Gianni Bonichon (13 October 1944 – 3 January 2010) was an Italian

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der who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won the silver medal in the four-man event at the

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Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

. Bonichon was born in

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and died in

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, on 3 January 2010.

References

Ansa.it article on Bonichon's death.
- accessed 3 January 2010.

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070825090251/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BONICGIA01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile 1944 births 2010 deaths Bobsledders at the 1972 Winter Olympics Italian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Aosta Valley {{Italy-bobsleigh-bio-stub