Agostino Lanfranchi
Appearance
Agostino Lanfranchi (June 24, 1892 – February 15, 1963) was an Italian bobsledder and skeleton racer who competed from the late 1920s to the early 1940s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he finished fourth in the men's skeleton event at St. Moritz in 1928, and Lake Placid, New York in 1932, he finished fifth in the four-man event and eighth in the two-man event (misspelled Agostini in the two-man event).
Lanfranchi was part of the clothing empire that developed many buttons and belt buckles for women's fashions during his lifetime. He was also active in motorboat racing, developing events in Venice and Turin.
References
- 1928 men's skeleton results
- 1932 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1932 bobsleigh four-man results
- Lanfranchi family profile Template:It icon
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560,576.
Categories:
- 1892 births
- 1963 deaths
- Italian male bobsledders
- Italian fashion designers
- Italian motorboat racers
- Italian male skeleton racers
- Olympic bobsledders of Italy
- Olympic skeleton racers of Italy
- Bobsledders at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Skeleton racers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Italian bobsleigh biography stubs
- Fashion biography stubs
- Italian winter sports biography stubs
- Racing sports stubs
- Skeleton racing biography stubs