Mario Gruppioni
Mario Gruppioni (born September 13, 1901 in San Giovanni in Persiceto , † January 19, 1939 in Bologna ) was an Italian wrestler .
Career
Mario Gruppioni started wrestling as a teenager in Bologna. He concentrated on the Greco-Roman style. In 1925 and 1928 he was Italian middleweight champion and in 1929, 1930 and 1931 light heavyweight .
In 1925 he took part in the European Championship taking place in Milan. He won there over Janez Arsenek and Radovan Nikolic, both of Yugoslavia, and lost to Väinö Kokkinen from Finland and took 3rd place. His next start at an international championship he completed at the European championship in 1929 in Dortmund in the light heavyweight division. He won there over Josef Sasek from Czechoslovakia and Jakob Birnbaum from Austria, whom he shouldered with a hammerlock after 7.56 minutes. Against Onni Pellinen from Finland and against Robert Rupp from Germany he lost and came in 5th place. At the European Championships in Prague in 1931 he started in the middleweight division and won over Jan Galuszka from Poland and Karl Kullisaar from Estonia, while he was defeated by Ivar Johansson from Sweden and Josef Pribyl from Czechoslovakia. With these results he came back to 5th place.
In 1932 he qualified for participation in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He started there in the light heavyweight division. After a bye in the first round, Mario Gruppioni then lost to both Onni Pellinen and Rudolf Svensson from Sweden. But since only these three wrestlers competed in this weight class, he won the Olympic bronze medal .
Mario Gruppioni, who died in 1939, did not take part in any other international championships.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | Results |
| 1925 | 3. | EM in Milan | medium | after victories over Janez Arsenek and Radovan Nikolic, both Yugoslavia, and a loss to Väinö Kokkinen, Finland |
| 1929 | 5. | EM in Dortmund | Semi-difficult | after victories over Josef Sasek, Czechoslovakia and Jakob Birnbaum, Austria and defeats against Onni Pellinen, Finland and Robert Rupp, Germany |
| 1931 | 5. | EM in Prague | medium | after victories over Jan Galuszka, Poland and Karl Kullisaar, Estonia and defeats against Ivar Johansson, Sweden and Josef Pribyl, Czechoslovakia |
| 1932 | bronze | OS in Los Angeles | Semi-difficult | after a bye and defeat to Onni Pellinen and Rudolf Svensson, Sweden |
- Explanations
- all competitions in Greco-Roman style
- Average weight, up to 1929 up to 75 kg, from 1930 up to 79 kg; Lightweight, up to 1929 up to 82.5 kg, from 1930 up to 87 kg
- OS = Olympic Games, EM = European Championship
literature
- Athletics magazine
- Documentation of International Wrestling Championships 1896 to 1976, published by FILA (Federation Internationale de Lutte Amateur), 1976
Web links
- Profile of Mario Gruppioni at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Mario Gruppioni in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gruppioni, Mario |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Giovanni in Persiceto |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1939 |
| Place of death | Bologna |