{{short description|Sammarinese bobsledder}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Dino Crescentini | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Sammarinese | sport = Bobsleigh | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|9|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = San Marino | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|6|22|1947|9|22|df=yes}} | death_place = Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada }}

'''Dino Crescentini''' (22 September 1947 &ndash; 22 June 2008) was a Sammarinese bobsledder and racing driver.<ref name="oly">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/84898 |title=Dino Crescentini |work=Olympedia |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> He competed in the two man event at the 1994 Winter Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/dino-crescentini-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/dino-crescentini-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Dino Crescentini Olympic Results |accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref> He was killed while taking part in a motor race in Canada in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=7824 |title=Dino Crescentini |work=Motorsport Memorial |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref>

==Biography== Crescentini was born in San Marino in 1947, and moved to Michigan during the 1970s.<ref name="oly"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historicracing.com/driverDetail.cfm?driverID=8309 |title=Dino Crescentini |work=Historic Racing |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> He was living in Rochester Hills when he qualified to compete at the Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/0f738523ae3f1581346264994de75182 |title=More Than One Way for Americans to Get to Olympics |work=AP News |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> Along with Mike Crocenzi, Crescentini competed in the two man event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.<ref name="oly"/> Crescentini was also the flag bearers for San Marino at the Winter Olympics.<ref name="oly"/>

Following the Olympics, Crescentini became a race car driver.<ref name="oly"/> In June 2008, at a racing festival at Mosport Park, Crescentini was killed after his car flipped over and hit a wall.<ref name="oly"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/2008/06/22/driver_killed_at_mosport.html |title=Driver killed at Mosport |work=Toronto Star |date=22 June 2008 |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref> He was taken to the hospital in Bowmanville where he died.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jalopnik.com/vintage-racer-killed-in-high-speed-crash-at-mosport-rac-396762 |title=Vintage Racer Killed In High-Speed Crash At Mosport Raceway |work=Jalopnik |date=23 June 2008 |access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref>

==See also== *San Marino national bobsleigh team

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