Franco Menichelli

Franco Menichelli
Franco Menichelli at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Franco Menichelli
Born	(1941-08-03) 3 August 1941 (age 83)
Height	163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Italy
Club	Associazione Ginnastica Romana [1]
Retired	1968
Medal record Representing   Italy Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Floor exercise 1964 Tokyo Rings 1960 Rome Floor 1960 Rome Team 1964 Tokyo Parallel bars World Championships 1962 Prague Floor 1966 Dortmund Floor 1966 Dortmund Rings European Championships 1965 Antwerp All-around 1967 Tampere All-around

Franco Menichelli (born 3 August 1941) is a retired Italian gymnast. He competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won one gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.

Biography

He was most successful in 1964, when he won a gold on the floor, a silver on rings and a bronze on parallel bars. ^[1] He severely injured an Achilles tendon on landing during the floor exercise at the 1968 Olympics, and retired shortly thereafter. ^[2] From 1973 to 1979 he coached the national gymnastics team. ^[3] In 2003 he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. ^[4]

His brother Giampaolo Menichelli was an international football player. ^{[3] [2]}

Awards

On 7 May 2015, in the presence of the President of Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), Giovanni Malagò, was inaugurated in the Olympic Park of the Foro Italico in Rome, along Viale delle Olimpiadi, the Walk of Fame of Italian sport, consisting of 100 tiles that chronologically report names of the most representative athletes in the history of Italian sport. On each tile are the name of the sportsman, the sport in which he distinguished himself and the symbol of CONI. One of these tiles is dedicated to Franco Menichelli. ^[5]

See also

• Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame

References

1. Franco Menichelli Archived 23 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com
2. Storie di ginnastica l'imperatore del giappone franco menichelli, storia di un campione. storiedisport.it
3. Franco Menichelli. medagliedoro.org
4. Franco Menichelli. ighof.com
5. "Inaugurata la Walk of Fame: 100 targhe per celebrare le leggende dello sport italiano" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

External links

• Franco Menichelli at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Franco Menichelli at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• Franco Menichelli at Olympics.com
• Franco Menichelli at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Franco Menichelli at Olympedia