Nino Bibbia

Bibbia in 1940's
Medal record
Skeleton
Representing   Italy
Olympic Games
	1948 St. Moritz	Men

Nino Bibbia (15 March 1922 ? 28 May 2013) was an Italian skeleton racer and bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. ^[1] Born in Bianzone , Lombardy , he won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . ^[2]

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 . ^[3]

Biography [ edit ]

Bibbia also competed in bobsleigh at those same games, finishing sixth in the four-man and eighth in the two-man event respectively. ^[2] 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 ^{[ citation needed ]} .

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. ^[4]

Bibbia spent the last years of his life in Engadin , where he died at the age of 91 on 28 May 2013. ^{[1] [5]}

References [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

• Men's skeleton Olympic medalists since 1928 ^{[ dead link ]}
• Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980 . New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560, 577.

External links [ edit ]

• Nino Bibbia at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Nino Bibbia at Olympics.com
• Media related to Nino Bibbia at Wikimedia Commons