Gildo Arena
Appearance
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Full name | Ermenegildo Arena | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italy | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 February 1921 Naples, Kingdom of Italy | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 February 2005 Naples, Italy | (aged 83)|||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ermenegildo "Gildo" Arena (25 February 1921 – 8 February 2005) was an Italian water polo player and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 1948 he was part of the Italian team which won the gold medal. He played six matches and scored eleven goals. Four years later he was a member of the Italian team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played in all eight matches.
See also
[edit]- Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
References
[edit]- ^ "Pallanuoto in lutto E' morto Gildo Arena" (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Nuoto. 8 February 2005. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- "Il gigante delle piscine" (in Italian). Napoli.com. 10 February 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
External links
[edit]- Gildo Arena at Olympics.com
- Gildo Arena at Olympedia
- Gildo Arena at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 2005 deaths
- Italian male water polo players
- Italian male freestyle swimmers
- Water polo players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy in water polo
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy in water polo
- Swimmers from Naples
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players from Naples
- Italian Olympic medalist stubs
- Italian water polo biography stubs