Angelo Scalzone (2 January 1931 – 29 April 1987) was an Italian

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms ( firearms and airguns, in forms s ...

who won a gold medal in trap shooting at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972 ...

. He died of

liver cancer Liver cancer (also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy) is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has spread from elsewhere to th ...

in France, aged 56.Francesco Drago (8 February 2015
Tiro a volo: importante riconoscimento per Angelo Scalzone
oasport.it Also his son

Roberto The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(1962-2019) was a sport shooter.

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* * 1931 births 1987 deaths Sportspeople from Naples Italian male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Olympic shooters of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-Olympic-medalist-stub