Alberto Winkler

Alberto Winkler
nation	Italy
birthday	February 14, 1932
place of birth	Tschars
date of death	June 14, 1981
Place of death	Mandello del Lario
Career
discipline	Rowing ( belt )
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 0 × 0 × EM medals 2 × 0 × 1 × National medals 2 × 0 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold 1956 Melbourne Foursome with a helmsman

Alberto Winkler (born February 14, 1932 in Tschars , † June 14, 1981 in Mandello del Lario ) was an Italian rower .

Career

Alberto Winkler comes from a simple family in South Tyrol . After completing his military service, he worked as a plumber at Moto Guzzi in Mandello del Lario. He married Cleofe; from this marriage comes his son Ermes.

Physically of robust stature, he began as a rower in the company's own sports club of Moto Guzzi. Two years later, in 1956, a boat from this sports club took part in the European championship in Bled in the four-man discipline : Franco Trincavelli and Romano Sgheiz outside, Alberto Winkler and Angelo Vanzin in the center and Ivo Stefanoni as the helmsman . They won bronze . That same year, on November 27th , the same boat won the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics, ahead of Sweden , Finland and Australia .

With this success, Alberto Winkler is the first Olympic champion from South Tyrol , the northernmost province of Italy, mostly populated by a German-speaking minority. After his sporting career, Alberto Winkler worked as an entrepreneur in Mandello del Lario. He died on June 14, 1981; To commemorate his successes, the five Olympic rings are placed on his grave.

successes

Olympic games

• 1956 Melbourne : Gold in a foursome with helmsman

European championships

• 1956 Bled : bronze in a four with a helmsman
• 1957 Duisburg : Gold in eighth
• 1958 Poznań : Gold in eighth

Italian championships

• 1954: Gold in a four without a helmsman
• 1956: Gold in a four with a helmsman

Web links

• Alberto Winkler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )