Enrico Poggi (sailor)

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Enrico Poggi sailing
Nationality: Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy
Birthday: January 30, 1908
Place of birth: Genoa
Date of death: October 16, 1976
Place of death: Genoa
Boat classes: 6 meter class , 8 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Berlin 1936 8 meter class

Enrico Massimo Poggi (born January 30, 1908 in Genoa , † October 16, 1976 ibid) was an Italian sailor .

successes

Enrico Poggi was in 1936 at the Olympic Games in Berlin in the 8-meter class Olympic champion . He was a crew member of the Italia under skipper Giovanni Reggio , which won one of the seven races and with 55 points the regatta taking place in the Olympic harbor Düsternbrook in Kiel just ahead of the Silja from Norway and the Germania III from the German Reich with 53 points each. In addition to Poggi, the crew also included Luigi De Manincor , Domenico Mordini , Bruno Bianchi and his brother Luigi Poggi . At the 1948 Olympic Games in London , Poggi started in the 6-meter class. With the Ciocca II , as a crew member under Giovanni Reggio, the regatta finished in eighth place. Four years later he was the skipper himself on the Ciocca this time and again finished the Olympic regatta in Helsinki in eighth place in the 6-meter class.

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personal data
SURNAME Poggi, Enrico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poggi, Enrico Massimo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian sailor
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa , Italy
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1976
Place of death Genoa , Italy