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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Full name | Gaudenzio Franco Tognini | ||||||||||||||
Born | Monza, Kingdom of Italy | 26 October 1907||||||||||||||
Died | 23 July 1980 Monza, Italy | (aged 72)||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Country represented | Italy | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gaudenzio Franco Tognini (26 October 1907 – 23 July 1980) was an Italian gymnast who won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1] After two participations at the Summer Olympics (1932 and 1936), he was the coach of the Italy national team at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Franco Tognini". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "La morte di Zanetti: il ginnasta dalla medaglia perduta" (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
External links
[edit]- Franco Tognini at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Franco Tognini at Olympedia