- Sergio Zardini
Sergio Zardini (
November 22 ,1931 -February 22 ,1966 ) was an Italianbobsled der who competed from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s. He won the silver medal in the two-man event at the1964 Winter Olympics inInnsbruck .Zardini also won ten medals at the
FIBT World Championships with one gold (Four-man: 1963), six silvers (Two-man: 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963; Four-man: 1959, 1962), and three bronzes (Two-man: 1960, 1961; Four-man: 1958).Following the 1964 games, Zardini emigrated to
Canada where he competed. He was killed during a four-man competition two years later at the bobsleigh track inLake Placid, New York when his sled hit the superstructure of the track at Turns 13 and 14, known as the "Zig-Zag Curves", crushing his head against the structure.References
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ZARDISER01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile]
* [http://www.bunksplace.com/zardini81.jpgImage showing Zardini's fatal crash]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835216,00.html "The Deadly Zig-Zag". "TIME". March 4, 1966] - Accessed August 12, 2007.
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