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Sochi (RWH)  Italo de Lorenzo has been elected honorary member of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation FIBT (Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing). During the FIBT conference in the Russian city of Sochi, President Ivo Ferriani welcomed the 73-year-old to the select group of members who have rendered outstanding services to the sports of bobsleigh and skeleton. “Without Italo de Lorenzo's dedication, bobsleigh and skeleton would not have achieved the significance they have today,” said Ferriani during the ceremony in the future Olympic city.

De Lorenzo was a member of Italy’s national bobsleigh team from 1959 to 1967, racing to gold in the 1964 two-man European Championships, and winning silver in the four-man World Championships in 1965. He was a bobsleigh commentator for Dutch television and radio from 1968 to 1982, and in 1978 he helped establish the Dutch bobsleigh and skeleton federation (Bob en Slee Bond Nederland / BSBN). For many years de Lorenzo was a member of the BSBN executive committee and its team manager. The Italian bobsledder is both honorary member and honorary president of the BSBN, and was voted Cavaliere al Merito della Reppublica Italiana in 2003 and Knight of the Order of Oranje-Nassau in 2011. Italo de Lorenzo lives in Utrecht (NED) and Pieve de Cadore (ITA).