Attilio Bravi (9 September 1936 – 27 November 2013) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er.

Biography

Born in

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, Bravi competed in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

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and had 16 caps in the

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from 1954 to 1960. Bravi died on 27 November 2013, aged 77, in his hometown of Bra, Piedmont.

Olympic results

National titles

Attilio Bravi has won 8 times the individual

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. *8 wins in

(1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bravi, Attilio 1936 births 2013 deaths People from Bra, Piedmont Italian male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade Athletes from the Province of Cuneo Italian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Italian sportsmen