Mario Capio (

Nervi Nervi is a former fishing village 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Portofino on the Riviera di Levante, now a seaside resort in Liguria, in northwest Italy. Once an independent ''comune'', it is now a ''quartiere'' of Genoa. Nervi is 4 miles ( ...

, 3 August 1924 –

, 8 February 2000)Mention of Mario Capio's death
was an Italian

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

who competed in 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 ...

, 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 ...

, and in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

. In 1955, he won the Snipe World Championship, and in 1959 the Flying Dutchman World Championships.

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1924 births 2000 deaths Italian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Italy Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 12 m2 Sharpie Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Open Snipe class world champions World champions in sailing for Italy Flying Dutchman class world champions People from Nervi 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-yachtracing-bio-stub