Nevio De Zordo

Nevio De Zordo - Detail of the grave in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne

Nevio De Zordo (born March 11, 1943 in Cibiana di Cadore , Belluno , † March 26, 2014 ) was an Italian bobsledder .

Life

Nevio De Zordo came from a family of " Gelatieri " (ice cream makers). In 1959 she emigrated to Cologne to sell ice cream there. The family traditionally spent the winter in their Italian homeland in the Dolomites , so that De Zordo could train bobsleigh in Cortina d'Ampezzo .

At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo , De Zordo won the silver medal in the four-man bobsleigh. In 1969 he became world champion in two-man bobsleigh and 1970 in four-man bobsleigh. He was also twice vice world champion and in 1964 European champion in the two-man bobsleigh.

For 40 years, Nevio De Zordo ran an ice cream parlor with his family in Cologne-Sülz . Most recently he ran a café on the premises of Cologne University .

De Zordo was buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hall 17 U no. 555).

Web links

• Nevio De Zordo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . April 5, 2014, p. 26 .
2. ↑ "This is a living place". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , February 25, 2006, accessed on December 11, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Zeit.de: "Sportlicher Gastronom"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 15, 2010  
4. ^ Daniela De Donà: Il grande De Zordo riposerà in Germania. Il Gazzettino, April 14, 2014, accessed July 23, 2014 (Italian).