At the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Italian bobsledder Eugenio Monti was the most dominant driver of his era. During the two-man event, the British team of Tony Nash and Robin Dixon suffered a broken axle bolt on their sled in their first run, and without a replacement they were finished. Monti lent them one of his spare bolts. The British pair went on to win the gold medal, and Monti and his partner took bronze. Monti became the first person to receive the Pierre de Coubertin medal for sportsmanship.
