Giovanni Gozzi
 Giovanni Gozzi at the 1932 Olympics (with 2 m tall Giulio Gaudini to the right) | |||||||||||||
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| Born |
19 October 1902 Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||
| Died |
11 August 1976 (aged 73) Imperia, Italy | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Greco-Roman wrestling | ||||||||||||
| Club | Agamennone, Milano | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Giovanni Gozzi (19 October 1902 – 11 August 1976) was an Italian Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Gozzi competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he won a gold medal in the featherweight class.[1] He also won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics and competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was selected for the 1936 Games, but missed it because of an accident.[2]
At the European championships Gozzi won a gold medal in 1927 in bantamweight, a silver in 1925 in bantamweight, and a bronze in 1934 in featherweight. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach.[2]
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- ↑ "1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 27 August 2008)
- 1 2 "Giovanni Gozzi Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
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