
Corrado dal Fabbro (sometimes rendered as Corrado Dal Fabbro or Corado dal Fabro; 4 August 1945 – 29 March 2018)
Bob, è morto Dal Fabbro: argento olimpico e iridato negli anni 70
was an Italian bobsled
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...
der who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won the silver medal in the four-man event at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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in Sapporo
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Dal Fabbro also won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1971 FIBT World Championships in Cervinia
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Etymology
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From 2007 until his death in 2018, he was vice president of Sport for the FIBT
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Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
FIBT Executive Committee as of 2007
- Accessed December 8, 2007
1945 births
2018 deaths
Bobsledders at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Italian male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders for Italy
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
20th-century Italian sportsmen
Sportspeople from Pieve di Cadore
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