Claudio Fiorentini (11 October 1921 – 1 December 2014) was an Italian

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. He competed in the

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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 ...

. Fiorentini was also a five-time national champion in pistol shooting in the 1950s. He was awarded with three War Merit Crosses in the 1940s and the

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in 1957.

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* 1921 births 2014 deaths Italian male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Italy Shooters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Verona 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-sportshooting-bio-stub