Giorgio Gorla
| Giorgio Gorla medal table |
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 Italy
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 Olympic games
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| bronze | Moscow 1980 | star |
| bronze | Los Angeles 1984 | star |
 Sailing world championships
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| bronze | Rio de Janeiro 1980 | star |
| gold | Vilamoura 1984 | star |
Giorgio Gorla (born August 7, 1944 in Novara ) is a former Italian sailor .
successes
Giorgio Gorla took part in three Olympic Games with Alfio Peraboni in the Star boat class . In 1980 they took third place in Moscow with 36.1 points behind Valentin Mankin and Aleksandrs Muzičenko from the Soviet Union and the Austrians Karl Ferstl and Hubert Raudaschl , with which they won the bronze medal. Also at the following games in 1984 in Los Angeles , they secured the bronze medal. With 43.5 points, they held their ground just 0.2 points ahead of the Swedish boat and came third behind the Americans William Earl Buchan and Steven Erickson and the Germans Joachim Griese and Michael Marcour . At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , Gorla and Peraboni missed another podium finish in fifth.
At the World Championships in 1980 in Rio de Janeiro , the two first came third, before winning the title four years later in Vilamoura . In 1985 they also became European champions.
Web links
- Giorgio Gorla in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Giorgio Gorla in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sailing - World and European Championships Men - Olympic Boat Classes - Starboot , sport-komplett.de. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gorla, Giorgio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Novara , Italy |