Justo Ricardo del Carril Aldao (13 December 1923 – 10 February 2008) was an Argentinian

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

and

bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

who competed in the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

. As a bobsledder he finished twelfth in the 1948 four man competition. As an alpine skier he finished 63rd in the 1948 downhill event. He died in February 2008 at the age of 84.

References

* Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 559.

External links

* 1923 births 2008 deaths Argentine male alpine skiers Argentine male bobsledders Olympic alpine skiers for Argentina Olympic bobsledders for Argentina Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1948 Winter Olympics {{Argentina-bobsleigh-bio-stub