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Italian skeleton racer and bobsledder
Nino Bibbia
(15 March 1922 ? 28 May 2013) was an Italian
skeleton racer
and
bobsledder
who competed in the late 1940s.
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Born in
Bianzone
,
Lombardy
, he won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the
1948 Winter Olympics
in
St. Moritz
.
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He was
Italy
's first
Winter Olympic
medalist in any sport, its first gold medalist in the Winter Games, and its first in bobsleigh,
luge
, and
skeleton
.
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Biography
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Bibbia also competed in
bobsleigh
at those same games, finishing sixth in the four-man and eighth in the two-man event respectively.
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Bibbia was also involved in other winter sports, including
ski jumping
,
cross-country skiing
, and
alpine skiing
. All told, he earned 231 golds, 97 silvers, and 84 bronzes in his illustrious career
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citation needed
]
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Turn 10 at
Cesana Pariol
, where the
bobsleigh
,
luge
, and
skeleton
competitions at the
2006 Winter Olympics
took place, is named in Bibbia's honor.
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Bibbia spent the last years of his life in
Engadin
, where he died at the age of 91 on 28 May 2013.
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