Enrico_Porro

Enrico Porro

Enrico Porro

Italian wrestler (1885–1967)

Enrico Porro (Enrico Aldanian, 16 January 1885 – 14 March 1967) was an Italian Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic champion.[1] He was the first gold medal at the Olympic Games of the Italian military sports body Gruppo Sportivo della Marina Militare (the sport section of the Italian armed force Italian Navy).[2]

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Biography

Porro competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London where he won the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the lightweight class.[3] He also competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Enrico Porro". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Medaglia d'oro ai giochi olimpici di Londra" (in Italian). marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. [3]
    "1908 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Wrestling" Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 27 August 2008)
  4. [4]
    "Enrico Porro Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
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