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Italian canoeist

Francesco La Macchia
Personal information
Born9 October 1938
Tonnarella, Messina, Italy
Died31 July 2017(2017-07-31) (aged 78)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome C-2 1000 m

Francesco La Macchia (9 October 1938 – 31 July 2017) was an Italian canoe sprinter who won a C-2 1000 m silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome partnering with Aldo Dezi. The victory was Italy's first medal in canoeing.

References

  1. Francesco La Macchia's obituary (in Italian)
  2. Francesco La Macchia Archived 6 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Sports-reference.com
  3. ^ E' morto Francesco La Macchia primo medagliato olimpico della canoa a Roma '60 [Francesco La Macchia has died, the first Olympic medalist in canoeing in Rome '60] (in Italian), Coni.it, 2017, retrieved 12 April 2023
  4. La Macchia (in Italian), Sportolimpico, 2023, retrieved 12 April 2023
  5. LA CANOA ITALIANA PIANGE FRANCESCO LA MACCHIA, STORICO ARGENTO A ROMA 1960 [THE ITALIAN CANOE FRANCESCO LA MACCHIA WEEPS, HISTORIC SILVER IN ROME 1960] (in Italian), Federcanoa, 2023, retrieved 12 April 2023
  6. Pierini, Ebe (2017), Addio a Francesco La Macchia:primo canoista olimpionico [Farewell to Francesco La Macchia:first Olympic canoeist] (in Italian), Il Mattino, retrieved 12 April 2023


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