Eugenio Monti

Eugenio Monti (1928–2003) was an Italian bobsledder who won six Olympic medals, including gold in both the two-man and four-man events at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

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1968 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Grenoble, France, from 6 to 18 February 1968. Monti won both bobsled gold medals at these Games.
Luciano De Paolis: An Italian bobsledder who won Olympic gold with Eugenio Monti in 1968. He was Monti's brakeman in the two-man event at Grenoble.
Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy: An award recognizing exceptional sportsmanship in the Olympic movement. Monti received it for helping a rival repair his sled at Innsbruck.
Bobsleigh: A winter sliding sport in which teams race a steerable sled down an icy track. Monti's career took place in this sport's two-man and four-man disciplines.
1964 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Innsbruck, Austria, in January and February 1964. Monti won silver in both bobsled events after earlier Olympic setbacks.
Jean Wicki: A Swiss bobsledder who won two-man and four-man gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics. Wicki's later victories marked the generation that followed Monti.
Olympic sportsmanship: The ideal of fair play, respect, and gracious conduct in Olympic competition. His assistance to a direct rival became a celebrated example of the ideal.
Two-man bobsleigh: A bobsleigh discipline in which a pilot and brakeman race together in a two-person sled. Monti won Olympic gold in this event at Grenoble.
1960 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held at Squaw Valley, California, in February 1960. Monti competed, but Italy did not enter a bobsled team.
Tony Nash: A British bobsledder who won the two-man gold medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Monti famously helped Nash repair a damaged sled before their 1964 race.