Nicolò Vittori (13 March 1909 – 26 May 1988) was an Italian

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Vittori was born in

Izola Izola (; it, Isola ) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic coast of the Istrian peninsula. It is the seat of the Municipality of Izola. Its name originates from Italian ''Isola'', which means 'island'. History An ancient Roman ...

in 1909, which at that time belonged to

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. After WWI, the town was part of Italy and Vittori represented that country. In 1928 he won the gold medal as member of the Italian boat in the coxed four event. Eight years later he was part of the Italian boat which was eliminated in the

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of the coxed four competition.

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1909 births 1988 deaths People from Izola Italian male rowers Olympic rowers of Italy Rowers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Italy-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub