Agostino Lanfranchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Agostino Lanfranchi

Italian bobsledder and skeleton racer

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1892

Place of Birth: Palazzolo sull'Oglio, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 15-Feb-1963

Profession: fashion designer, bobsledder, skeleton racer

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Agostino Lanfranchi (June 24, 1892 – February 15, 1963) was an Italian bobsledder and skeleton racer who competed from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.
Competing in two Winter Olympics, he finished fourth in the men's skeleton event at St.
Moritz in 1928, and Lake Placid, New York in 1932, he finished fifth in the four-man event and eighth in the two-man event (misspelled Agostini in the two-man event). Lanfranchi was part of the clothing empire that developed many buttons and belt buckles for women's fashions during his lifetime.
He was also active in motorboat racing, developing events in Venice and Turin.