Franco Menichelli

Franco Menichelli
Personal information
Full name	Franco Menichelli
Country represented	Italy
Born	August 3, 1941 (1941-08-03)
Hometown	Rome
Height	1.63 cm
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Retired	1968
Medal record Olympic Games Gold 1964 Tokyo Floor exercise Silver 1964 Tokyo Rings Bronze 1960 Rome Floor exercise Bronze 1960 Rome Team combined exercises Bronze 1964 Tokyo Parallel bars

Franco Menichelli (born August 3, 1941) is an Italian former gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he received bronze medals in floor exercise and team combined exercises, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he received a gold medal in floor exercises, a silver medal in rings and a bronze medal in parallel bars.

Retiring

During the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, he broke his achilles tendon during his floor exercises, landing after a vault. He took no further part in the sport.

Awards

Menichelli was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2003.