Sergio Zardini

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

Sergio Zardini (22 November 1931 – 22 February 1966) was an Italianbobsledder who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. He won the silver medal in thetwo-man event at the1964 Winter Olympics inInnsbruck. He was born inTurin.

Zardini also won ten medals at theFIBT 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 toCanada where he continued to compete in bobsledding. He was killed during a competition two years later at thebobsleigh track inLake Placid, New York, when the Canadian four-man sled hit the superstructure of the track at Turns 13 and 14, known as the "Zig-Zag Curves", crushing his head against the structure.

• Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964Archived 2018-10-03 at theWayback Machine
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• Image showing Zardini's fatal crash
• "The Deadly Zig-Zag". U.S.TIME. March 4, 1966. Archived fromthe original on March 2, 2009. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2024.
• Sergio Zardini atOlympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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