About Nino Bibbia
Lived 1922 – 2013 (aged 91). Nino Bibbia was an Italian ski jumper, skeleton racer, bobsledder, luger, athlete and actor.
Nino Bibbia (15 March 1922 – 28 May 2013) was an Italian skeleton racer and bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. Born in Bianzone, Lombardy, he won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.
He was Italy's first Winter Olympic medalist in any sport, its first gold medalist in the Winter Games, and its first in bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton.
Biography Bibbia also competed in bobsleigh at those same games, finishing sixth in the four-man and eighth in the two-man event respectively.
Bibbia spent the last years of his life in Engadin, where he died at the age of 91 on 28 May 2013.
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Who was Nino Bibbia?
Italian skeleton racer (1922-2013)
When was Nino Bibbia born?
Nino Bibbia was born on 15 March 1922 in Bianzone.
When did Nino Bibbia die?
Nino Bibbia died on 28 May 2013 in St. Moritz.
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Nino Bibbia was a ski jumper, skeleton racer, bobsledder, luger, athlete and actor.
What nationality was Nino Bibbia?
Nino Bibbia was Italian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Nino Bibbia. https://biography.guide/nino-bibbia/
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