Gianfranco Pandolfini (16 September 1920 – 3 January 1997) was an Italian
water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with t ...
player who competed in the
1948 Summer Olympics.
He was born and died in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...
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Pandolfini was part of the Italian team which won the gold medal. He played five matches.
His older brother
Tullio was also a member of the team and played two matches.
See also
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Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Italy men's national water polo team has participated in 21 of 27 official men's water polo tournam ...
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List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
This is a list of Olympic champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1900.
Abbreviations
History
Men's water polo tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1900. At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water po ...
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who hav ...
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1920 births
1997 deaths
Sportspeople from Florence
Italian male water polo players
Water polo players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Italy in water polo
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
20th-century Italian people
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