Franco Faggi

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Francesco "Franco" Faggi (born March 8, 1926 in Perledo , † June 12, 2016 in Mandello del Lario ) was an Italian rower .

At the first European rowing championships after the Second World War, which were held in Lucerne in 1947 , Giuseppe Moioli , Elio Morille , Giovanni Invernizzi and Franco Faggi won in front of the boats from Czechoslovakia and Switzerland. The following year, the four Italians won the gold medal at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, ahead of the Danes and the US boat. The four rowers from Moto Guzzi Mandello also won the European Championships in Amsterdam in 1949 and in Milan in 1950 . At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952, the Italians were eliminated in the hope run .

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SURNAME Faggi, Franco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faggi, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian rower
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Perledo
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 2016
Place of death Mandello del Lario