Gianfranco Gaspari

Italian bobsledder

Gianfranco Gaspari in 1970
Gianfranco Gaspari
Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1971 Cervinia Two-man
Silver medal – second place 1966 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man
Silver medal – second place 1969 Lake Placid Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Lake Placid Two-man

Gianfranco Gaspari (born 5 August 1938) is an Italian bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. He won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (two-man: 1971), two silvers (two-man: 1966, four-man: 1969), and one bronze (two-man: 1969).

Gaspari finished 21 seconds behind fellow Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti in the two-man event at the 1966 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Competing in two Winter Olympics, his best finish was fourth in the two-man event at Sapporo in 1972.

References

  • Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
  • Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
  • "Bobsledding: Just Short of Disaster". Time. 11 February 1966.
  • Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 559, 561.
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World champions in two-man bobsleigh


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