Luciano De Paolis

Luciano De Paolis was an Italian bobsledder who, along with his brakeman Eugenio Monti, won a gold medal in the two-man bobsled event at the 1968 Winter Olympics. They tied with the German team, but were awarded the gold based on having the single fastest heat.1

Bobsledding is a sport where participants slide down an ice-covered track on a sled with four runners. This sport is conducted on the same tracks used for luge and skeleton sledding. Bobsledding originated in the 1880s in New York and the Swiss Alps, with the first organized competition held in 1898. The sport became internationally recognized in 1923 and was included in the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924. Competitions are held for both two-person and four-person sleds, with women's events gaining prominence in recent decades.23