Daniele Masala (born 12 February 1955) is an Italian

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and Olympic champion.

Biography

Masala first participated at the Olympics in 1976. Eight years later, he was on the Italian team which won a gold medal at the

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. He also received the individual gold medal."1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Modern Pentathlon"
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1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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he received a team silver medal."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Modern Pentathlon"
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* * * 1955 births Living people Italian male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Italy Modern pentathletes at the 1976 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1984 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes of Fiamme Oro 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub