Sergio Siorpaes

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Sergio Siorpaes in Hospital after a bobsled accident
Sergio Siorpaes
Medal record
Bobsleigh
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1964 Innsbruck Two-man
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1964 Innsbruck Four-man
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1960 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1961 Lake Placid Two-man
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1961 Lake Placid Four-man
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1963 Igls Two-man
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1966 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1958 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Two-man
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1959 St. Moritz Two-man

Sergio Siorpaes (born 20 July 1934, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy) is an Italian bobsledder who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. At the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, he won bronze medals in the two-man and four-man events.

Siorpaes also won seven medals at the FIBT World Championships with five golds (Two-man: 1961, 1963, 1966; Four-man: 1960, 1961) and two silvers (Two-man: 1958, 1959).

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