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Alex Zanardi, the Italian Formula One driver who became a Paralympic cycling champion after losing both legs in an accident, has died aged 59, his family announced Saturday. Alex Zanardi u ovaj subota postaje jedna od tema koje privlače pažnju u zemlji Croatia.

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• Alex Zanardi, the Italian Formula One driver who became a Paralympic cycling champion after losing both legs in an accident, has died aged 59, his family announced Saturday.
• Rome (AFP) – Alex Zanardi, the Italian Formula One driver who became a Paralympic cycling champion after losing both legs in an accident, has died aged 59, his family announced Saturday.
• Alessandro Zanardi also raced in Formula 1 as a team-mate of Ralf Schumacher.
• The Italian ex-racing driver Alessandro Zanardi has died at the age of 59. (archive picture).
• Zanardi raced for Jordan, Minardi and Lotus in F1 in the early 1990s before switching to the CART championship in the United States where he was series champion in 1997 and 1998.

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Detaljnije, Rome (AFP) – Alex Zanardi, the Italian Formula One driver who became a Paralympic cycling champion after losing both legs in an accident, has died aged 59, his family announced Saturday.

Konkretno, Alessandro Zanardi also raced in Formula 1 as a team-mate of Ralf Schumacher.

Pored toga, the Italian ex-racing driver Alessandro Zanardi has died at the age of 59. (archive picture).

Vrijedi spomenuti da Zanardi raced for Jordan, Minardi and Lotus in F1 in the early 1990s before switching to the CART championship in the United States where he was series champion in 1997 and 1998.

U ovom trenutku Zanardi almost died in a horrific accident in 2001 at the Lausitzring track in Germany, after which he had both legs amputated.

Brojevi

Detaljnije, Zanardi, born in Bologna on October 23, 1966, leaves his wife Daniela and son Niccolo.

Konkretno, the former Formula 1 driver and later disabled athlete Alessandro Zanardi has died at the age of 59.

Pored toga, Zanardi took part in more than 40 Formula 1 races between 1991 and 1999.

Vrijedi spomenuti da But the Italian's story of suffering was not over yet: in 2020, Zanardi lost control of his handbike during a charity race in Tuscany and collided with a truck.

Kontekst

Vrijedi spomenuti da Zanardi, one of his country's most loved and respected sportsmen, who was credited with helping transform the perception of disability in Italy, died on Friday evening.

U ovom trenutku Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hailed Zanardi as "a great champion and an extraordinary man, capable of turning every trial of life into a lesson in courage, strength and dignity".

Detaljnije, In a statement issued through the charity he founded, Obiettivo3, his family said he died "suddenly", but also "peacefully, surrounded by the love of his family and friends".

Konkretno, it comes six years after the four-time Paralympic gold medal winner suffered a second horror crash in June 2020, when his handbike crashed into an oncoming truck during a race in Tuscany.

Pored toga, He returned to F1 with Williams in 1999 before heading back to CART.

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• The Italian ex-racing driver Alessandro Zanardi has died at the age of 59. (archive picture).
• The former Formula 1 driver and later disabled athlete Alessandro Zanardi has died at the age of 59.
• It comes six years after the four-time Paralympic gold medal winner suffered a second horror crash in June 2020, when his handbike crashed into an oncoming truck during a race in Tuscany.