Francesco De Zanna Explained

Francesco De Zanna
Nationality:Italian
Sport:Bobsleigh, Ice hockey
Birth Date:18 January 1905
Birth Place:Cortina d'Ampezzo, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Francesco De Zanna (18 January 1905  - 9 April 1989) was an Italian bobsledder and ice hockey player who competed from the 1920s to the mid 1950s. He competed in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, but did not finish. He retired from competition after the 1955 World Championships in St. Moritz where he finished fourth in the two-man event.

He was also active as a ice hockey player and was part of the SG Cortina team which won the 1931-32 Italian ice hockey championship.

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