Almiro Bergamo

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Almiro Bergamo
Personal information
Born21 September 1912 (1912-09-21)
Treporti
Died5 July 1994(1994-07-05) (aged 81)
Treporti
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin Coxed pair
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1935 Berlin Coxed pair
Silver medal – second place 1937 Amsterdam Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1938 Milan Coxed pair

Almiro Bergamo (20 September 1912 – 4 July 1994) was an Italian rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was, with Guido Santin, four times Italian champion and two times European champion with the coxed pairs (Italian duecon) rowing. He was born and died in Cavallino-Treporti.[1]

In 1936 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Italian boat in the coxed pair event.[2]

In 1985, he was nominated Italian Republic Knight by Sandro Pertini.[citation needed] He died on 4 July 1994 watching television during Italy vs Nigeria of Usa'94 soccer match.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Almiro Bergamo". coni.it (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Almiro Bergamo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

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