Francesco La Macchia
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| Born | 9 October 1938 Tonnarella, Messina, Italy | |||||||||||
| Died | 31 July 2017 (aged 78)[1] | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoe sprint | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Francesco La Macchia (9 October 1938 – 31 July 2017) was an Italian canoe sprinter who won a C-2 1000 m silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome partnering with Aldo Dezi.[2][3][4][5][6] The victory was Italy's first medal in canoeing.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Francesco La Macchia's obituary (in Italian)
- ^ Francesco La Macchia Archived 6 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Sports-reference.com
- ^ a b E' morto Francesco La Macchia primo medagliato olimpico della canoa a Roma '60 [Francesco La Macchia has died, the first Olympic medalist in canoeing in Rome '60] (in Italian), Coni.it, 2017, retrieved 12 April 2023
- ^ La Macchia (in Italian), Sportolimpico, 2023, retrieved 12 April 2023
- ^ LA CANOA ITALIANA PIANGE FRANCESCO LA MACCHIA, STORICO ARGENTO A ROMA 1960 [THE ITALIAN CANOE FRANCESCO LA MACCHIA WEEPS, HISTORIC SILVER IN ROME 1960] (in Italian), Federcanoa, 2023, retrieved 12 April 2023
- ^ Pierini, Ebe (2017), Addio a Francesco La Macchia:primo canoista olimpionico [Farewell to Francesco La Macchia:first Olympic canoeist] (in Italian), Il Mattino, retrieved 12 April 2023
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