Franco Cavallo
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| Born | 26 September 1932 Naples, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 January 2022 (aged 89) Naples, Italy | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Franco Cavallo (26 September 1932 – 9 January 2022) was an Italian competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Star class at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City in team with Camillo Gargano.[1] Cavallo died in Naples on 9 January 2022, at the age of 89.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Franco Cavallo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
- ^ "La scomparsa di Franco Cavallo bronzo olimpico ad Acapulco 68". Press Mare. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Franco Cavallo at World Sailing
- Franco Cavallo at Olympics.com
- Franco Cavallo at Olympedia
- Franco Cavallo at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
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- 1932 births
- 2022 deaths
- Italian male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Star
- Olympic sailors for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Naples
- Italian Olympic medalist stubs
- Italian yacht racing biography stubs