Lorenzo Calafiore (31 January 1935 – 20 October 2011) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Italy who won two medals at the European championships of 1969–1970. He competed at the

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, aged 37, and finished in sixth place.

Biography

His father Francis died of a

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when Calafiore was a few months old. Soon after that his mother, Josephine Agostini, married Antonio Mauro, a widower with four children. The pair later had ten more children. Calafiore took up wrestling aged 20; at 26 he won his first national title and was included to the national team. On 2 May 1965 he married Catherine Logiudice; they had two children, Francis (born 1966) and Giuseppina (born 1969). Calafiore retired from competitions in 1974, and two years later started working as a coach. He retired for good in 2000 to help raising his grandchildren. He died of a heart attack in 2011.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Calafiore, Lorenzo 1935 births Olympic wrestlers for Italy Wrestlers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Italian male sport wrestlers 2011 deaths Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Competitors at the 1971 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling People from Reggio Calabria