Agostino Straulino

Agostino Straulino (born October 10, 1914 in Lussinpiccolo ( Lussino Island ), † December 14, 2004 in Rome ) was an Italian sailor and naval officer. He won an Olympic gold medal and a silver medal in the Star Boot class , eight consecutive European championships and two world championships in this class and was world champion in the 5.5 m class .

Straulino made his first sailing experiences as a child on the Istrian coast of the northern Adriatic . He later attended the Naval Academy in Livorno and was temporarily commandant of the sailing training ship Amerigo Vespucci during his naval career and finally became rear admiral .

Between 1949 and 1956 he won eight consecutive European championships in the star boat class. In 1952 and 1953 he was also world champion in this class. The high point of his career as an athlete was winning the gold medal at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki . Four years later he won the silver medal before Melbourne . After separating from his bowman Nicolò Rode , Straulino and his new bowman Carlo Rolandi took part in two other Olympic Games in the Starboat class ( Rome 1960 , fourth place) and the 5.5m class ( Tokyo 1964 , fourth place). A year later he became commander of the Amerigo Vespucci and won the world championship in the 5.5 m class that same year.

He continued to take part in regattas on larger boats and won the one-tonne trophy Porto Cervo 1973 and the Italian endurance race Giraglia .

Web links

• Agostino Straulino in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )