Bruno Franceschetti
Appearance
Bruno Franceschetti | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Minerbe, Italy | 30 April 1941
Died | 15 May 2025 Varese, Italy | (aged 84)
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Gymnastics career | |
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
Country represented | Italy |
Club | Ginnastica Robur et Fides, Gruppo Sportivo Vigili del Fuoco "Giancarlo Brunetti" Roma |
Bruno Franceschetti (30 April 1941 – 15 May 2025)[1] was an Italian gymnast. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in all of the artistic gymnastics events and finished in 4th and 12th place with the Italian team, respectively. His best individual result was 36th place on the pommel horse in 1968.[2] Franceschetti won a gold medal with the Italian team at the 1967 Mediterranean Games.[3]
After retiring from competition Franceschetti worked as gymnastics coach. Jury Chechi was one of his trainees.[4]
Franchetti died on 15 May 2025, at the age of 84.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Lo sport italiano dà l’addio a Bruno Franceschetti, il maestro di Jury Chechi (in Italian)
- ^ Bruno Franceschetti. sports-reference.com
- ^ 1967 – TUNIS (TUN), (8/17 septembre) Première participation des femmes aux Jeux Méditerranéens Archived 23 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. cijm.org.gr
- ^ Jury Chechi. biografieonline.it
- ^ "Lo sport italiano dà l'addio a Bruno Franceschetti, il maestro di Jury Chechi". Varese News. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
External links
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- 1941 births
- 2025 deaths
- Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Italy
- Italian male artistic gymnasts
- Mediterranean Games medalists in gymnastics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Competitors at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- Italian artistic gymnast stubs