Misplaced Pages

Guido Romano

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Italian artistic gymnast

Guido Romano
Personal information
Full nameGuido Giuseppe Romano
Born(1888-01-31)31 January 1888
Elbeuf, France
Died18 June 1916(1916-06-18) (aged 28)
Asiago, Italy
HometownModena, Italy
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented Italy
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team, european system
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1909 Luxembourg Rings
Bronze medal – third place 1909 Luxembourg Team
Bronze medal – third place 1911 Turin Horizontal Bar

Guido Giuseppe Romano (31 January 1888 – 18 June 1916) was an Italian gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Modena and died during World War I when killed at the Battle of Asiago as an infantryman in the Italian army. In 1908, he competed in the individual all-around and finished 19th. He was also part of the Italian team, which was able to win the gold medal in the gymnastics men's team European system event in 1912. Additionally, he competed at the 1909 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he was a part of the bronze medal winning Italian team, and where he also, as an individual, won a gold medal on the rings apparatus.

References

  1. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 62.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Guido Romano". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. "Guido Romano". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

External links


Olympic Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Team All-Around
Summary
1912  Italy (ITA): Pietro Bianchi, Guido Boni, Alberto Braglia, Giuseppe Domenichelli, Carlo Fregosi, Alfredo Gollini, Francesco Loi, Luigi Maiocco, Giovanni Mangiante, Lorenzo Mangiante, Serafino Mazzarocchi, Guido Romano, Paolo Salvi, Luciano Savorini, Adolfo Tunesi, Giorgio Zampori, Umberto Zanolini, Angelo Zorzi
World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Still Rings


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article about an Italian Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This biographical article related to Italian artistic gymnastics is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: