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Former F1 Driver and Paralympic Champion Zanardi Dies at 59
The Italian racing icon won two CART titles and four Paralympic gold medals after surviving two life-altering crashes.
- Alessandro Zanardi, Italian auto racing champion and Paralympic gold medalist, died at 59 on Friday night, his family announced Saturday.
- Zanardi, from Bologna, made his Formula One debut in 1991 and achieved back-to-back CART championships in 1997 and 1998.
- After losing both legs in a 2001 racing crash, he transitioned to para-cycling, winning four gold medals and two silver medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Games.
- Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said, "Italy loses a great champion and an extraordinary man," following his 2020 handbike accident in Tuscany that caused serious cranial trauma.
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Alex Zanardi, auto racing champion who won Paralympic gold after life-altering accidents, dies at 59
Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi has died at 59. His life was marked by two life-altering accidents. Zanardi’s family announced his death on Saturday saying that he passed away on Friday night. The family says in a…
His entire life was plagued by serious accidents.
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