Paolo Salvi
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| gold | 1912 Stockholm | Team all-around |
| gold | 1920 Antwerp | Team all-around |
Luigi Paolo Salvi (born November 22, 1891 in Brescia ; † January 12, 1945 in the Mauthausen concentration camp ) was an Italian gymnast and two-time Olympic champion .
At the Summer Olympics in Stockholm in 1912 , he won the team all- around with the Italian team. Eight years later at the games in Antwerp , he was able to repeat this success.
In November 1943 Salvi was imprisoned in Albenga. He was charged with distributing an anti-fascist leaflet. First released again, he was arrested again in January 1944 and taken to the Mauthausen concentration camp via various intermediate stops. According to the camp administration, he died there on January 12, 1945 in an air raid.
Web links
- Paolo Salvi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ultimate lettere di condannati a morte e di deportati della Resistenza italiana (Istituto Nazionale per la Storia del Movimento di Liberazione in Italia) ( Memento of the original of March 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Italian, viewed August 21, 2008)
- ↑ Paolo Salvi (Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia) (Italian, viewed August 21, 2008)
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| SURNAME | Salvi, Paolo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Salvi, Luigi Paolo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brescia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1945 |
| Place of death | Mauthausen concentration camp |