Luigi Cimnaghi (10 August 1940 – 22 March 2024) was an Italian sports administrator and gymnast. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in 4th and 12th place with the Italian team, respectively. His best individual result was 14th place on the parallel bars in 1964. He won gold medals with the Italian team at the 1963 and 1967

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, as well as four individual medals in 1967: two silvers, on the parallel bars and vault, and two bronze medals, all-around and on the horizontal bar. After retiring from competitions Cimnaghi worked as a sports administrator. As a member of the

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he oversaw international junior competitions from 1984 to 1989. In 1988 he served as the

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with the Italian Paralympic Team at the Nagano Winter Olympics, and in 1999-2004 worked as the manager of the

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in Rome. Cimnaghi was a member of the organizing committees of the 1981

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and

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. Cimnaghi died on 22 March 2024, at the age of 83.

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1940 births 2024 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 Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1967 Mediterranean Games People from Meda Sportspeople from the Province of Monza e Brianza {{Italy-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub