Boris Vain (born 11 March 1993) is a French born Monegasque bobsledder. He competed in the two-man event at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

. In January 2022, Vain qualified to compete for

Monaco at the 2022 Winter Olympics Monaco competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Monaco's team consisted of three male athletes competing in two sports. Alpine skier Arnaud Alessandria was named as the flagbearer for the opening ceremony ...

in the two-man bob event. Vain and

Rudy Rinaldi Rudy Rinaldi (born 18 August 1993) is a Monegasque bobsledder. He competed in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , op ...

finished sixth in Beijing, 0.56 seconds back of the bronze medalists Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer of Germany; this is the closest any athlete from Monaco has ever come to winning an Olympic medal in an actual sporting event. ( Julien Médecin won a bronze medal for architecture at the 1924 Olympics, but the IOC no longer considers art competition medals as part of the official tally).

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* 1993 births Living people Monegasque male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Monaco Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Monegasque people of French descent {{Monaco-bobsleigh-bio-stub