Gerolamo Quaglia

Gerolamo Quaglia (born February 8, 1902 in São Paulo , Brazil , † November 11, 1985 in Genoa ) was an Italian wrestler . He won at the Olympic Games 1928 in Amsterdam a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in the featherweight .

Career

Gerolamo Quaglia grew up in São Paulo . When his family, who had emigrated to Brazil , returned to Italy , he settled in Genoa . There he learned to wrestle as a teenager at the Christoph Columbus grammar school. In 1922 he was drafted into the military and was stationed in Cagliari , Sardinia . He came back to Genoa a little later via Palermo and became a member of the Societa Andrea Doria Genoa sports association .

In 1922 Gerolamo Quaglia was the first Italian champion in the Greco-Roman style in featherweight. He won this title in 1923 and 1925. In 1924 he took part in the Olympic Games in Paris . He lost there but in featherweight his two fights and only came in 16th place.

In 1925 the European Championships in Greco-Roman style took place in Milan . Gerolamo Quaglia came there with a victory and defeat against Erik Malmberg from Sweden and Jenő Németh from Hungary in the featherweight division in fifth place.

The 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam were the highlight of Gerolamo Quaglia's career . After victories over Johannes Nolten junior from the Netherlands and Benjamin Araújo from Portugal, he lost to Károly Kárpáti from Hungary and Erik Malmberg, both wrestlers who became Olympic champions in their careers , but came in third place and won a bronze medal .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, Fe = featherweight, at that time up to 62 kg body weight)

• 1924, 16th place , OS in Paris , GR, Fe, after defeats against František Dyršmíd , Czechoslovakia and Aage Torgensen , Denmark ;
• 1925, 5th place , EM in Milan , GR, Fe, with a victory over Boulidon-Luc, France and defeats to Erik Malmberg , Sweden and Jenő Németh , Hungary ;
• 1928, bronze medal , OS in Amsterdam , GR, Fe, with victories over Johannes Nolten junior , Netherlands and Benjamin Araújo , Portugal and defeats against Károly Kárpáti , Hungary and Erik Malmberg

Italian championships

Gerolamo Quaglia was the Italian Featherweight Champion in the Greco-Roman style in 1922, 1923 and 1925.

swell

• Documentation of FILA Internal Wrestling Championships , 1976,

Web links

• Profile of Gerolamo Quaglia at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Gerolamo Quaglia in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait of Gerolamo Quaglia (Italian)