Forest Hillbilly
Member
- Location
- in a hidey-hole
- Country
Wales
Dead
Top sportsman, and World Champion of many disciplines. It would also appear he was an incredible human being, mentor and inspiration to many
Overcame tremendous physical handicaps, and finally succumbed to injuries sustained in a road accident in 2020, when he was training on his bicycle.
"The Italian had both his legs amputated after an accident in a race in the US-based Champ Car championship at Germany's Lausitzring in 2001.
He raced for Jordan, Minardi and Lotus in F1 in the early 1990s before switching to the Cart championship in the United States, winning the series in 1997 and 1998, before returning to F1 for the 1999 season with Williams.
Following his injury he took up handcycling and won two golds in the Paralympics in London in 2012 before doing the same in Rio de Janeiro four years later."
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Top sportsman, and World Champion of many disciplines. It would also appear he was an incredible human being, mentor and inspiration to many
Overcame tremendous physical handicaps, and finally succumbed to injuries sustained in a road accident in 2020, when he was training on his bicycle.
"The Italian had both his legs amputated after an accident in a race in the US-based Champ Car championship at Germany's Lausitzring in 2001.
He raced for Jordan, Minardi and Lotus in F1 in the early 1990s before switching to the Cart championship in the United States, winning the series in 1997 and 1998, before returning to F1 for the 1999 season with Williams.
Following his injury he took up handcycling and won two golds in the Paralympics in London in 2012 before doing the same in Rio de Janeiro four years later."
Alex Zanardi: Ex-F1 driver and Paralympic champion dies aged 59
Former Formula 1 driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi dies at the age of 59.
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