- Gianfranco Gaspari
Gianfranco Gaspari is an Italian
bobsled der who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. He won four medals at theFIBT World Championships with one gold (Two-man: 1971), two silvers (Two-man: 1966, Four-man: 1969), and one bronze (Two-man: 1969).Gaspari finished 21 seconds behind fellow Italian bobsledder
Eugenio Monti in the two-man event at the 1966 FIBT World Championships inCortina d'Ampezzo .Competing in two
Winter Olympics , his best finish was fourth in the two-man event atSapporo in 1972.References
* [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.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,842483-2,00.html "TIME" magazine March 11, 1966 article featuring Gasapri's finish behind Monti] - Accessed August 29, 2007.
*Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In "The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980". New York: Penguin Books. pp. 559, 561.
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