The former Formula 1 driver and Paralympic champion began a series of operations in June 2020 due to an accident suffered during a charity exhibition
The Italian Alex Zanardi, former Formula One driver and winner of four Paralympic gold medals, you can celebrate Christmas at home and with your family, after staying year and a half hospitalized due to a serious accident suffered in June 2020 during a charity exhibition.
Zanardi went subjected to a long series of operations in different Italian clinics to heal some severe neurological damage and the doctors gave the go-ahead for him to return home, Luca Pancalli, president of the Italian Paralympic Committee, reported Monday during a ceremony organized in Rome.
In addition, Daniela Manni, wife of the Paralympic champion, stressed that “The recovery process is still very long” and that “at this time it is not possible to make forecasts” about its evolution.
But Alex proves once again that he is a fighter. Reuniting with his family is very important to him. For a year and a half he only saw me, his son and his mother. Being with your family will give you something more“Said Daniela Zanardi in an interview with the Italian page of BMW, sponsor of the Italian athlete.
Zanardi, born in Bologna in 1966, I was participating in the exhibition Tricolor goal on June 19, 2020 when he lost control of his handbike (manual tricycle) and crossed the other lane of the road. He hit a truck with his head circulating in the opposite direction.
He was transferred aboard a helicopter to the Le Scotte hospital in Siena, one of the most prestigious medical centers in Italy, where he underwent a delicate three-hour neurosurgery operation that same day. Thence, Zanardi underwent further operations at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan and in Padua.
Alex Zanardi raced in Formula 1 from 1991 to 1994 and in 1999, with the Jordan, Lotus, Minardi and Williams teams. (D)
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