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Franco Menichelli (born 3 August 1941) is a retired Italian gymnast. He competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won one gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.

Franco Menichelli
Franco Menichelli at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Franco Menichelli
Country represented	Italy
Born	(1941-08-03) 3 August 1941 (age 80)
Hometown	Rome
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Club	Associazione Ginnastica Romana[1]
Retired	1968
Medal record Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1960 Rome Floor 1960 Rome Team 1964 Tokyo Floor exercise 1964 Tokyo Rings 1964 Tokyo Parallel bars World Championships 1962 Prague Floor 1966 Dortmund Floor 1966 Dortmund Rings European Championships 1965 Antwerp All-around 1967 Tampere All-around

Biography

He was most successful in 1964, when he won a gold on the floor, a silver on rings and a bronze on parallel bars.[1] He severely injured an Achilles tendon on landing during the floor exercise at the 1968 Olympics, and retired shortly thereafter.[2] From 1973 to 1979 he coached the national gymnastics team.[3] In 2003 he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[4]

His brother Giampaolo Menichelli was an international football player.[3][2]

Awards

On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), Giovanni Malagò, was inaugurated in the Olympic Park of the Foro Italico in Rome, along Viale delle Olimpiadi, the Walk of Fame of Italian sport, consisting of 100 tiles that chronologically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile are the name of the sportsman, the sport in which he distinguished himself and the symbol of CONI. One of these tiles is dedicated to Franco Menichelli.[5]

See also

• Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame

References

External links

• Franco Menichelli at FIG (licence)
• Franco Menichelli at Olympics.com
• Franco Menichelli at Olympedia
• Franco Menichelli at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)

На других языках

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- [en] Franco Menichelli

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[fr] Franco Menichelli

Franco Menichelli (né le 3 août 1941 à Rome) est un gymnaste italien. Champion olympique en 1964, il était l'un des rares gymnastes à pouvoir rivaliser avec les Russes et les Japonais dans les années 1960.

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[it] Franco Menichelli

Franco Menichelli (Roma, 3 agosto 1941) è un ex ginnasta e allenatore di ginnastica artistica italiano, campione olimpico a Tokyo 1964, vincitore di cinque medaglie in tre edizioni delle Olimpiadi, campione europeo assoluto nel 1965 e, complessivamente, altre cinque volte nelle classifiche di specialità. Ha introdotto numerose innovazioni stilistiche e tecniche nel mondo della ginnastica artistica, tra le quali quella di gareggiare al corpo libero indossando i pantaloncini corti al posto di quelli lunghi di colore bianco.[1]

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[ru] Меникелли, Франко

Франко Меникелли (Меничелли) (итал. Franco Menichelli; род. 1941) — итальянский гимнаст, олимпийский чемпион.

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