Angelo Vanzin (8 February 1932 – 22 May 2018) was an Italian competition

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the

coxed four A coxed four, abbreviated as a 4+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars and is steered by a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one ...

event at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

, together with

Romano Sgheiz Romano Sgheiz (born 28 June 1937) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion. Sgheiz was born in Colico, Italy, in 1937. Luciano Sgheiz (born 1941) is his brother. At the 1956 European Rowing Championships, he won a bronze medal wit ...

, Alberto Winkler, Franco Trincavelli and

Ivo Stefanoni Ivo Stefanoni (born 5 June 1936) is an Italian rowing cox and Olympic champion. Stefanoni was born in Mandello del Lario in 1936, and he rowed with GS Moto Guzzi. At the 1956 European Rowing Championships, Stefanoni won a bronze medal with th ...

."1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing"
(Retrieved on 14 May 2008)

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* * 1932 births 2018 deaths Italian male rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists People from Lierna 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub

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