Tranquilo Cappozzo
| File:Guerrero-Capozzo.jpg Eduardo Guerrero (left) and Capozzo in 1952. | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American, Italian, Argentine | |||||||||||
| Born | 25 January 1918 United States | |||||||||||
| Died | 14 May 2003 (aged 85) Valle Hermoso, Argentina | |||||||||||
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| Country | Argentina | |||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Tranquilo Cappozzo Zironda (25 January 1918 – 14 May 2003)[1] was a rower who represented Argentina in the 1948 and 1952 editions of the Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in the latter.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Capozzo was born in the United States to an Italian mother. He moved first to Italy and then to Argentina at the age of 18. He initially started out as a cyclist before falling in love with rowing.[2] In 1948 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the single sculls event. Four years later he won the gold medal in double sculls competition with Eduardo Guerrero. That was for 52 years the last gold medal at Olympics for Argentina until the victories of Soccer and Basketball men teams at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He died in Valle Hermoso, Córdoba Province, Argentina.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Biographies of Argentine Olympic Gold Medalists (in Spanish)
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- 1918 births
- 2003 deaths
- Argentine male rowers
- Olympic rowers for Argentina
- Rowers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- American people of Italian descent
- American emigrants to Italy
- American emigrants to Argentina
- Italian emigrants to Argentina
- Naturalized citizens of Argentina
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen
- Argentine rowing biography stubs
- Argentine Olympic medalist stubs