Awards & Winners

Alex Zanardi

Date of Birth 23-October-1966
Place of Birth Bologna
(Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Province of Bologna)
Nationality Italy
Also know as Alessandro Zanardi
Profession Race car driver
Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi is an Italian racing driver and paracyclist. He won two CART championship titles in North America during the late 1990s. He also had a less successful career as a Formula One driver. More recently, he has attracted widespread praise for his return to competition in the aftermath of a crash in 2001 that resulted in the amputation of his legs. He returned to racing less than two years after the accident, competing in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for BMW Team Italy-Spain between 2003 and 2009. Switching sports, Zanardi took up competition in handbiking, a form of paralympic cycling, with the stated goal of representing Italy at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. In September 2011, Zanardi won his first senior international handbiking medal, the silver medal in the H4 category time trial at the UCI World Road Para-Cycling Championships. In September 2012 he won gold medals at the London Paralympics in the individual H4 time trial and the individual H4 road race, followed by a silver medal in the mixed H1-4 team relay. On 11 September 2012 he was included by International Paralympic Committee into the London 2012: Top 12 performances list.

Awards by Alex Zanardi

Check all the awards nominated and won by Alex Zanardi.

2013


Nominations 2013 »

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Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability

2005


Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year