Eugenio Monti (1928 – 2003). Italian bobsledder and alpine skier. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the bobsleigh, with ten World championship medals (of which nine gold) and 6 Olympic medals including two golds. He is known also for his acts of sportsmanship during the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, which made him the first athlete ever to receive the Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy.
He was the first non-German to win a gold in both the two-man and four-man events in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. After his victory, he received Italy's highest civilian honor – the Commendatore of the Italian Republic and then retired to labor in his skiing facilities in Cortina.
Struck by numerous hardships (separation from his wife, the departure of his daughter for the United States, the death of his son from an overdose), suffering from Parkinson's disease, on 30 November 2003 he shot himself in the head; transported to the hospital in Belluno, he died the next day.
- "It was in skiing that he first competed at national level, where he earned the nickname “Rosso Volante”, originally coined by sports journalist Gianni Brera. A reference to the colour of his hair and his bold, aggressive style on the slopes..." https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/news/from-the-track-to-the-screen-the-life-of-eugenio-monti-in-the-new-television-series-rosso-volante
- "«Rosso» per il colore dei capelli, «volante» perché nessuno come lui sa sfrecciare sulla neve... [Redhead for the colour of his hair, "flying" because no one knows how to speed through the snow like him.]" https://vocidicortina.it/a5159-Rosso-Volante-La-leggenda-di-Eugenio-Monti-e-del-suo-incredibile-bob#:~:text=%C2%ABRosso%C2%BB%20per%20il%20colore%20dei%20capelli%2C%20%C2%ABvolante%C2%BB,la%20leggenda%20che%20ha%20dato%20il%20nome
- "Appena due anni dopo veniva notato dal giornalista Gianni Brera che gli affibbiò il soprannome "Rosso Volante" (allusione ai colori dei capelli e alla grinta con cui fu sempre conosciuto). [Just two years later he was noticed by the journalist Gianni Brera who gave him the nickname "Flying Redhead" (an allusion to the colour of his hair and the determination for which he was always known).]" https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Monti
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