Francesco Martino (gymnast)

Francesco Martino (July 14, 1900 – October 10, 1965) was an Italian gymnast and Olympic champion.

Francesco Martino
Country represented Italy
Born(1900-07-14)July 14, 1900
Bari
DiedOctober 10, 1965
Bari
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics

He was born and died in Bari.

Martino competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris where he received gold medals in rings and in team combined exercises.[1]

At the 1924 Games, he also participated in the following events:

  • horizontal bar - eleventh place
  • rope climbing - 13th place
  • parallel bars - 15th place
  • individual trap - 16th place
  • pommel horse - 28th place
  • sidehorse vault - 44th place
  • vault - 57th place

References
  1. "1924 Summer Olympics – Paris, France – Gymnastics" Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on March 29, 2008)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Francesco Martino". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-01-28.


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