Quinto Vadi (13 September 1921 – 17 March 2014) was an Italian gymnast who competed at the

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. In

his best individual finish was 13th in the men's pommel horse and his team was ranked 5th among 16 nations in the men's team all-around. In

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

Italy was 10th among 22 nations in the team exercises and Vadi's best placing was joint 57th in the men's pommel horse. He later served as a teacher, athletics instructor, and trainer with P.G. Libertas. Vadi was born in

Faenza Faenza (, , ; rgn, Fènza or ; la, Faventia) is an Italian city and comune of 59,063 inhabitants in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated southeast of Bologna. Faenza is home to a historical manufacture of majolica-ware glazed eart ...

and died in

Prato Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...

, aged 92.

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1921 births 2014 deaths Italian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Italy Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{Italy-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub