Biography
Braglia started practicing gymnastics in club at age 12. After winning the gold medal at the 1908 Olympics, he suffered a serious shoulder injury while performing in public and fell in a depression due to the death of his 4-year-old son. He recovered by the 1912 Games, where he served as the flag bearer for Italy and won two more gold medals, after which he retired from competitions to perform as an acrobat in circuses. Braglia returned to Olympics 1932 as the coach of Italian gymnastics team. Braglia died in a Modena medical clinic on 5 February 1954 after suffering a cardiac arrest.See also
* Legends of Italian sport - Walk of FameReferences
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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Braglia, Alberto Italian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy 1883 births 1954 deaths Olympic gymnasts of Italy Gymnasts at the 1906 Intercalated Games Gymnasts at the 1908 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Sportspeople from the Province of Modena Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships