Simone Bertazzo


Simone Bertazzo is a retired Italian bobsledder and current bobsled coach who has competed since 2001. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the FIBT [World Championships 2007|2007 FIBT World Championships] in St. Moritz.
Bertazzo also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of tied for ninth in the four-man event at Vancouver in 2010 [Winter Olympics|2010].
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.