Ivo Ferriani

While coach for the French team, they won three FIBT World Championships medals (Gold: 1999 four-man, Bronze: 1995 two-man, 1999 two-man) and a bronze medal in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 1998 Winter Olympics (tied with Great Britain).

While in Canada, the team had their best finish of fifth in the two-man event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

After the 2002 Games, Ferriani returned to Italy where he served as technical director for bobsleigh in the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) from 2002 to 2009.

During the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he served as TOROC competition manager for the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events.

In 2009, he announced his candidacy for FIBT President, a position to which he was elected during their annual meeting in Lake Placid, New York, United States.