Eugenio Monti - Wikipedia
WEBEugenio Monti (23 January 1928 – 1 December 2003) was an Italian bobsledder and alpine skier. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the bobsleigh, with ten World championship medals (of which nine gold) and 6 Olympic medals including two golds.
Eugenio Monti | Olympic Champion, World Record Holder
WEBApr 23, 2024 · Eugenio Monti (born Jan. 23, 1928, Dobbiaco, Italy—died Dec. 1, 2003, Belluno) was an Italian bobsledder remembered as much for his sportsmanship as for his athletic prowess. Monti was the preeminent bobsled driver in the world from 1957 through 1968. Excelling in both two-man and four-man sledding, he won 11 world championships.
Eugenio Monti - Wikipedia
WEBEugenio Monti è stato un bobbista italiano. Coraggioso e non sempre fortunato, è uno degli atleti più titolati nella storia di questa disciplina con 9 medaglie d'oro ai campionati mondiali, di cui 7 nel bob a due e 6 medaglie olimpiche, ma rimane nella storia anche per un episodio di lealtà sportiva avvenuto alle Olimpiadi di Innsbruck del ...
Eugenio MONTI - Olympics.com
WEBEugenio Monti started out as a promising skier, nicknamed the Flying Redhead, before a knee injury in 1951 cut his career short. But the end of one career marked the start of another as Monti turned his attention to bobsleigh, with great success. At the 1956 Cortina Winter Games, Eugenio Monti ...
The greatest acts of sportsmanship in Winter Olympics history.
WEBEugenio Monti (ITA) is the most successful bobsledder in Italian history, and one of the most successful athletes in the history of sport, winning six Olympic medals (two golds), and nine world championships. Yet at the Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 1964, Monti proved that his level of sportsmanship was equal to his skill as an athlete.
On 8 February 1968 in Grenoble, Eugenio Monti’s great dream …
WEBOn 8 February 1968, standing at the start of the two-man bobsleigh event held on the Alpe d’Huez ice track, Eugenio Monti was about to achieve his greatest success. At the age of 40, he had seen it all and won everything, having achieved seven world titles in the two-man event since 1957 and a further two in the four-man event.
Olympedia – Eugenio Monti
WEBBiography. Italy’s Eugenio Monti is considered by most experts as the greatest bobsled driver in history. After winning two Olympic silver medals in 1956 he was deprived of the opportunity of further honors in 1960 as the bobsled was not included in the program at Squaw Valley that year.
Eugenio Monti - Fair Play Awardee - Global Sports Development
WEBEugenio Monti, story of the first ever World Fair Play Trophy. The first ever World Fair Play Trophy was awarded to an Italian bobsleigh competitor, Eugenio Monti, for his remarkable act in the two-man competition at the 1964 Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck.
Eugenio Monti Says An Olympic Farewell With 2 Golds - YouTube
WEBFeb 8, 2013 · Eugenio Monti Says An Olympic Farewell With 2 Golds - Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics. Olympics. 10.2M subscribers. 40. 9.4K views 10 years ago #Beijing2022 #Tokyo2020. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics ...
Olympic champ really was the full Monti - The Japan Times
WEBOlympic champ really was the full Monti. Dec 21, 2003. The news that Eugenio Monti had committed suicide on Dec. 1 at the age of 75 (brought about by his battle with Parkinson's disease) probably ...
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