Giampaolo Ambrosi (born 28 July 1940 in Pergine Valsugana) was an Italian

luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...

r who competed during the early 1960s. He won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1962 FIL World Luge Championships in Krynica, Poland. Ambrosi also finished tied for fifth in the men's doubles event at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

References

Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.
* Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Luge: Men's Two-seater". In ''The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896–1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 576. * * 1940 births Italian male lugers Lugers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic lugers of Italy Sportspeople from Trentino {{Italy-luge-bio-stub