Mario Armano

Mario Armano
Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
World Championships

Last updated July 23, 2024

Mario Armano (born 25 July 1946) is a retired Italian bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the four-man event at Grenoble in 1968.

Armano also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man: 1971, Four-man: 1970), one silver (Four-man: 1969), and one bronze (Two-man: 1969).

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References

Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 561.

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Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
	1968 Grenoble	Four-man
World Championships
	1970 St. Moritz	Four-man
	1971 Cervinia	Two-man
	1969 Lake Placid	Four-man
	1969 Lake Placid	Two-man