Víctor Palomo (26 May 1948 – 11 February 1985) was a Spanish world champion water skier, Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Olympic bobsleigh pilot.
[4] In 1968, Palomo represented Spain as a member of the Spanish bobsleigh team in the 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble, France.
[5] At the Nations Grand Prix at Monza that year, he was involved in the tragic accident that took the lives of Jarno Saarinen and Renzo Pasolini.
[6] Palomo was injured in June after crashing at the Yugoslavian Grand Prix which led to him missing the rest of the 1973 season and part of 1974.
[11] Palomo's 1977 season got off to a promising start however, he suffered serious spinal cord injuries at a non-championship event at the Paul Ricard Circuit.
[4] The powerful painkillers, combined with his diabetic condition, caused serious side effects with heart and liver failure, which led to his death in 1985 at the age of 36 in Girona, Spain.