Sergio Zardini

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Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Silver 1964 Innsburck Two-man
World Championships
Gold 1963 Igls Four-man
Silver 1958 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Two-man
Silver 1959 St. Moritz Two-man
Silver 1959 St. Moritz Four-man
Silver 1962 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Two-man
Silver 1962 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man
Silver 1963 Igls Two-man
Bronze 1958 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man
Bronze 1960 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man
Bronze 1961 Lake Placid Two-man

Sergio Zardini (November 22, 1931-February 22, 1966) was an Italian bobsledder who competed from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s. He won the silver medal in the two-man event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

Zardini also won ten medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (Four-man: 1963), six silvers (Two-man: 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963; Four-man: 1959, 1962), and three bronzes (Two-man: 1960, 1961; Four-man: 1958).

Following the 1964 games, Zardini emigrated to Canada where he competed. He was killed during a four-man competition two years later at the bobsleigh track in Lake Placid, New York when his sled hit the superstructure of the track at Turns 13 and 14, known as the "Zig-Zag Curves", crushing his head against the structure.

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