Giorgio Alverà Explained

Giorgio Alverà (7 August 1943 – 14 January 2013) was an Italian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1970s.[1] He won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1975 FIBT World Championships in Cervinia.[1] [2] In the Italian championships he won thrice in the two-man event (from 1973 to 1975) and twice in the four-man event (1974, 1975).[1]

At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Alvera finished eighth in the two-man event and twelfth in the four-man event.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Bob Italiano: è morto Giorgio Alverà. 15 January 2013. Agenparl. it. 16 January 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130218070959/http://www.agenparl.it/articoli/news/sport/20130115-bob-italiano-e-morto-giorgio-alvera. 18 February 2013.
  2. Web site: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's Two. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204841/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/BOB/mens-two.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Sports Reference LLC. 16 January 2013.
  3. Giorgio Alverà . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013607/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/giorgio-alvera-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . January 16, 2013.
  4. Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 559.

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