Sergio Zardini

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Sergio Zardini
Medal record
Bobsleigh
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Innsbruck Two-man
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Igls Four-man
Silver medal – second place 1958 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Two-man
Silver medal – second place 1959 St. Moritz Two-man
Silver medal – second place 1959 St. Moritz Four-man
Silver medal – second place 1962 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Two-man
Silver medal – second place 1962 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man
Silver medal – second place 1963 Igls Two-man
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Lake Placid Two-man

Sergio Zardini (November 22, 1931 - February 22, 1966) was an Italian bobsledder who competed from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s. He won the silver medal in the two-man event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. He was born in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

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 in Lake 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.

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