Giovanni Gozzi

Italian wrestler (1902–1976)

Giovanni Gozzi

Giovanni Gozzi at the 1932 Olympics (with 2 m tall Giulio Gaudini to the right)

Personal information

Born

(1902-10-19)19 October 1902
Milan, Italy

Died

11 August 1976(1976-08-11) (aged 73)
Imperia, Italy

Sport

Greco-Roman wrestling

Club

Agamennone, Milano

Medal record

Men's Greco-Roman wrestling

Representing Italy
Olympic Games
	1932 Los Angeles	Featherweight
	1928 Amsterdam	Bantamweight

Giovanni Gozzi (19 October 1902 – 11 August 1976) was an Italian Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.^[1]

Gozzi competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he won a gold medal in the featherweight class.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[3]

References

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^ "Giovanni Gozzi". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "1932 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Wrestling" Archived 12 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 27 August 2008)
^ ^a ^b "Giovanni Gozzi Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.