Lamberto Dalla Costa
Lamberto Dalla Costa (born April 14, 1920 in Crespano del Grappa , † October 29, 1982 in Bergamo ) was an Italian bobsledder and Olympic champion .
During World War II , Dalla Costa volunteered for the Aeronautica Militare , the Italian air force. He flew combat aircraft and helicopter missions and was promoted to sergeant . In 1951 he turned to bobsleigh as a sports soldier , but trained and drove almost exclusively on the track in Cortina d'Ampezzo . He used his home advantage and won the gold medal in the two-man bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics together with Giacomo Conti .
Web links
- Lamberto Dalla Costa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
1932: H. Stevens , C. Stevens | 1936: Brown , Washbond | 1948: Endrich , Waller | 1952: Ostler , Nieberl | 1956: Dalla Costa , Conti | 1964: Nash , Dixon | 1968: Monti , De Paolis | 1972: Zimmerer , Utzschneider | 1976: Taken , Germeshausen | 1980: Schärer , Benz | 1984: Hoppe , Schauerhammer | 1988: Ķipurs , Koslow | 1992: Weder , Acklin | 1994: Weder , Acklin | 1998: Lueders , MacEachern / Huber , Tartaglia | 2002: Langen , Zimmermann | 2006: Lange , Kuske | 2010: Lange , Kuske | 2014: Hefti , Baumann | 2018: Friedrich , Margis / Kripps , Kopacz
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| SURNAME | Costa, Lamberto Dalla |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian bobsledder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Crespano del Grappa |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1982 |
| Place of death | Bergamo |