Simone Bertazzo (born 19 August 1982) is a retired

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der and current bobsled coach who has competed since 2001. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in

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. Bertazzo also competed in two

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, earning his best finish of tied for ninth in the four-man event at

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. In July 2018, he announced that he would retire from competition after the 2019 World Championships in Whistler, and the following November he was chosen to join fellow German Manuel Machata as the new head coach of the Italian national bobsled team.

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* * * 1982 births Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Italian male bobsledders Living people Olympic bobsledders for Italy Bobsledders of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri {{Italy-bobsleigh-bio-stub