Angelo Polledri (18 January 1904 – 18 July 1997) was an Italian

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. Polledri was born in

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in 1904. At the

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, he won gold with the men's eight. The same team competed at the

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where they were eliminated in the quarter-final. Polledri was the last survivor of the team and died on 18 July 1997.

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1904 births 1997 deaths Italian male rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Piacenza Italian coxswains (rowing) European Rowing Championships medalists {{Italy-rowing-bio-stub