Rudy Rinaldi

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Rudy Rinaldi
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NationalityMonegasque
Born (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 30)
Monaco [1]
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Sport Bobsleigh

Rudy Rinaldi (born 18 August 1993) is a Monegasque bobsledder. He competed in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [2] In January 2022, Rinaldi qualified to compete for Monaco at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the two-man bob event. [3] [4] Rinaldi and Boris Vain finished sixth in Beijing, 0.56 seconds back of the bronze medalists Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer; this is the closest any athlete from Monaco has come to winning an Olympic medal in an actual sporting event. (Julien Médecin won a bronze medal for architecture at the 1924 Olympics, but the IOC no longer considers art competition medals as part of the official tally).

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References

  1. "Rudy RINALDI". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. "Rudy Rinaldi". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. "IBSF Ranking 2-man Bobsleigh (2021/2022) OWG Qualification System" (PDF). www.ibsf.org/. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. Prince, Raphaelle (18 January 2022). "Former Olympic Prince introduces Monaco's winter athletes". www.worldakkam.com/. World Akkam. Retrieved 18 January 2022.