Odirlei Carlos Pessoni (1 July 1982 – 27 March 2021) was a Brazilian

bobsledder 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 Bobsle ...

. He competed for Brazil at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the four-man competition and at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

also in the four-man where he placed in 29th position out of 30 teams along with

Edson Bindilatti Edson Luques Bindilatti (born 13 March 1979 in Camamu, Bahia) is a decathlete and bobsledder from Brazil. Career As a decathlete, Bindilatti won a silver medal at the 1996 South American Junior Championships and then took gold medals at the 1997 ...

, Edson Martins and

Fábio Gonçalves Silva Fábio Gonçalves Silva (born March 27, 1977) is a bobsledder from Brazil. He competed for Brazil at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Four-man, four-man competition where he placed in 29th position out of ...

. Pessoni died in a motorcycle accident on 27 March 2021.

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