Almicare Rotta was an Italian

Italy

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 bobsledder and sport

Sport

A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

sman who became the second president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing

Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing

The Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing or International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation is the main international federation for all bobsleigh and skeleton sports...

 (FIBT - International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation), serving from 1960 to 1978.

Rotta was Italian champion in the four-man bobsleigh event who also competed in rowing

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

, boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, and fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 with success. From 1952 to 1960, he served as president of the Italian Bobsleigh Commission, part of the Italian Winter Sports Federation

Italian Winter Sports Federation

The Italian Winter Sports Federation is the winter sports federation for Italy. Part of the Italian National Olympic Committee , it deals with all federations conducting sports for the Winter Olympics, including skiing, skating, biathlon, bobsleigh, and luge.-History:Founded in Turin in 1908 as...

. Following the refusal of the Organizing Committee at Squaw Valley to construct a bobsleigh track for the 1960 Winter Olympics

1960 Winter Olympics

The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held between February 18 and 28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States. In 1955 at the 50th IOC meeting, the organizing committee made the surprise choice to award Squaw Valley as...

, he chaired the organization of the extraordinary event

FIBT World Championships 1960

The FIBT World Championships 1960 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy for the fifth time. The Italian city had hosted the event previously in 1937 , 1939 , 1950, and 1954...

 in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene...

 that allowed bobsleigh to be held in spite of the 1960 Games.

Rotta succeeded Count Renaud de la Frégeolière

Count Renaud de la Frégeolière

Count Renaud de la Frégeolière was a French author who became the first president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing , serving from 1923 to 1960.Frégeolière made his first bobsleigh descent at Leysin, Switzerland in 1907 which led him to an early career in the sport...

 of France

France

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 as FIBT President from 1960 until poor health forced his retirement in 1978. He served as a member of the Tripartite Commission of the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

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(IOC) from 1974 to 1976 until illness forced him step down from the IOC.