Gianfranco Gaspari
Gianfranco Gaspari (born August 5, 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).
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1971 Cervinia | Two-man |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1966 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Two-man |
| 1969 Lake Placid | Four-man |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1969 Lake Placid | Two-man |
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
- TIME magazine March 11, 1966 article featuring Gasapri's finish behind Monti - Accessed August 29, 2007.
- Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 559, 561.
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