Savino Guglielmetti (26 November 1911 – 23 January 2006) was an Italian

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. He competed at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Olympics and won two gold medals in 1932.

Biography

A taxi ran over Guglielmetti when he was a child, but he escaped unharmed. He later fell from a four-story building, but managed to cling on power cables and survived. Originally a pole vaulter, he joined a gymnastics club in 1927, where he was coached by Mario Corrias. Three years later he became a member of the national team. Although he won two Olympic gold medals in 1932, he faced a strong competition in Italy, and won his first national all-around title only in 1934. He defended it in 1935, 1937, 1938 and 1939. In 1998 Guglielmetti was inducted into the

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,Savino Guglielmetti
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame and in 2000 received the Olympic Order in Silver.
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References

1911 births 2006 deaths Italian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1932 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts from Milan Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics {{Italy-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub