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Zanardi became a four-time Paralympic gold medal winner Former Formula 1 driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi has died at the age of 59. The Italian had both his legs amputated after an accident in a race in the US-based Champ Car championship at Germany's Lausitzring in 2001. He raced for Jordan, Minardi and Lotus in F1 in the early 1990s before switching to the Cart championship in the United States, winning the series in 1997 and 1998, before returning to F1 for the 1999 season with Williams. Following his injury he took up handcycling and won two golds in the Paralympics in London i