Giovanni Carminucci

Carminucci (far right) at the bar gymnastics award ceremony at the 1971 European Championships

Giovanni Carminucci (born November 14, 1939 in San Benedetto del Tronto , † February 16, 2007 in Rome ) was an Italian gymnast . He won two Olympic medals in 1960.

Career

Giovanni Carminucci started gymnastics in 1949. From 1959 to 1971 he was among the best in Europe. At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 he was second on the parallel bars behind Boris Schachlin from the Soviet team. In the team competition in Rome, he won the bronze medal behind Japan and the Soviet Union. His older brother Pasquale was in this Italian team .

In 1961 Carminucci became European horse jumping champion ahead of his compatriot Franco Menichelli . On parallel bars, Giovanni Carminucci was European champion in 1963 and 1971. In 1963 he defeated Boris Schachlin. In 1971, Mikhail Voronin , Nikolai Andrianow and Klaus Köste were all in second place.

In 1961, 1967, 1968 and 1970 Carminucci was the Italian champion in the twelve fight.

Placements

• 1960 Olympic Games in Rome
  • 14th place in the twelve fight
  • 2nd place on bars
  • 3rd place with the team

• European Championships 1961 in Luxembourg
  • 3rd place in the twelve fight
  • 1st place in the horse jump
  • 3rd place on bars

• European Championships 1963 in Belgrade
  • 1st place on bars

• 1964 Tokyo Olympics
  • 26th place in the twelve fight
  • 4th place with the team

• European Championships 1967 in Tampere
  • 3rd place on bars

• 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City
  • 12th place with the team

• European Championships 1971 in Madrid
  • 1st place on bars

literature

• Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 .
• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .