Roberto Zandonella ( Italian: Roberto Zandonella , April 14, 1944 , Comelico Superiore , Venice ) is an Italian bobsledder , dispersing, playing for the Italian team in the late 1960s and mid-1970s. Participant in two winter Olympic games, winner of the gold medal of the 1968 Games in Grenoble , world champion.
 Roberto Zandonella | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship |  Italy |
| Date of Birth | April 14, 1944 (75 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Comelico Superior , Venice |
| Growth | 184 cm |
| Weight | 85 kg |
| Career | |
| Position | overclocking |
| Status | completed his career |
| Last updated: January 29, 2012 | |
Biography
Roberto Zandonella was born on April 14, 1944 in the commune of Comelico Superior , Venice . From an early age he became interested in sports, later became interested in bobsleigh and passed the selection to the national team of Italy, joining it as a dispersal. Immediately he began to show good results, thanks to which he was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the 1968 Olympic Games in Grenoble , where, being in the team of the titled pilot Eugenio Monti , he won the classification of four-seater crews.
In 1969, Zandonella won silver at the World Championships in American Lake Placid, a year later he won a gold medal at the world championship in Swiss St. Moritz. In 1972, he went to compete at the Olympic Games in Sapporo , but could not get there to the prize places, having arrived in the four only eight. Subsequently, Roberto Zandonella continued to perform at a high level, albeit less successfully. In the mid-1970s, before attending the Olympics in Innsbruck , he decided to end his career as a professional athlete, giving way to young Italian bobsledders.
Links
- List of World Championship winners on the official FIBT website
- Roberto Zandonella - results of Olympic performances at sports-reference.com