Fabio Bonacina

Fabio Bonacina
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	26 July 1923; Lecco, Italy
Sport
Sport	Gymnastics

Last updated July 26, 2019

Fabio Bonacina (born 26 July 1923) was an Italian gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Gymnastics is a sport that includes exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Alertness, precision, daring, self-confidence, and self-discipline are mental traits that can also be developed through gymnastics. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills.

Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. All events were held between 19 and 24 July in the Messuhalli building in Helsinki. Men's events were held in Exhibition Hall I while women's events were contested in the smaller Exhibition Hall II.

The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, from July 19 to August 3, 1952.

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References

↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Fabio Bonacina Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Fabio Bonacina Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved 25 July 2019.