Gérard Battaglia
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| Nationality | Monegasque | |||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1937 | |||||||||||
| Died | 2 March 2015 (aged 77) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | |||||||||||
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Gérard Battaglia (26 March 1937 – 2 March 2015) was a former sailor who represented Monaco at two Olympic Games in sailing.
Career
[edit]Alongside Jean-Pierre Crovetto and Jules Soccal Battaglia finished 23rd in the Dragon class at the 1960 Olympic Games.[1] He won a bronze medal with Crovetto at the 1963 Mediterranean Games.[2] In the 1976 Olympic Games he finished 23rd in the soling class with Borro and Claude Rossi.
Personal life
[edit]His son Philippe and nephew René Battaglia both competed for Monaco in the Olympics.[3]
He later became president of the Monegasque Sailing Federation and an Officer of the Order of Saint-Charles.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sailing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games: Mixed Three Person Keelboat". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Les Monégasques en lice aux Jeux méditerranéens". theworldnews.net. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ Boursicot, Jimmy. "Philippe et René Battaglia, une affaire de famille". codesport.fr. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Ordonnance Souveraine n° 13.800 du 18 novembre 1998 portant promotions ou nominations dans l'Ordre de Saint-Charles". journaldemonaco.gouv.mc. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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- 1937 births
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- Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Dragon
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- Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
- Officers of the Order of Saint-Charles
- Monegasque male sailors (sport)
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Monaco
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Monaco
- Snipe class sailors
- Mediterranean Games medalists in sailing
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