Nicolò Rode

Nicolò Rode
Nicolò Rode (1952)
Nickname:	Nico Rode
Nationality:	Italy
Birthday:	January 1, 1912
Place of birth:	Klein-Lötzing , Austria-Hungary
Date of death:	May 4, 1998
Place of death:	Verona , Italy
Boat classes:	star
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 1 × 0 × Sailing World Championship 3 × 2 × 0 ×
Olympic games gold 1952 Helsinki star silver 1956 Melbourne star  Sailing world championships silver 1939 Kiel star silver 1948 Cascais star gold 1952 Cascais star gold 1953 Naples star bronze 1954 Cascais star gold 1956 Naples star

Nicolò "Nico" Rode (born January 1, 1912 in Klein-Lötzing , Austria-Hungary , † May 4, 1998 in Verona ) was an Italian regatta sailor .

biography

Together with Agostino Straulino he took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London . At the regatta with the star in Torquay , the duo came in fifth. Four years later at the Helsinki Games , the two Italians became Olympic champions. Although they could not defend their title at the next Olympic Games in Melbourne , they won another medal with silver. Rode and Straulino won gold three times at world championships .

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• Nicolò Rode in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )