Nino Bibbia

Olympic medal record
Skeleton
Competitor for  Italy
Gold	1948 St. Moritz	Men

Nino Bibbia (born 15 March 1922 in Bianzone, Lombardy), a fruit and vegetable merchant, was an Italian skeleton racer and bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Bibbia also competed in bobsleigh at those same games, finishing sixth in the four-man and eighth in the two-man event respectively. He was Italy's first Winter Olympic medalist in any sport, its first gold medalist in the Winter Games, and its first in bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton.

Bibbia was also involved in other winter sports, including ski jumping, cross country skiing, and alpine skiing. All told, he earned 231 golds, 97 silvers, and 84 bronzes in his illustrative career.

Turn 10 at Cesana Pariol, where the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton competitions at the 2006 Winter Olympics took place, is named in Bibbia's honor.

References

• Men's skeleton Olympic medalists since 1928
• Skeletonsport.com profile
• Torino 2006 interview with Bibbia done in May 2004 (deadlinked)
• Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560, 577.

Persondata
Name	Bibbia, Nino
Alternative names
Short description	Skeleton racer
Date of birth	15 March 1922
Place of birth	Bianzone, Lombardy
Date of death
Place of death

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