sondalo on 12 December 1984. He started ski mountaineering in 2001 and competed first in the same year. He became a member of the national team in 2002.
  
  Holzknecht died alongside two other people in an avalanche near the Tsanteleina mountain on 13 April 2023. He was 38.
  
  ## Selected results
  
  * 2004:
     * 3rd, World Championship ind. "juniors" class race
  * 2007:
     * 1st U23, European Championship vertical race (Morzine- Avoriaz)
     * 1st U23, European Championship ind. race
     * 1st U23 Pierra Menta
  * 2008:
     * 1st, Trofeo Angelo Gherardi
     * 7th, World Championship team race (together with Ivan Murada)
     * 2nd, Adamello Ski Raid
  * 2009:
     * 1st, European Championship relay race (together with Dennis Brunod, Manfred Reichegger and Damiano Lenzi)
     * 2nd, European Championship team race (together with Guido Giacomelli)
     * 3rd, European Championship ind. race
     * 3rd, European Championship combination ranking
     * 3rd, Valtellina Orobie World Cup race
     * 1st, Vertical race Italian Championship
     * 3rd, ind race Italian Championship
  * 2010
     * 1st, World Championship relay race (together with Damiano Lenzi, Dennis Brunod and Manfred Reichegger)
     * 3rd, World Championship team race (together with Damiano Lenzi)
  * 2011:
     * 2nd Overall Pierra Menta
     * 2nd, World Championship team race (together with Manfred Reichegger)
     * 1st, Team Race Italian Championship
  * 2012:
     * 1st Overall Pierra Menta
     * 2nd, La Grand Course Overall
     * 1st, European Championship team, together with Manfred Reichegger
     * 10th, European Championship ind.
     * 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Michele Boscacci)
     * 2nd, 2012 Crested Butte Ski Mountaineering Race, single and total ranking
     * 3rd, 2012 Crested Butte Ski Mountaineering Race, sprint
     * 1st, Vertical race Italian Championship
  * 2013
     * 3rd Overall Pierra Menta
     * 3rd Overall Mezzalama Trophy
     * 3rd Overall Adamello Ski Raid
     * 1st, Team Race Italian Championship
     * 1st Overall Italian Cup
  * 2014
     * 2nd Overall Sellaronda Skimarathon
     * 3rd, ind race Italian Championship
  * 2015
     * 3rd, Vertical Race World Championships of Ski Mountaineering (Verbier)
     * 1st Overall Sellaronda Skimarathon (new Record)
     * 2nd Overall Mezzalama Trophy
     * 3rd, Vertical race Italian Championship
  * 2016
     * 1st Overall Sellaronda Skimarathon
  
  ### Pierra Menta
  
  * 2002: 1st, cadets class race
  * 2010: 4th, together with Damiano Lenzi
  * 2011: 2nd, together with Guido Giacomelli
  * 2012: 1st, together with Manfred Reichegger
  
  ### Trofeo Mezzalama
  
  * 2007: 6th, together with Daniele Pedrini and Mattia Coletti
  * 2011: 7th, together with Guido Giacomelli and Jean Pellissier
  