Bruno Franceschetti

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Bruno Franceschetti
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Born30 April 1941 (1941-04-30) (age 82)
Minerbe, Italy
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport Artistic gymnastics
ClubGinnastica Robur et Fides, Varese

Bruno Franceschetti (born 30 April 1941) is a retired Italian gymnast. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in 4th and 12th place with the Italian team, respectively. His best individual result was 36th place on the pommel horse in 1968. [1] Franceschetti won a gold medal with the Italian team at the 1967 Mediterranean Games. [2]

After retiring from competitions Franceschetti worked as gymnastics coach. Jury Chechi was one of his trainees. [3]

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